New Yard of the Month!

Congratulations to the new Yard of the Month on Carr Avenue, home of the English-Homayouni family!

In other neighborhood news - it's almost election time! Are you interested in serving as a board member or officer? Please contact Cathy Winterburn. A slate of officers will be presented in our December newsletter.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Yard of The Month

Congratulations to Maria Robertson on Harbert for winning Yard of the Month!

Halloween Social

Historic Annesdale Park Neighborhood
Family Halloween Social
Saturday October 24, 2009
3pm-5pm
1328 Carr (Driveway)

This is an outdoors event, so please dress accordingly
Kids – Please come in costume!

Garage Haunted House
Kids holiday arts and crafts activities and games
Assorted kids beverages and snacks provided
Adults BYOB
Rain plan is TBD

RSVP to Kevin Brewer at kfbrewer@gmail.com or (901) 726-0051 by Oct. 18 so we can have a “head” count

Hosted by:
Annesdale Park Neighborhood Association
Kevin & Cindy Brewer and Family
John & Jenny Gholson
Ramin & Gwen Homayouni and Family
Brian & Katie Hughes and Family

Midtown Security Community upcoming meeting

On Thursday, November 5, Dr. Janikowski and Col. Billy Garrett will share another MPD program that addresses the homeless in Midtown. The meeting will be held at Memphis Heritage’s Howard Hall, 2282 Madison. Refreshments and networking start at 5:30. Business meeting is 6-7:00 pm (guaranteed only one hour meeting). Please go to the Midtown Security Community link (click the title of this post) for more information.

Spring Cleaning for Cleveland

Cleveland Street is the boundary between Central Gardens and Annesdale Park. It is often the main focal point and introduction to the Annesdale Park neighborhood. In efforts to beautify the islands on the street, volunteers with the Annesdale Park Neighborhood Association raked and picked up leaves and debris then replaced them with colorful flowers and shrubs on April 5. The association used funds paid from membership dues to purchase the plantings.

There are several areas on the islands where collapsing bricks are a pedestrian hazard. The association repaired many of these or turned the patches with missing bricks into small flower gardens. Passersby stopped to express their appreciation for the improvements on the islands. The Dumas family, who live on the Central Gardens side of Cleveland, expressed their support by joining the Annesdale Park Neighborhood Association. A special thanks goes to cleanup volunteers, John and Jenny Gholson, Jeff Houts, Andrew McGill, Tom Wilemon and Cathy Winterburn for all of their hard work. The association would also like to thank everyone who paid membership dues. The money goes toward projects to improve and promote Annesdale Park.

Evelyn Elliott Sign Reappears

The Evelyn Elliott Memorial Yard of the Month sign popped up along with more than 100 blooming tulips in the front lawn of John and Jenny Gholson on April 1. The Gholsons had eagerly awaited for the tulips to emerge, but did not expect to see the sign. The sign had been missing since autumn. Its reappearance is welcome news for the Elliott family. Lew Elliott had the sign painted in memory of his mother, who was passionate about beautification efforts in Annesdale Park and loved roses, after her death in 1989.
“I’ve been putting it in worthy yards,” he said. “If it’s reappeared, I’ll go pick it up and put it where it deserves to be.”

The Annesdale Park Neighborhood Association Board of Directors had voted to purchase a new yard of the month sign in memory of Mrs. Elliott before the old one reappeared. Lew and his brother, Ronnie Elliott, are longtime residents of Annesdale Park and are the owners of Super Cycle at the corner of Harbert Avenue and Bellevue Street. Elvis Presley shopped at their store. (Check out “Elvis Memories at Super Cycle” at www.youtube.com.)

Property Sales up in Annesdale

Several properties in the Annesdale Park National Historic District have been purchased over the last couple of months, and construction projects are ongoing at four of them.

Some of the neighborhood's most handsome homes are also on the market, including outstanding examples of Victorian, craftsman and four-square styles. The Memphis Landmarks Commission on Feb. 26 approved plans to stabilize and restore a two-story, mission-style stucco and brick structure at 1320 Peabody Ave.

Annesdale Park is a city historic preservation district, so any renovation that would alter buildings along the streetscape must first receive approval from the Memphis Landmarks Commission.

Annesdale is one of Midtown's oldest and most historic neighborhoods. It is located immediately west of Central Gardens and within the boundaries of the Memphis Medical Center, where hundreds of millions of dollars of are being invested in new hospitals, laboratories and academic facilities.