JANUARY 2025 MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Mark your calendars for this Tuesday!
It’s the first 2025 membership meeting of Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association.
TUESDAY JANUARY 21 at 6:30PM
Fort Worth Firefighters Hall
3855 Tulsa Way at Crestline Road
Bring your friends, bring your family, bring your neighbors. Everyone is always welcome.
Arlington Heights is one of Fort Worth’s most historic neighborhoods with one of the largest concentrations of vintage cottages and bungalows.
Have you ever wondered about the history of your home?
When was it built?
Who designed it?
How much did it cost to build?
Who lived in it before you?
Come to Tuesday’s meeting to find out how to get some answers.
Guest speaker: Local history specialist and archivist Gaby Kienitz from the Fort Worth Public Library will make a power point presentation on how to research the history of your home. It will be both enlightening and exciting!
Meeting bonus will include a short presentation about a new Vietnam veterans memorial installation planned for Veterans Memorial Park at 4120 Camp Bowie Boulevard, next to Arlington Heights United Methodist Church. Read more about it in the article below.
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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL INSTALLATION
Arlington Heights neighbor and acclaimed artist Michael Pavlovsky is a member of the recently organized Tarrant County Vietnam Memorial Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that’s raising awareness and money for a memorial structure to recognize fallen Vietnam soldiers from Tarrant County. According to Michael, the group has so far identified 224 Tarrant County soldiers who were killed in the Vietnam War.
The site for the memorial is planned for the southwest portion
of Veterans Memorial Park at 4120 Camp Bowie Boulevard,
next to Arlington Heights United Methodist Church.
The working design features the names of the fallen from 1965 through 1972, including Major Hugh Michael Fanning, a Trinity Valley School teacher who went missing in action. The memorial will also include service personnel who have since passed due to post-war related causes, such as Agent Orange and PTSD.
The entrance to the memorial is slated to branch off the existing sidewalk to the west of the park. A brick pavement with five granite benches will surround the main granite edifice that lists the rank, name and branch of each fallen soldier. Two entry walls flanking the entrance will contain donor information and medallions of the five branches of the U.S. military, as well as general information about the memorial. The black POW-MIA flag will be included in the memorial.
The goal is to unveil the completed project on Veterans Day 2026. To learn more about this valiant effort, please visit the group’s website at tcvmf.us or go to their Facebook page at facebook.com/tcvmf.org.
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NO DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S
Here’s wishing everyone
very happy holidays!
There is no AHNA membership meeting in December.
We look forward to seeing you at the next
membership meeting:
Tuesday January 21, 2025
6:30pm
Fort Worth Firefighters Hall
3855 Tulsa Way at Crestline Rd.
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THANKSGIVING POTLUCK DINNER THIS TUESDAY
T H I S T U E S D A Y N O V E M B E R 19
s t a r t s a t 6 : 0 0 p. m.
Fort Worth Firefighters Hall 3855 Tulsa Way at Crestline Road
AHNA provides the turkey, fixings and beverages.
Neighbors are asked to contribute a side or dessert; please bring enough to share.
It’s BYOB–you are free to bring your choice of alcoholic beverages.
This year will feature turkey generously donated by Railhead Smokehouse.
Entrants to this year’s Turkey Cook Off Challenge include Arlington Heights neighbors:
Jerry Bodiford (smoked)
Robert Gorden (deep fried)
Charles Lew (traditional)
Chef Todd Brown, owner of Lettuce Cook Gourmet, is cooking up a turkey Todd-style.
Please RSVP to president@arlingtonheightsna.com to give us a heads up, so we have enough food for everyone.
RSVPs not required. Don’t worry if you decide at the last minute to attend and haven’t sent a RSVP.
We want you to come!
You don’t need to be an AHNA member to attend, so invite your neighbors, too.
Everyone is welcome.
We’ll be collecting canned goods to be distributed by Thomas Place Community Center, so clean out your cupboards.
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COUNCILWOMAN HILL TO HOLD SPECIAL IN PERSON MEETING ABOUT UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
This will be an enlightening meeting about what’s up ahead for the West Side in terms of major infrastructure improvements. Don’t miss the opportunity to talk to Councilwoman Hill and city staff.
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NOVEMBER YARD OF THE MONTH
The side yard pergola at 2021 Ashland Avenue makes a dramatic
visual statement while creating the perfect haven for bees and
butterflies to visit the salvia, wormwood, Texas sage, and
Little Gem Magnolias planted there.
The house at 2021 Ashland Avenue had been a rental property for several years before Georgeanne Dollar bought it and moved in at the end of 2022. She vowed to turn the front yard into a beautiful low maintenance perennial garden.
Enter professional master gardener Sarah Copp of Good Copp Creative who laid out a front yard design that extended the existing plant beds and included two new maple trees. New to the mix are salvia, dwarf Hameln fountain grass, Carex feather falls grass that looks like a weeping version of variegated monkey grass, and lots of lamb’s ear. In addition to the existing well-established nandina and Nellie R. Stevens holly, the new garden design features oakleaf hydrangea, prostrate rosemary, and Brakelights red yucca. The front porch is home to Boston ferns in hanging pots, purple hearts, and potted gardenias, one of which is blooming even though it’s November.
The pergola on the south side of the house offers a seating area hidden behind a stand of Little Gem magnolias. Pots of zinnias and geraniums add a splash of annual color.
For Georgeanne, her new yard turned out to be a dream come true. She says it’s still a work in progress.
Georgeanne received a $25 gift certificate to Archie’s Gardenland and a year’s membership in Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association, courtesy of AHNA.
This is the last Yard of the Month award for 2024. We’ll start up again in March or April 2025, depending on the weather.
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THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE STATION PARTY DONORS
The Texas Girls’ Choir always participates in the annual party honoring Fire Station 18. The choir practices in the re-purposed church across the street from the fire station.
This was the eleventh birthday party AHNA has thrown for the treasured historic Fire Station 18 at the corner of Camp Bowie and Carleton Ave. The station first opened its doors in 1923, making it Fort Worth’s oldest operating fire station.
We could never have pulled off this year’s celebration without the generous support of local businesses and donors:
Councilwoman Macy Hill
Arlington Heights United Methodist Church
Ben E. Keith
Bluebonnet Bakery
Bob Fox, Artist
Camp Bowie District
Crestline Area Neighborhood Association
Curly’s Frozen Custard
Dickies Arena
Fort Worth Firefighters & Support Teams
Frost Bank
House of Neville
Imprint Graphics
Lance Johnson
Mark Osborn
Mesman Design Company
Montgomery St. Café
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Olivella’s Pizza
Rivercrest Station – Judy Rosenblum
Roger Harwerth & the Ridglea Jam Group
Taco Heads
Texas Girls’ Choir
The Happy Lark
Thomas Place Community Center
Winslow’s Wine Cafe
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