LAST CHANCE TO BUY CITY-OWNED HOMES ON WESTERN AND CARLETON AVENUES
2224 Carleton Avenue is for sale with a minimum bid of $100,000. It has no history of flood water entering the home.
Three homes on Western Avenue and five on Carleton Avenue are up for sale until February 28, 2025. These homes were purchased by the City because of stormwater drainage issues in this area. Not all of these houses have experienced flooding. Dave Sheehan with Reflect Real Estate is the exclusive broker. The houses are listed on MLS and are being sold individually, starting at $100,000 each, and will go to the highest bidder.
Every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until noon, Dave opens up the houses for interested parties to tour. There’s lots of information about these homes on this link: https://reflectrealestate.com/arlingtonheights
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GET INVOLVED IN STOPPING NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME
The Fort Worth Police Department is accepting applications for the next Citizens Police Academy. It’ a 10-12 week program sponsored by the Fort Worth Police Department with classes every Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. Classes are held 1000 Calvert St, 76107, starting on Tuesday March 4 through Tuesday May 20.
The program is designed to educate the community with the training, commitment and dedication required of a Fort Worth Police Officer. It’s open to anyone over the age of 18 with an interest to learn more about police work.
Contact Officer Tamelia Carroll at tamelia.carroll@fortworthtexas.gov, 817-988-1077 or 817-392-6001.
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REPORTING CODE VIOLATIONS
Most code compliance complaints, like high grass and junk vehicles, are initiated by citizens like you. A recent report by the Fort Worth City Manager showed that 83% of the complaints to the Code Compliance Department came from citizens during 2024, with only 17% of the complaints initiated by code officers. District 7 that includes Arlington Heights had 4,340 citizen-initiated complaints and just 319 complaints initiated by code officers.
Officers are required to prioritize complaints based on urgency and severity. Most of a code officer’s day is spent investigating complaints rather than patrolling or actively enforcing code violations. So, the burden is on the citizens to report code issues. If you see something, email our neighborhood code officer Gina Ambriz at gina.ambriz@fortworthtexas.gov and follow up with a phone call 817-269-8691. Sending a photo and the address is very helpful. Your complaints are kept confidential.
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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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