The 4th Annual Lights in the Heights Gala will be on Saturday, November 19th from 7-10pm in the game room at the new Elan Heights building. Please join your neighbors for a fun evening of games, music, and food. There will be a silent auction and raffle items from wonderful area businesses. Tickets can be purchased at the Woodland Heights Civic Association website.
Charity Golf Tournament Benefitting Hogg Middle School /
Learn Local Charity Golf Tournament 2016
Learn Local is hosting our first golf tournament on November 5, 2016 to benefit Hogg Outdoors – a capital campaign to raise funds for enhancement to Hogg Middle School’s outdoor facilities including a major renovation of the SPARK park sports fields and the installation of gardens to enhance our new Culinary Arts curriculum.
$100 player fee ($400 for foursomes) includes green fees, lunch and an awards Happy Hour, 4 drink tickets, player goodie bags, and a chance to win prizes from local businesses including Premium Draught and 8th Wonder Brewery.
Visit our website for more event info, to register, and for sponsorship opportunities.
Spending Update /
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Yard of the Month – Nov. 2016 /
Yard of the Month goes to Jane and Steve Ista who have been at 518 Byrne for 29 years. They have planted a lovely bird and butterfly garden edged in natural stones and you have to love that they went all out on the spider Halloween decorations.
Constable Patrol: Data for September 2016 /
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The Constable Patrol operates on a fiscal year ending March 31. Through mid-October, we have approximately 395 subscribers, and 460 are needed to make two shifts sustainable long-term. We recently reached out to the neighborhood to get people to join for the second half of the year, and in the first two weeks of that, picked up about 15 new members. Hopefully more will respond this fall. You can also find information for membership on the Woodland Heights webpage. Please support the Constable Patrol.
Woodland Heights Civic Association Crime States Sept. 2016
As usual, about 50% of theft from vehicles was on Studewood and White Oak in and around commercial areas, and is as likely to occur at lunchtime as at night.
We had one burglary of a building (800 block of Usener) and one burglary of a residence (500 block of Teetshorn).
The robbery occurred in the 2500 block of Norhill shortly after midnight, Thursday, September 15. While not in the neighborhood, most months we see one or more assaults or robberies in the 3600-3700 blocks of North Main. In July things calmed down a bit in that area, but picked up in August and September. Please be aware of your surroundings when you are in the commercial areas that surround our neighborhood.
WHCA Constable Patrol Statistics
We remind everyone for a crime in progress, please call 911 first. If our deputies are on duty, they should be monitoring those calls, though you can also call Precinct One dispatch after calling 911 for crimes in progress. Do not hesitate to call Precinct One for something that doesn’t look right. Our deputies want you to err on the side of calling things in. Our neighborhood is huge, and you can help direct our deputies to suspicious activity.
Our deputies come to work in our neighborhood, and remain through their shift, unless they are called to respond to a nearby contract. When they stop to look at something or take some action, they keep a log, so we have a general idea of their activities. For September 2016 here is some of their activity:
| Number | Activity |
| 11 | Traffic stops, resulting in 3 citations. The deputies have radar and use it to monitor speeds in areas where there are complaints, and they pay particular attention to speeds in school zones; |
| 3 | Suspicious person/vehicle call responses (please do not hesitate to call about something that does not look right. I will take it as a good sign that these calls were significantly down in July, but this is the most effective way to direct our Constables to unusual activity). |
| 16 | Times they stopped to check something in the parks. |
| 88 | Times they stopped to check something in the neighborhood (not otherwise included in these statistics). |
| 6 | house alarm responses (happily all were false or cancelled alarms and none involved my cats). |
| 9 | Miscellaneous: responses to traffic issues and calls about speeding; various disturbances/loud noise, gunshots, mischief; stranded and abandoned vehicles and truancy. |
| 49 | “Meet the Citizen” – this is a conversation with a member of the neighborhood in a fashion that’s not covered above, (e.g. to introduce themselves or to answer a question). Our deputies are very service oriented, so if you see a deputy and have a question, or just want to say hello please flag them down. |
If you have any questions about the Constable Patrol please contact Steve Howard through the WHCA contact page.
It's a Wonderful Life & Star of Hope /
The Friends of Woodland Park cordially invite you to a screening of the 1946 classic, It's a Wonderful Life, at the Woodland Park Community Center on December 2, 2016. The winter months are particularly difficult for our homeless population which is why FWP, in conjunction with the Star of Hope homeless shelter, encourage all our guests to bring a clean, new or gently used blanket as a donation to help keep someone warm during this holiday season.
Deepest thanks to our sponsors: Greenwood King and Memorial Hermann in the Heights.
What: It's a Wonderful Life
When: Dec. 2, 2016 / doors open 6:30pm / movie starts 7pm
Where: Woodland Park Community Center (212 Parkview)
Save the Date: Neighborhood Traffic Meeting Dec. 6th /
Mark your calendars for 7pm on Dec. 6th at Hogg Middle School for the next public hearing with city engineers regarding the most recent traffic management proposal. The City of Houston will mail you an official meeting notice so please be on the lookout for it. Be sure to check our website, Facebook page, or Nextdoor for new information on this topic as it develops.
Wrap-Up: National Night Out /
The WHCA held a national night out event on October 4, 2016. Approximately 100 neighbors came out to the Norhill Esplanade and enjoyed cold drinks, Rita’s treats and Wokker Texas Ranger. Special thanks to our constables who handed out kids bags and met all of the neighbors.
See Something, Say Something Campaign /
The Greater Northside Management District, in cooperation with the Office of State Representative Jessica Farrar, has put together the attached document which provides a valuable list of phone numbers for various City of Houston and law enforcement departments and store fronts. Download the document.
Your Opinion Counts /
My fellow WHCA members: I would very much value and appreciate your opinions on two initiatives:
- what you think the WHCA Board or WHCA Members can do to increase the percentage of Woodland Heights neighbors becoming dues paying members,
- what additional things/projects would you like to see your memberships dues allocated tor?*
My intent is to gather and publish everyone's ideas to WHCA members and Woodland Heights non-member neighbors to then present these findings to the WHCA Board for feasibility review and possible implementation. Please email your responses to membership@woodland-heights.org.
Thank you,
Roger Moxley
VP, Membership
*Current dues allocation: enforce deed restrictions, police land use, support park upkeep, manage constable patrol, liaison with City/County, oversee street repairs, produce monthly newsletter, maintain website, support Facebook & Twitter, beautify common spaces, fund common area maintenance, partner with Travis and Hogg, fund & manage Lights in the Heights, oversee community socials and gatherings, support community needs, provide public forums, monthly meetings for public, watch traffic issues, coordinate sewer and utility work, fund community grants, maintain historical records, partner with preservation and historical organizations, oversee urban development issues, monitor crime patterns, provide instant messaging capabilities to public, and fund & manage the Historical Home Tour.