Annesdale Park 110th Anniversary & Watermelon Festival 10/13/13

Please help us celebrate our very own amazing part of midtown, Annesdale Park. Celebrations will take place on Vinton Ave between Bellevue and Cleveland. Activities include : A Parade with marching band, free watermelon, Guest speakers, and music from 3artists1yard. At 2:30 there will be a parade lead by the Central High marching band, followed by Guest speakers: Congressman Steve Cohen, and Mayor Wharton. 3artists1yard will take the stage following the speakers around 3:30 and play until 5:30. The Central High School Band will lead parade East down Vinton Ave, and turn around at Cleveland and head back west to Bellevue, where the parade will end. All participants need to be at the staging area by 2:20pm. The Staging Area will be at the west end of Vinton, at Bellevue. For the safety of all, the street will be closed to traffic.Everyone is encouraged to participate, and dress festively. Bikes, scooters and wagons are also permitted.

Soup Kitchen Volunteers

This Saturday, October 1st is Annesdale Park’s annual day to volunteer at St. John’s Methodist Church’s soup kitchen. Saint John’s Soup Kitchen provides vital nutrition for people who are homeless, precariously housed, just passing through town, or part of the growing numbers of the working poor. Saint John’s Soup Kitchen food is served to whoever comes, without questions or prerequisites. Nearly one hundred people are served each week. Help serve your community with your neighbors! Volunteers should be at St. John’s (corner of Peabody and Bellevue) at 3:15 pm.

Annesdale Park's Annual Halloween Party

Family Halloween Social
Saturday October 29, 2011
3pm-5pm
1328 Carr (Driveway)

This is an outdoor 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

Hosted by:
Annesdale Neighborhood Association
The Brewers • The Homayounis
The Donalds • The Malones
The Gholsons

Annual Meeting

Annesdale Park's Annual neighborhood meeting is January 9th (Sunday) at 3:00 pm, at St. John's Methodist Church on the corner of Peabody and Bellevue. Board of director elections, neighborhood issues, and events will be discussed. All residents should plan to attend.

Memphis Green Up 2010

Halloween Party

Historic Annesdale Park Neighborhood

Family Halloween Social

Saturday October 30, 2010

3pm-5pm

1328 Carr (Driveway)

This is an outdoor 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

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

Save Union Ave. Methodist Church

Memphis Heritage will be hosting a community meeting about the future of the historic Union Ave. Methodist Church Thursday May 27th 6pm. CVS's developer has a contract on the property to demolish and put up a CVS and a large parking lot. Please come to hear the latest and how you can help! also look for and "like" the new Save Union Ave Methodist Church facebook group.

April 2010 Yard of the Month

Congratulations Cathy!

Its a Boy

APNA would like to welcome the youngest member of the neighborhood. Henry McGuire Christian. Congratulations to James and Gina!

Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day, join us in our neighborhood beautification Saturday, May 8th at 8:30 am on the Cleveland Islands to rake leaves, plant flowers, and pick up trash... Hope to see you there.

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.

Annesdale Park wins best booth at Neighborfest

The Annesdale Park Neighborhood Association won best booth at Neighborfest 2008 in October.

Association President Cathy Winterburn accepted the award from Mayor Willie Herenton and slapped a sticker on his shirt to promote the neighborhood.

The association sold slices of watermelon at the festival with the Annesdale Park brand stickers.

Snow falls in Annesdale Park

Snow blanketed the Annesdale Park National Historic District in January 2009, making homes look like photographs from holiday cards.

Annesdale Park, the "first subdivision of the South," was founded in 1903. Its developers celebrated the planned community with a huge watermelon party. Look closely at the neigbhoord logo in the sign and you will see the image of a watermelon.

Some of its early residents include a state governor, state supreme court justice and the city's first rabbi.

Today, Annesdale Park is a neighborhood of diverse people located within the Memphis Medical Center boundaries. One of the city's best kept secrets, the neighborhood offers grand homes at affordable prices and a wide array of homes for rent. It is immediately west of Central Gardens between Cleveland and Bellevue Avenues.

Annesdale in the news!

Check out the Friday, May 16 "M" Section of the Commercial Appeal! Our "sister" neighborhood across Lamar, Annesdale-Snowden, is featured for their home tour this Sunday. Frederic Koeppel's piece gives a brief history of their neighborhood and ours.

There is a link to the article above - just click the title of this post.

Check out the article - and check out the homes on the Annesdale-Snowden tour this weekend. Only $10, Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Tour includes the gardens at Annesdale, the 1855 Italianate mansion that inspired our neighborhood.