2020 Holiday Decorating Contest

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2020 Holiday Decorating Contest Congratulations to our 2020 Holiday Decorating Contest! Everyone went gone all out and the true winners are all of us who get to enjoy the beauty. The Best Block winner goes to 68th Street between Main and Grand, but they had a lot of competition this year, especially from 67th Street between Brookside and Linden, West Dartmouth, and West 70th Terrace. We hope everyone takes the time to enjoy it all! Although it was a difficult task, here are the winners for this year (click here to see photos of all the winners): Most Elaborate: 114 W 65th Terrace (synchronized to music)Most Elegant: 6530 LindenMost Original: 201 Winthrope (lights synchronized to music)Best Theme: 16 West 70th TerraceAdditional Winner: 206 E 68th StreetAdditional Winner: 3 West 68th Terrace Thanks to everyone for lighting up our neighborhood....
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Armour Hills formally removes racial covenants

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Armour Hills was developed by the iconic J.C. Nichols, who pioneered a unique subdivision model that created today's most cherished neighborhoods. As famous as Nichols is as a pioneer in real estate, he is equally infamous for including exclusive covenants that explicitly excluded Black people, Jews and other oppressed groups from living in his neighborhoods. These deed restrictions solidified racial segregation in our city. Even after they were declared unenforceable by the supreme court in 1948, patterns established by the covenants, and other racist practices, perpetuated this injustice. And because they were declared unenforceable, and because amending deeds is a difficult process, the necessary steps were never taken to formally remove those restrictions from the deeds of every home in Armour Hills. While it is true that the restrictions had no impact in the modern context, the pain they caused is still very real in our city today. In the past, Armour Hills Homes Association had not contended fully with how even...
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Online October Board Meeting

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An online AHHA board meeting has been scheduled for 7 pm on Monday, Oct. 19. Residents can access the meeting at meet.google.com/pup-ckgz-vzk As part of the meeting’s agenda, the board will be making plans for the Annual Meeting, scheduled for November. The Annual Meeting provides a detailed review of the past year’s activities. Additionally, the budget for the following year is approved and elections are held for the Board of Directors. The board will also hear a presentation from Ben McCabe, Public Works Project Manager, about the Gregory Boulevard Improvement Project. He will give an update on the current design, some recent additions to meet the needs of business owners along the route, and the potential construction timeline in addition to taking public input on the project....
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