2024

• ·Secured a $1,500 “Love Your Block” grant from the city of Little Rock and partnered with Little Rock Public Works, and various utilities to address an unsightly stretch of public ROW. This area is located across the street from Hall STEAM Magnet high school along H Street – a heavily traveled through street that had become very difficult to maintain due to vast number of tree stumps and the severe slope. It had also become a dumping ground for litter. Over 20 volunteers assisted with trash and yard waste cleanup and installation of landscape fabric. Stumps and a dead tree were removed, the area was leveled, and 10 cubic yards of hardwood mulch was spread over an 80’ section creating a focal point for a landscape boulder.  HHNA is coordinating with Hall administration for student community service hours to help maintain the area and keep it litter free on an on-going basis.

• Conducted the Yard-of-the-Month program during April - June and during the months of October and December. Awarded winners a gift card from Cantrell Gardens

• Conducted Hall High neighborhood litter campaigns during the months of April and October focusing on high-traffic areas where litter is most prevalent

• Provided maintenance of the landscape at the Meriwether Park main entrance including 3 cubic yards of hardwood mulch, installation of donated perennials, and some additional hand-watering for tender vegetation during the brutal hot months; Gave the trash receptacles near the parking lot a fresh coat of paint

• Contracted lawn service for public ROW on Mississippi Street for the area in front of and in between the painted retaining walls

2023

• Participated in the Keep Little Rock Beautiful litter campaign within our neighborhood

• Provided volunteer support and groceries to assist the emergency shelter at Hall immediately following the March 31, tornado

• Applied for and received $1,500 “Love Your Block” grant from the city to apply towards landscape improvements at Meriwether Park

• Coordinated with Little Rock Parks & Recreation to install a new sprinkler system at the main entrance to Meriwether Park and remove old shrubs. HHNA spent 115 volunteer hours planting over 200 new plants at the entrance.

• Provided $250 to Hall STEAM Magnet as part of an $800 campaign to purchase student art supplies

2022

• Provided Hall STEAM school with a grant ($250)

• Applied for, and was awarded a $1,500 grant from the City of Little Rock to paint the retaining walls at University and Ridgecrest Dr.

• Completed two (2) neighborhood litter clean-ups with  a combined 34 volunteer participants

• Completed the clean-up and painting of two 100’ long retaining walls that border our eastern boundary of the neighborhood at University & Ridgecrest Dr.

• Crime Watch Coordinator attending NW Division meetings with LRPD to keep apprised of the latest news and changes to keep our neighborhood safe; and consulting with LRPD NW Division on specific issues involving our neighborhood

• Spearheaded a street lighting initiative in the Ridgecrest Manor neighborhood of HHNA; Coordinated with City engineers and Entergy

• Under the direction of Blanca Hernandez, with the Pulaski County Cooperative Extension Service, HHNA volunteers painted wrought iron patio furniture and handrails near the raised gardens at Williams Magnet school. Several dedicated HHNA volunteers spent numerous hot summer days spreading truckloads of mulch and crushed gravel around the garden beds. This has made for a more manageable and walkable surface for the students, teachers and volunteers. We also must credit a young boy named Joseph (a former student of Williams Magnet) who was walking by the gardens at Williams one day and asked if he could help. We gladly obliged. Thank you, Joseph, your service to your neighborhood and former school is greatly appreciated!

• Launched a Yard of the Month program that will also include holiday décor winners in October and December

• Created a HHNA website to keep residents apprised of upcoming activities

• Trimmed shrubs on backside of Meriwether Park and removed 2 dump trucks full of yard waste

• Planted over 600 flowering bulbs at Mississippi & F streets and at the entrance to Hall STEAM Magnet and conducted landscape and litter clean-up at Hall

2021

• Completed the painting of two 170’ long retaining walls that border our western boundary of the neighborhood at Mississippi & F and Mississippi & H street

• Completed two neighborhood litter clean-up events – Spring & Fall