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Entries Tagged as 'Wichita neighborhood'

Mapping Delano

April 21st, 2009

Where does it begin? Where does it end? There is a there there, but where is it?

The new College Hill Commoner is out

April 10th, 2009

It’s like thumbing through a newspaper except for the ink stains and you won’t have a pet discipline tool left when you finish.

Going hippie

April 4th, 2009

Want to be a part of a commune? Karen has your starter kit. She claims it’s really about building better neighborhoods but those of us who lived through the sixties still react to the word with a shudder and flashbacks to macrame tables and over use of the phrase “far out.”

Problem? What Problem?

March 13th, 2009

Neighborhoods are known by how they look. That may be fair, it may not be fair, but its true. Delano has a problem.

A Farmer’s market for Delano

March 9th, 2009

That’s what she said.

An inconvenient cheese

March 6th, 2009

It’s not easy living in Delano. The “buying groceries locally” experiment continues.

Out of car experiences

March 5th, 2009

The Delano options for carless travel.

Perhaps if they were brightly lit digital creations

February 27th, 2009

A opportunity to see the wide variety of murals in the Delano District. Apparently that kind of display is now against the rules. Unless you get, like an exemption, or something.

The Mr. Rogers Primer

February 27th, 2009

Instructions on how to be neighborly. Seriously.

You think you know College Hill?

February 19th, 2009

then you must read the Commoner.

Ohhh Yeaahhh….

February 19th, 2009

How to make a sad situation a bit sweeter.

Viva Delano

February 18th, 2009

Trying to maintain the integrity of a community, visually as well as economically, is a never ending task. It’s even harder when certain groups want exemptions.

The Delano Project

February 18th, 2009

There is link about neighborhood building you should check out. Expect much more from Karen about this, and soon.

Plans for her piece of the Stimulus package

February 16th, 2009

The Delano Bodega.

Resources for difficult situations

February 12th, 2009

When tough times hit its nice to know where you can go to get helpful information.

The fourth D is for “disturbing”

February 11th, 2009

The first D is for “Delano” where, there outside the bungalow, live the second and third Ds; “ducks” and “dachshund.”

More information on Angel Food

February 10th, 2009

A website that suggests weekly menus based on the content of each month’s box.

Pronouncing Delano

February 9th, 2009

I didn’t even know it was a controversy. Now we must wonder, what does the world think of Wichita and it’s inability to agree on the pronunciation of its neighborhoods and streets?

Wrecked landmark leads to new blogger

February 4th, 2009

Friends University has two stone walls that flank the east entrance to their campus. Oh, wait. Make that one stone wall that flanks the east entrance to their campus.
In Delano Wichita’s concise and up-to-date coverage (complete with compelling lede!) a link is provided to Erin Wolfe’s blog. Douglas and Main is glad they stumbled upon [...]

Taking turns burying the lede

February 2nd, 2009

Delano Wichita points out that the most important information in the Delano Dispatch may be on its fourth, and final, page.
That this information is reserved till the fifth paragraph of the post does not lesson its importance.
Hint: It’s a way for everyone to have access to cheaper groceries.

Final Friday: Delano Style

January 30th, 2009

A list of places to visit on the west end of the festivities. Karen also points to one of the great mysteries of our age, artists on MySpace.

Blowing in the wind

January 19th, 2009

Karen has started a site to spread information about, and encourage action to benefit, the Delano neighborhood.

A discussion you can join

January 16th, 2009

John responds to Karen’s post on shopping in Delano. You can join in with your own blog post (just be sure to link to the discussions you are dealing with) or make comments on Karen’s or John’s blog.

The new Commoner is here

January 12th, 2009

The January issue of The College Hill Commoner is now online.