EVENTS
4th Annual West End
Porch Concert
May 21, 2023
A neighborhood block party hosted by Lindsey & Jackson Spencer, the West End Porch Concert is becoming a tradition that invites our neighbors to relax, mingle, and enjoy the music.
2nd Annual West End
Garden Tour
June 4, 2023
Join us for a stroll around the neighborhood, enjoying the yards and gardens our neighbors take pride in. Tickets are sold for this event and benefit the West End Neighborhood Association. Ticket includes access to participating gardens and refreshments provided by neighborhood businesses.
West End
Rummage Sale
July 29, 2023
Every year the West End Neighborhood hosts a rummage sale made up of donations from our community. Sales benefit the association and help us to fund our organization.
2nd Annual
Weird tales
In the West End
October 28, 2023
Join your neighbors at the Birdsong Community Garden for a night of local weird, scary, and funny tales with beverages provided by Story Coffee House. This family friendly event with offer early trick-or-treating and face painting.
Christmas
in the West End
December 2023
We invite our neighbors to decorate their homes for Christmas and submit their homes for the chance to win a prize package provided by businesses in our neighborhood. Thank you to our 2022 sponsors: The Recovery Room, The Parsonage, Native Brew Works, Roots Restaurant, and Story Coffee House. & congrats to our 2022 winners: The Greer Family!
SPRING CLEANUP
In 2008, the West End Neighborhood Association began participating in the Great American Cleanup through the Keep America Beautiful Arkansas Affiliate. The Great American Cleanup is the nation’s largest community improvement effort. The Great American Cleanup takes places in the spring, March through May. The West End has been involved with a neighborhood spring cleanup for over ten years. The neighborhood partners with the City of Jonesboro Mayor’s Office, Sanitation Department, Code Enforcement, TRG, volunteers from Arkansas State University, and the Huntington Mission Church.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
In 2007, the West End Neighborhood Association began hosting our National Night Out event. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes strong police-community and emergency service partnership. These service providers include: first responders, fire department, and EMS. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and our local city government officials such as the mayor, city council, and local utility providers. Center Point Energy has been a major sponsor of our event from our first NNO. The NNO is held at our CWL Park, which is centrally located in the neighborhood. The event is held on the first Tuesday in the month of October. For more information on National Night Out, please go to https://natw.org.
RUMMAGE SALE
The West End Neighborhood Association holds and Annual Rummage Sale to support projects of the neighborhood and Microsociety Magnet School. All neighbors are asked to contribute in some way: cleaning out closets, attics, and basements for donations, volunteering, or by making a purchase. The Rummage Sale is held at the Microsociety Magnet School gymnasium in the fall.
