Arlington Heights Residents Organization

04/30/2026

MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 23rd MTG.

One of the main things below: save the date for our farmers market, tentatively scheduled for the morning of May 23rd. More details to follow.

Arlington Heights Residents Organization
Meeting Minutes

Date – April 23, 2026
Time – 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Location – Hotel Dryce
Attendees – Approximately 15 members

Meeting Summary:
The 1st Quarterly meeting was held for 2026. It was decided that we should have meetings more frequently but not monthly (every other month). Positions were discussed for permanent roles to assist the current steward, Pete Cardenas, with growing the organization. It was decided that the meetings should rotate at local businesses or schools. The consensus was to focus on community activities and business development as to separate ourselves from other similar organizations.

Agenda Items:
I. City Works Topic

- The goal was to have a section to talk about current city issues. Ideally the newly created role of “City Advocate” would speak on future topics. This meeting the topic was on the newly created City Flood Risk Areas and what it means to residents. If you do not know whether you are in a CFRA, you may use the following link to check your property: Flood Risk Viewer


II. Neighborhood Corner

- The goal of this section is to highlight business partners as well as any activities going on in the neighborhood (festivals, events, etc).

- Fort Worth Coffee Company was featured, and the AHRO provided coffee from their awesome shop.

- The owners of the new Salon space off Clover mentioned the timeline for their new tenant starting, and also mentioned wanting to have a farmers market sometime in late May. AHRO members were excited to help organize.

- Next meeting locations were discussed and hope to have it at Fort Worth Coffee Co.



III. Community and Schools

- It was decided that a “Community Schools Advocate” position should be created. Mikala Smith graciously decided to take on that role and inform us of anything going on with our local Fort Worth neighborhood schools: AHHS, Stripling MS and SHM Elementary. We hope to attend any of their PTA meetings in the future.
IV. Officers Discussion

- Positions created:
1. School Advocate – Mikala Smith

2. Community Safety Advocate – Open

3. City Advocate – Amy Summers

4. Social Media – Currently Pete Cardenas (still need someone)

5. President – Currently open (Pete is acting)

6. Vice President – Open

Action Items:

1. Send out meeting minutes – Pete

2. Start process for farmers market (Tentatively morning of May 23rd)

3. Start attending PTA meetings and City meetings – Mikala and Amy

4. Follow up on our organization registration with the City – Pete

5. Set up next meeting (Tentatively for June 25th, 2026)

Please feel free to email us at [email protected] should you have any questions or feel any items may have been missed!
Sincerely,
Pete Cardenas – AHRA founding member.

04/24/2026

Great turnout today. We are building momentum. Minutes will be provided by the weekend.

-Pete Cardenas
Administrator and steward
AHRO

04/23/2026

Reminder about our meeting tomorrow (Thursday) night! 6pm at Hotel Dryce.

Hope to see a good turnout!

04/14/2026

Agenda for next week’s meeting:

I. Welcome and open forum

II. City Works Topic
A. Zoning news
B. CFRA information

III. Neighborhood Corner
A. Fort Worth Coffee Company
B. Grow Plant Store

IV. Community and Schools
C. FWISD news
D. Open for others

V. Officers discussion
A. Determine needed positions
B. Open floor to nominations

VI. Close and networking

04/10/2026

Agenda coming soon for our meeting in 2 weeks. Please get the word out. We will definitely do elections for roles within the organization.

12/09/2025

REMINDER!!

Please bring your donations for Thomas Place’s Breakfast with Santa, this Thursday at 6pm at Hotel Dryce. (Monotary donations are also welcome)

Here is what is needed:

5 boxes of pancake mix
4 bottles of syrup
2 cases of eggs
10 lbs of bacon
4 bags - Brown n serve sausage links
6 bags - Heat and serve sausage patties
5 gallons Orange Juice
3 gallons apple juice
300 paper plates
Silverware
Plastic cups
Muffins
Pastries
Donuts

11/25/2025

Hello Residents!

Our yellow jackets of AHHS have made it to the third round of the playoffs. If you can, please show your support and make it out to Crowley this Friday to pack the stands and cheer for our neighborhood team!

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More Playoff Football This Friday!

📅 Game: Arlington Heights vs. Aledo
🕐 Time: Friday, 1 p.m.
📍 Location: Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium
🎟 Presale Tickets: https://bit.ly/3KgtBoZ

Please note: Arlington Heights is the visiting team. When purchasing tickets, choose the visiting side and review Crowley ISD’s stadium policies on the ticketing site before you arrive.

This isn’t just another game! Our Yellow Jackets have advanced to the third round of the 5A Division I playoffs for the first time since 1973.

Heights Nation, we know you’re on break, but we need you Friday. Wear your spirit, pack the visiting stands, and be loud as we cheer on Arlington Heights in this historic playoff matchup!

11/15/2025

Hello! Per our commitment to tranparency, below are the meeting minutes for our first meeting.

Date – November 13th, 2025
Time – 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Location – Thomas Place Community Center
Attendees – Approximately 15 members

Meeting Summary:
The inaugural meeting for the Arlington Heights Residents Organization was held. All new business was discussed per the fact this was the first meeting. There was debate on values important to fellow residents and what should be the focus on this new organization. Discussion was also provided on goals, meeting frequency, and transparency.

Agenda Items:
I. Values – Attendees discussed and selected values for our new organization including:
a. Supporting infrastructure improvements
b. promoting a vibrant community full of vitality, connectivity, and family.
c. Supporting businesses and events that promote community and walkability.
d. Collaboration with other neighborhood organizations such as Thomas Place that promote similar values

II. Transparency – Attendees discussed the need for transparency of the new organization through the following:
a. Streaming meetings – The ideas is to stream our meetings using some technology medium (Zoom, Teams, etc)
b. Meeting Minutes- Meeting minutes will be emailed to the email list, and also be posted on our page and group.

III. Collaboration – Discussion took place on our collaboration with other neighborhood organizations (AHNA, Thomas Place, etc).
a. Consensus was that a space for our organization does exist provided we focus on key areas that are lacking: Support of community and family events, and infrastructure improvements.
b. Further evaluation is needed on our involvement with these organizations. In the meantime we plan to be proactive in meeting with organizational representatives to discuss future relationships.
IV. Next Steps – Next steps were discussed for our new organization including:
a. Register our organization with the City of Fort Worth
b. Establish meeting cadence (Next meeting is on December 11, 2025)
c. Follow up on Clover zoning and parking policies with the City of Fort Worth
d. Develop plan for streaming meetings

Please feel free to email us at [email protected] should you have any questions or feel any items may have been missed!
Sincerely,
Pete Cardenas – AHRA founding member.