About the Woodlawn Heights Taxpayers & Community Association
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WORKING FOR EVERYONE IN WOODLAWN FOR MORE THAN 120 YEARS! A Civic Association That Works for All Residents, Tenants, Shareholders, Homeowners, alike!
· Monthly open information meetings
· Monthly newsletter
· Problem solving with Federal, State and City Agencies
· Neighborhood beautification
· Positive focu
s on our local schools
· Maintaining a low crime rate
· Economic development issues
· Assuring quality public transporation
· Lobbying politicians on your behalf
· Responding to quality-of-life issues
· Fighting for top notch commuter rail service
· Planning and coordinating community events
· (i.e., Memorial Day, Holiday Tree Lighting, Merchants’ Sidewalk Sale, etc.)
· Making Woodlawn a better place in which to live
“To make Woodlawn a better place in which to live” is the rallying cry of the Association. The Association’s first meeting was held on May 10, 1895, and one of the complaints addressed was that “the lamplighter has not been around for three nights.” The first political action of the Association was to protest the increased five-cent fare bill on the Harlem line railroad. That was the beginning of over a century of commitment to this community, and it has continued with many major victories throughout the years. The Association is proud to have been the leader in the fight to bring these “firsts” to Woodlawn:
First Public School
First Fire Department
First Public Library
First Playground
First Bank
First Public Transportation
First Telephone Lines
First Electrical Power
First Post Office
