Sunday, Jan 31st at Blakemore United Methodist Church in the Fellowship Hall

Please mark your calendar.  3:30 PM - 4:00 PM coffee and dessert, 4:00 PM - 5:00  PM - Annual Meeting

Agenda to Include:

Invited guests, Metro Council Member Kathleen Murphy and Sgt. Linn of the West Nashville Precinct

Review of Past Year's Events

Election of the 2016 WANA Steering Committee

The 2015 WANA Steering Committee acted as the nominating committee for the 2016 WANA Steering Committee, in order to canvas as much of the neighborhood as possible. If there are other neighbors who are interested in joining the committee, please plan on attending the Annual Meeting and being nominated during the meeting.

2016 Steering Committee Slate

Officers (1 year term)

President - Bob Glenn, Vice President - Brooke Shuster, Secretary - Cyril Stewart*, Treasurer - Gwyneth Neuss

New/Renewing Members (2 year term)

Kirk Davis, Melissa Donahue, Lynne Falk*, Bob Lyons*, Robinson Regen, Kevin Stack*, Cyril Stewart *

*=new members

Continuing Members (not up for election)

Luci Crow, Bob Duthie, Lesley Omary, Brooke Shuster, Bob Glenn, Gwyneth Neuss

Thank you to our retiring members!!

Mike Jameson, Denise Hawkins, Revell Michael, Dianne Neal, Michael Rook

The new website is hosted on a private server and will be more secure than the old site. It is also much easier for volunteers to add content.   Whitland Area residents can download a draft copy of the new directory more easily than our old site. Check it out under the Directory Tab. 

Make a note, the Annual Meeting will be on Sunday  January 31st, 3:00-5:00pm at Blakemore United Methodist Church. Our council representative, Kathleen Murphy and Metro Nashville Police, Sgt. Steve Linn will talk about the latest developments in the neigborhood. Come and meet your neighbors and enjoy desert. 

There is lots going on this weekend in the Whitland Neighborhood! Beginning at 8 AM Dumpster Day will kick off with over 30 yard sales around the neighborhood. We will also have dumpsters and Goodwill donation sites located on Craighead and Carden Ave respectively.

That evening we will have Movies in the Dark. Located in the open area near the Carden Ave footbridge.

                First Feature:  Epic  7:15 PM

Second Feature:  Divergent 9:00 PM

Come join in the neighborhood activities!

Please save the date and join us after the neighborhood yard sales on September 27 for Movies in the Dark at the Carden Avenue footbridge. 

Have a movie recommendation?  Please email suggestions to Bob Lyons at bob3@bandbmfg.com

Want to celebrate your successful yard sale by going "out" to eat that evening without the hassle of getting all dressed up?  Then a food truck would be the perfect addition to Movies in the Dark!  If you are in favor of the idea, or if you have a specific food truck recommendation, please let Bob know.  (note: There would be a minimum amount of food sales required to get a food truck, so commitments to purchase food are requested).

Mark your calendars now for Movies in the Dark on September 27! 

Affectionately known as Dumpster Day, the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association will host a collection of yard sales on Saturday, September 27, starting at 8am. If you would like to conduct a yard sale at your house that day, please register your sale by emailing Revell Michael at rmichael@healthcarerealty.com.

The neighborhood association makes it so easy, you can hardly resist. Services provided by your friendly neighbors include

• Advertising the sales
• Posting signs that direct shoppers into the neighborhood
• Marking your sale with balloons at the curb
• Providing a map of all the sales

Denise Hawkins has kindly arranged for the Goodwill truck and dumpsters to be here as usual, so clean out your closets. If you plan to have a sale on September 27, please register by emailing Revell Michael your name and street address.

It's time for Movies in the Dark!

When:  May 17th

What:  First Feature:  Frozen  7:15 PM
           Second Feature:  Skyfall  9:00 PM

We are thinking about getting a food truck for the event. Please RSVP at the link below if you are able to attend and would be interested in purchasing food from a food truck.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MGVPRGM

Hippity! Hoppity! Easter's on it's way!

Please join us for the 4th Annual Whitland Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt to be held on Easter Day, April 20th from 3-5:00! There will be something for everyone, including egg hunts for children of all ages, an inflatable bounce house and obstacle course, light refreshments, and the ever-popular Easter Kegg!

We need volunteers to donate filled eggs for the hunts. These may be filled with candy or toys/trinkets, but please make sure that the candy is packaged and try to avoid choking hazards. We have leftover plastic eggs from last year -- if you are interested in recycling some of these eggs, please contact Melanie Block at mmblock@comcast.net or 615-491-9087 to receive your bag of eggs. Delivery and pick-up service is available!

We will also need volunteers to hide the eggs and to assist with setting-up prior to the festivities, and to assist with cleaning up afterwards.

If you would like to participate in this fun-filled afternoon, please RSVP and sign up to help make this a wonderful event using this link below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C48AEA6229-2014

We hope you can join us!

The Richland Creek Watershed Alliance will manage a neighborhood tree and shrub planting event on the bank of Kingfisher Creek on Saturday, March 29, at 9:00am.  Native species of trees and shrubs will be provided by the Tennessee Department of Forestry, with funding from RCWA and the Dan and Margaret Maddox Charitable Fund.  Please volunteer to help if you can.  Wear sturdy shoes or boots, bring a shovel and gloves.  Coffee and refreshments will be provided. Volunteers will meet at the footbridge at the end of Carden.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, March 30th at 10:00 AM

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!!

Affectionately known as Dumpster Day, the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association will host a collection of yard sales on Saturday, September 21, starting at 8am.  If you would like to conduct a yard sale at your house that day, please register your sale by emailing me at rmichael@healthcarerealty.com.

The neighborhood association makes it so easy, you can hardly resist.  Services provided by your friendly neighbors include

• Advertising the sales
• Posting signs that direct shoppers into the neighborhood
• Marking your sale with balloons at the curb
• Providing a map of all the sales

Denise Hawkins and Frank Smith have kindly arranged for the Goodwill truck and dumpsters to be here as usual, so clean out your closets.  If you plan to have a sale on September 21, please register by Revell Michael at the email address provided above.

Join us on Thursday, September 12th at 6:30 PM at Blakemore United Methodist Church (corner of Blakemore and West End) for an informational meeting on the AMP.

The Transit Alliance's Ed Cole and StopAMP's Malcolm Getz will make presentations followed by questions and answers.

Questions will be taken in writing and can be submitted in advance to me via email or brought to the meeting or written up on site.

We look forward to seeing you there!

What: Come join us on Saturday, September 7th for Movies in the Dark.

Where: Located at the end of Carden.

When: 6:30 - MegaMind  8:30 The Avengers

Bring lawn chairs and blankets, glow in the dark bracelets, and whatever food that will make you and your kids happy!!

Please invite your friends and family!

Thanks to Denise Hawkins and Bob Lyons!

Click photo for SLIDESHOW 

A TRIBUTE by David J. Wasserstein

O say can you see by the dawn's early light

What descended on Whitland all through the night?

It was coming along to the fourth of July,

And the spirits of all the citizens were high!

Another year and another day of celebration

To feast the independence of our nation.

The summer was in highest gear

For here was yet another year.

The weather too was playing its part

And entering fast into each one's heart.

The heat was lower than we could remember

It was not of July but rather November.

Humidity was there almost none

Despite the fierceness of the sun.

The preparations had all been made

A feast was made and also a parade.

They called the mayor - he said he would come

The band, the children too in sum

All Whitland every girl and boy

Made plans to feel enormous joy.

We went to bed on Wednesday the Third

The weather forecast none had heard.

But when we awoke on our sacred day

We thought we were going to have to pray

For during the night with all its might

Rain poured down and created a plight.

All was wet, few dared go out

To face the rain and sing and shout

To hail the day and dance along

To join our hands in feast and song.

We walked along our long straight street

With dampened heads and soaking feet,

And saw the folks of our festive Committee

And all we could feel inside was pity,

For they had worked for months on end

In order a message to all to send.

Yet for now the rain put a damper on all

All was washed out, we felt a pall.

But say, what comes but a mail from Denise!

We read it in fear, but we feel a release

The feast will go on! Rain cannot diminish us.

The feast will go on! The day is too serious.

A hurray along Whitland for all who so gave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Photos by Bob Duthie

The Halloween party is held annually on or about October 31st at the park beside Kingfisher Creek at the bottom of Carden Ave. There is food, drinks, and contests for the best costumes. It's fun for all ages.

Mavis Duthie captured this photo of a red tail hawk on the back porch of her home on Carden Ave.

This is by far the biggest event each year attended by 1,000s. At the 2012 event when this panoramic photo was taken, Senator Bob Corker was one of the speakers. Following a concert and a few speaches a massive 6 lane pot luck lunch is held. As if that wasn't enough the best hot dogs you have ever eaten are served at a barbeque managed by Whitland Residents. The event has been held for over 20 years.  Click here for a video of the reading of the Declaration of Independance.

It was September 25-26, 2010 that our most recent Whitland Neighborhood Home Tour was held. An entire website was developed for this event which has been retired and no longer available.

The following is the content from the page which appeared on this website and is preserved here for future Home Tour committees.

This year's sixth annual home tour promises to be even better than ever with several locations being readied for tours. The Whitland neighborhood, located directly south of West End Avenue between Bowling and Wilson Avenues, is once again inviting the public to walk its tree-lined streets and tour several homes and the always a hit - - Fire Hall #17.

The Whitland neighborhood was once part of the Peach Blossom plantation, which became known as Whitland Farms in the late 1800s. Part of the land was subdivided and the neighborhood was created in the early 20th Century. Adding to the rich historical presence of the neighborhood is the former burial site of Charles Dickinson, son-in-law to Capt Joseph Erwin (original Peach Blossom builder & owner), who was killed in 1806 by Andrew Jackson in a duel. His remains were re-interred in the Nashville City Cemetery in June 2010.

The neighborhood was also once home to entertainers Dinah Shore and Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann in the popular sitcom "Gilligan's Island," as well as a host of other well-known figures such as senators, mayors, poets, entertainers and sports figures.

"There has been extensive renovation to many of the homes in the neighborhood in recent years, and the character and charm of the neighborhood has actually been preserved and enhanced by these renovations," stated Amy Dennison, co-chair of Whitland's home tour committee. "Our neighborhood is excited to open its homes to Nashville." The wide, tree-lined boulevard of Whitland Avenue and its quiet, family-friendly side streets boast an architectural diversity that ranges from stately mansions to comfortable bungalows. Touring the neighborhood is reminiscent of a time when trolley cars were the primary means of commuting to downtown Nashville. A bus will provide free transportation throughout the neighborhood during the tour.

Children with parental supervision are also welcome to play at the playground of Blakemore Children's Center, located in the neighborhood. A Patrons' Party will be held on Friday, September 24th to kick-off the event. Home tour admission and tickets can be purchased at any of the open homes on the days of the tour for $15 or 2 for $25. Tickets for children under 12 are $8. Advance home tour tickets can also be purchased at a discounted price of $12 each through September 24th at Davis Kidd Booksellers, 2121 Greenhill Village Drive at the Green Hills Mall and at the Harris Teeter located in Belle Meade Theatre Building.

Please refer to http://www.whitlandhometour.org/ for the most up to date information about the 2010 Home Tour!