4th Annual NCNA Bake Sale
In conjunction with the NCNA Annual garage sale, there will be a Bake Sale on Park Lane from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday August 23rd. Baked goods, coffee, and lemonade will be the featured treats and all proceeds will go to our Neighborhood Association. To support of our 4th Annual bake sale, please contact Elisabeth Green.
West Lafayette Ranked In Top 10
U.S. News and World Report has named West Lafayette on of the Top 10 Brainiest places to retire, right along with Ann Arbor and Berkeley. See the full story.
Exciting news on the trolley front!
CityBus has released impressive results of an economic impact study to measure the impact/benefits of the Wabash Trolley.
Ridership is up 20% over the last three years, rental properties near the Trolley line tend to rent for more than comparable rentals off the line and the Trolley generates $221,769 in state PMTF funding!
See for yourself - download the summary document or the full report
New Chauncey Scores High WalkScore!
Walk Score is the walkability from your home to
important places in town - WalkScore.com. The
following walk scores were based upon the specific
neighborhood association contacts listed on the WL City
web site. The best attainable score is 100.
62 New Chauncey
62 Barberry Heights
57 Wabash Shores
40 Hills & Dales
34 Northwestern Heights
32 Avondale
26 Happy Hollow
15 University Farm
Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment. As you can see, New Chauncey is very walkable and a great place to live!
Summer Brings Rain & Wind, Warm Days
Our summer arrived looking much more like spring with some short but heavy rains with some thunder and lightning thrown in for good measure. (Have you ever wondered why it's thunder and lightning and not lightning and thunder since almost all the time we see the lightning before we hear the thunder? Not me, that is way too
deep, but thought that you may have). Now that the longest day of the year has past, we can settle in for a few months of BBQ's and porch sitting, visiting with our friends and neighbors, and maybe even sneaking out of town for a few days of vacation.
After you've checked out the additional photos, dust off that BBQ and grill up some of your favorite veggies and meat then sit back and see what else Mother Nature has in store for us!
2008 Boiler Blast & NCNA Clean Sweep
Another very successful Boiler Blast and NCNA Clean sweep event was held on Saturday April 5th throughout the New Chauncey Neighborhood. Students cleaned trash from streets and alleyways, helped clean yards, move wood and debris.
Boiler Blast is an annual event at Purdue University where students give back to the community by volunteering to do odd jobs for the residents of West Lafayette.
Bags of trash at main intersections throughout New Chauncey were a common sight before noon as the NCNA Clean Sweep powered by Purdue's Boiler Blast was in full swing.
Purdue Students Help Clean Up New Chauncey ~ Thank You!
Hug A Tree
“Even trees do not die without a groan.” — Henry David Thoreau
The New Chauncey Neighborhood received many new young trees in the past few weeks. Please ADOPT A FEW OF THE NEW TREES NEAR YOU.
As the temperatures of summer begin to arrive, bucket of water per week (3—5 gal) will do wonders. If you find a tree leaning or uprooted, please contact Scott Mills (743—6268). To learn more about tree care, go to the West Lafayette city web site.