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We are inviting you and your family to become members of the West Side Neighborhood Association. We are incorporated by the State of New York and have a large number of members, including leaders in state and city government, education, law, and business, residents young and old, long-time and newly arrived, students, retirees, and all ages in between. We are actively engaged in efforts to encourage historic preservation, environmental beautification, and enforcement of Zoning and Code regulations.

Like historic urban neighborhoods across the country, the West Side is a pleasant, convenient and interesting place to live. The goal of our neighborhood association is simple - to enhance the quality of life that we enjoy here. The most important way we do that is by making it easier for neighbors to be in touch with each other to solve problems and work on improvements that individuals want to see. By joining, you'll be part of our virtual e-mail and web community. Thanks to our e-mail list, neighbors have banded together to fight commercial encroachments on Riverside Drive, eradicate graffiti on Leroy Street, support the Danielle House for families of hospitalized children and many other projects. We even found and returned a lost dog in a single day!

You'll also receive our newsletter, The Westsider, as well as advance notice of our board, membership, and committee meetings.

Our projects depend on you. To date, WSNA has

• produced and distributed a brochure to advertise the West Side to realtors and home buyers (see the online version)
• in conjunction with Cornell University, started an historic survey of the Bennett tract in the center of the West Side and presented preliminary results at four neighborhood meetings in 2002 through 2005.
• worked with the City to preserve street trees
• facilitated community input into park renovation and construction 
• prepared a study regarding the parks planning process for City Council
• prepared a survey of information on student housing patterns
• spoken before City Council on zoning and code issues
• assisted residents in challenging zoning and housing code violations
• participated in the Citizens' Advisory Committee to provide input for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan
• co-sponsored a Town Meeting with Councilman Joe Sanfilippo that drew nearly 100 residents
• participated in the Binghamton University Community/University Relations Task Force
• participated in the Gorgeous Washington Arts Fair and National Night Out 
• had a WSNA team in the American Heart Association's annual Walk/Run
• participated in Clean Up Day with Councilman Eric Denk
• and much more

You can join over 300 of your neighbors in the WSNA! Memberships are Individual ($10), Family ($20), Sustaining or Business ($50), and Gold ($100). We also offer a Special Circumstances ($5) membership for anyone who is unemployed or has low income. Please use the membership form that you can print or send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address along with a check payable to WSNA, Inc. to:

                                 WSNA, Inc.
                                  P.O. Box 223 
                                  Binghamton, NY 13905

Your address information is used for our mail and e-mail distribution lists.