FairWestTidbits: Aug meeting minutes, sept events, fairground future info and meetings and what upgrades are coming to Fox park
Upcoming sept events:
Sept 16th 9am-10am at Domingo/Madeira Dr NE: trash pickup and chat
Sept 20th, Sept 21st: 9-12 African American Performing Arts Center (AAPAC) Free plants and native pollinator education event
Sept 22nd: 6-8:30pm African American Performing Arts Center (AAPAC) Public meeting/Panel Discussions for the future of the fairgrounds
Sept 25th: 10am AAPAC Fairgrounds tax district board meeting with elected officials
Sept 26th: 6-8pm FWNA monthly meeting at Enchantment Dancing
Oct 31st: Fall Festival and Scary Supper – come to a meeting or contact the events team to learn more and/or help.
Email Listserv for Fair West residents:
What’s the plan with the park?
here’s the latest info we got from the parks dept. Thanks to Christian of Parks for the details!
Scope of Work
- Playground Upgrades & Shade Structures
The current swing set will be replaced with a new swing unit featuring a blue shade cover.
Two new shade structures will be installed over the play area for ages 5–12.
One new shade structure will be added over the play area for ages 2–5.
A visual rendering of the new playground is included on the final page of this update.
- Site Modifications
The concrete barrier between the 2–5 and 5–12 age play areas will be removed to improve flow and visibility.
The current sand surfacing will be replaced with engineered wood chips, enhancing safety and accessibility.
- Accessibility Improvements
An ADA-compliant ramp will be added to provide accessible entry to both play areas.
- Tennis Court Enhancements
The court will be resurfaced with a new color scheme: red exterior, blue interior, and white play lines to match the updated playground color palette.
Existing benches will be retained and receive minor upgrades as needed.
- Basketball Court Refresh
Courts will be power washed and restriped with white lines to improve appearance and usability.
- New Information Kiosk
The existing kiosk will be replaced with a new one in complementary colors to tie in with the playground and court areas.
free plants, fair ground future, yard sales, clean ups, park updates, what else?!?
Hey Fair West neighbors,
Check out these flyers and details about upcoming events in the neighborhood.
free plants
Thanks for all the work on this, Emily!
future of the fairgrounds
The below report is from board member Hillary regarding what the heck is going on with the future of the fairgrounds. Thanks, Hillary!
A public state fair development meeting is planned for Sept 22nd from 6 to 8:30pm at the African American Performing Arts center (310 San Pedro Dr NE). See you there!
More fair food for thought: https://citydesk.org/2025/09/03/the-last-hurrah/
Neighbor Rob is organizing yard sales in the neighborhood for 9/13
From a recent email:
Good afternoon Fair West Neighbors,
On Saturday, September 13th Jena and I, along with a couple nieghbors on La Veta will be having yard sales on our block to take advantage of the increased traffic from the state fair. If you would like to join in on the fun, please let us know!
We will be advertising on social media (Facebook, Nextdoor, Craigslist, etc.) as well as putting up signs on Lomas, San Mateo, Copper and San Pedro. If you are interested in joining, we can help coordinate signage to directs traffic toward appropriate locations.
Please reach out and let us know if you are available and willing to also have a garage sale on this date!
In community,
Robert
Clean ups
A cleanup at madeira/domingo on 9/9/25.http://fairwestwork.com/9-9-25.html
We’ll do it again next Tues Sept 16th from 9 until 10
Neighbor Nikki has organized another cleanup for this Sat. Detailed copied from nextdoor.
Fairwest Neighbors:
We are having one hour Trash & Weed Cleanup this Saturday Sept 13th from 9 to 10am.
We’ll meet at the intersection of Madeira and Domingo.
This area is continually inhabited by the unhoused and is in need of a makeover.
Here’s your chance to help better our neighborhood.
This morning we picked up a lot of trash with just a few people.
Please bring gloves, black garbage bags, grabber tool, rakes, shovels and push brooms.
The bigger the turn out the less time we’ll be there.
This area of our neighborhood is desperately in need of help.
Next time we can cleanup another area in need.
See you Saturday.
Park stuff
Work on the park is underway. Next up: tennis courts and playground equipment
Thank to Christian from the parks dept for the following info
Scope of Work
- Playground Upgrades & Shade Structures
The current swing set will be replaced with a new swing unit featuring a blue shade cover.
Two new shade structures will be installed over the play area for ages 5–12.
One new shade structure will be added over the play area for ages 2–5.
A visual rendering of the new playground is included on the final page of this update.
- Site Modifications
The concrete barrier between the 2–5 and 5–12 age play areas will be removed to improve flow and visibility.
The current sand surfacing will be replaced with engineered wood chips, enhancing safety and accessibility.
- Accessibility Improvements
An ADA-compliant ramp will be added to provide accessible entry to both play areas.
- Tennis Court Enhancements
The court will be resurfaced with a new color scheme: red exterior, blue interior, and white play lines to match the updated playground color palette.
Existing benches will be retained and receive minor upgrades as needed.
- Basketball Court Refresh
Courts will be power washed and restriped with white lines to improve appearance and usability.
- New Information Kiosk
The existing kiosk will be replaced with a new one in complementary colors to tie in with the playground and court areas.
What did I forget?
We have a new email listserv to enable neighborhood specific conversations away from social media, without ads, open to anyone with interest. If you have questions, bring them up at the next monthly meeting and/or post them to the listserv.
http://lists.127tech.net/listinfo.cgi/fwna_everyone-127tech.net
Thanks neighbors!
Fair West Neighborhood Association 
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