Westside Community Action Network
Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services +
Faith Groups + Government Together
2130-B Jefferson Street, Kansas City, MO  64108
Office: 816.842.1298     Fax: 816.842.1241     E-mail: westcan@crn.org

 

  • I grew this! Readers share a bounty of garden photos, By TIM ENGLE, The Kansas City Star, August 30th, 2011, Link, Link2
  • School's In at the I.H. Ruiz Branch, Library Life, August 25, 2011, Link, Link2
  • Parks Spotlight: Jarboe Park, KCMO Parks and Recreation eNews, August 2011, Vol 5 Issue 7, Link
  • Mr. Eugene Takes Care of the West Side, Pay It Forward, Fox 4 KCMO, August 15th. 2011,  Link
  • Good Neighbor Fernando Garcia Hernandez received from Mayor James at the August 2nd "Night Out Against Crime event, Link
  • News story on Jarboe Park, KC Parks: Kansas City, MOKCPR Marketing's Channel, Heidi Downer, Saturday June 18th, 2011, YouTube Link
     
  • Westside Community Garden Deters Crime, by Tom Christiansen, KSHB41 News, Monday, April 18th, 2011, Link or File
     
  • Garden deters crime, creates community, Informant, The Kansas City Missouri police Department, April 2011, Link or File
     
  • Neighborhood Garden Helps Calm Area Crime, By Sandra Olivas, KCTV 5 News, Wed, April 06, 2011, Link or Article
     
  • Community policing works, By MARY SANCHEZ, The Kansas City Star, Wed, Feb. 09, 2011, Link
     
  • Free Flu Vaccinations, By Maria Reyes, Case Manager, January 2011, BARRIO BULLETIN e-Newsletter
     
  • When Club Oasis went down, it took the West Side's hard-earned trust with it,
    By Mandy Oaklander, The Pitch, published: January 20, 2011, Link
     
  • Childhood friends reconnect, keep West Side memories alive, By ERIC ADLER, The Kansas City Star, Posted on Fri, Dec. 24, 2010, Link
     
  • Kansas City finest officers, Villalobos and Tomasic, by joe arce y jose faus, VOLUME 14 NUMBER 15 / 16 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2010, Link
     
  • KC homicide clearance rate declines, By CHRISTINE VENDEL, Posted on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010, Link
     
  • Police roll call comes to Westside Neighborhood, BY JOE ARCE AND TONY BALANDRAN, VOLUME 14 NUMBER 04 / 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2010, Link
     
  • Watch the Westside's New Urban Orchard and Community Garden Grow! Friday, June 25th, 2010 (press release)
     
  • Community group, KC police to receive national award,  Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Thursday, October 15th, 2009, Link
     
  • Lynda Callon, director of the Westside Community Action Network , received the Alvin Brooks Award for outstanding community leadership. Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission, October 6th 2009, Link
     
  • Christmas story is retold in the saga of KC’s day laborers, By MARY SANCHEZ, The Kansas City Star, Thursday, 25th, December 2008, Link
     
  • Community Center hosts Christmas Party, Dos Mundos, Dec. 10-17, 2008, Link
     
  • Bank of America Charitable Foundation presents thousands in local grants, Local Hero Lynda Callon, a community organizer at the Westside Community Action Network Center, battles youth violence, Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Tuesday, October 14, 2008, Author: MARK DAVIS, The Kansas City Star
     
  • Westside hosts back-to-school pep rally, Dos Mundos, Written by By Lilia Garcia Jimenez and photos by Esaul Orozco and courtesy of Heart to Heart, Thursday, 28 August 2008, Link
     
  • Lynda Callon is more than up to the task of running the Westside Community Action Network, The Kansas City Star, Michael Humphrey, Sunday, June 29th 2008,  Link
     
  • KC Police Program Reaches Out to Hispanics, KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP), 7/17/08, Link  
     
  • Westside, Kansas City, Missouri, Locals drive the efforts to revive the spirit of an older neighborhood without pricing out the original residents, Cottage Living, Link
     
  • KC neighborhood work cited, The Kansas City Star, Joe Robertson, Mon, Dec. 24, 2007 10:15 PM Link
     
  • Community Fears Crime Increase If Center Closes, Last Edited: Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007, 10:28 PM CST, Created: Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007, 10:15 PM CST, MyFox Channel 4
     
  • CAN Center facing rent problems, Reported by: Amy Hawley, Email: hawley@nbcactionnews.com
    Last Update: 11/28 12:17 pm
     
  • Los artistas del grafiti remozaron la antigua Plaza de Niņos TRADUCE PATRICIO H. LAZEN, Hispanic News, Link
     
  • Westside CAN Center makes Christmas brighter for immigrants, by Emilliano Buendia, Dos Mundos, December 21st. Link 
     
  • Lynda Callon receives the Urban Hero Award (Downtown Council), which honors small businesses and individuals who have improved the quality of life Downtown, Link
     
  • common-sense POLICE approach to immigrants, By BARBARA SHELLY, The Kansas City Star, Link
     
  • Day Laborers: Improving the Quality of Life for Laborers, Employers, and Neighbors, Link
     
  • Decades of work produces an amazing West Side story, By JERRY D. REECE Guest Columnist The Kansas City Star, December 14 2004 
     
  • Community Center works to improve Westside neighborhood, the Catholic Key, By Marty Denzer
    Catholic Key Reporter, 25 June 2004, Link
     
  • New day labor site hopes to solve old problems By MARY SANCHEZ The Kansas City Star
    Kansas City Star - November 27, 2003 - Mary Sanchez, Link
     
  • West Side Sorry, The new Tony Aguirre Community Center gets its neighbors worked up, not worked out.  By Patrick Dobson, Article Published Aug 10, 2000, Link
     
  • West KC residents ready for new chapter in library service, Kansas City Business Journal - March 17, 2000 by Leslie Zganjar Contributing Writer, Link

 

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