Neighborhood Info

Neighborhood Message Board

Visit the neighborhood Message Board at Groups.io. Find out how to join here.

Welcome Packets

Get a Story Welcome Packet and be listed in our neighborhood address book.

Are you new to the neighborhood? Or just dropped off the radar? Add your name to the neighborhood address book. It's a handy way for neighbors to stay in contact and is only available to residents of Story. Contact the Welcome Subcommittee.

Property Tax Reduction Program

One of the benefits of living in a historic district is the property tax reduction. Learn more here. 

Bulk Trash Pickup

A new, appointment-based collection system for bulk trash items replaced the current quarterly collection program on September 30, 2024. Due to the outspoken voices in the neighborhood, the new process to move the pickup location from the alley to curbside was overturned, keeping pickup in the alleys.

To schedule a bulk trash collection click to learn more.

Report illegal dumping by calling:
     - Police Department at 9-1-1 (emergencies)​
     - Crime Stop at 602-262-6151 (non-emergencies)
​​     - Otherwise, contact Public Works at 602-262-6251.

1605 West Willetta Street

April Visual Award

Tending to their home has been a labor of love for Lisa and Ken Hardesty. A long labor of love.

They moved into their home 15 years ago, delighting in the detail of the 1928 construction, including distinctive arched windows. They repainted, applying a bright coat of white to the body and changing the green trim to a dignified navy.

They transformed the front yard from dying lawn to evergreen turf and lined the walk to the front door with solar lights. A spacious patio fronts the home, bordered by with a lineup of fragrant rosemary bushes.

The median strip between the sidewalk and street is shaded by a sprawling mesquite which provides sheltering shade for an array of cacti, including prickly pear and totem pole cactus. For their efforts, the two are the winners of this month’s Visual Award, which you can find at 1605 W. Willetta

Six Points Hardware is the sponsor of the F.Q. Story Visual Award. The monthly winners get a $100 gift certificate to the store, which sits at the western edge of our neighborhood.

The Story steering committee welcomes nominations for the monthly Visual Award, which recognizes the efforts of residents to improve the look of their home’s exterior or for their work in maintaining it. Send nominations to Diego Delgadillo at 738-0669 or e-mail to (diego3@cox.net) or Mary Jo Pitzl at 495-9202 or e-mail to (mary-jpitzl@cox.net).