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.

938 West Portland Street

February Visual Award

If you live in an historic neighborhood, it makes sense to preserve the elements that reflect a home’s origins. That’s the thinking that drove the work Norm Godin and Salvador Sambrano Garcia did on their 1942 Ranch home.
With that in mind, they selected colors for the house exterior to fit with the 1940s. They added a layer of insulation to the home with a synthetic stucco on top. But they left the lower third of the brick skeleton of the house intact on the advice of the city Historic Preservation Office untouched.
Their intent to maintain the historic nature of the house even extended
to the landscaping: They installed new trees, such as ash and plum, but
bought mature ones to make it look as if they have been there a long time.
To create a welcoming vibe, they added chairs on the front porch and
installed a Budda statue and fountain to include an element of calm. For creating this homage to the 1940s, the two are the winners of this month’s
Visual Award. See it for yourself at 938 W. Portland.

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).