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.

737 West Willetta Street

December Visual Award

The water bills made them do it. So did the very long, very hot summers. Add in a desire for a refresh, and you have a desert-friendly front yard transformation. That’s what won Jeanine and Rick Patterson this month’s Visual Award.
The longtime residents made the switch from lawn to low water, working through the summer to carry out the design that was created for them by Terra Verde, a landscape firm started by neighbor Kristi Kinnison.
In addition to planting Desert-adapted trees, such as Palo Verde, and colorful shrubs such as Leucophyllum and Ruellia, the couple redid the entryway to the 1922 bungalow, installing a winding brick path that leads to the front door to replace the former entry, which was up the driveway.
The bricks came from a pile they had been accumulating for years, bolstered by contributions from across-the-street neighbors Tracey Montgomery and Kristi Kinnison. Extra bricks were employed to build entry pillars/walls that matched the home’s original pillars.
Check out this landscape redo at 737 W. Willetta, the winner of this month’s Visual Award.

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).

Our Visual Award Winner Photo’s are Courtesy of Laura at VoightsVisions@gmail.com.