I know that I have seen people post various items about the JFK Neighborhood over the years. Usually it is in relation to a Health Sciences topic. In doing a search of OKCTALK, I could not find a thread specific to it however.

Activity has increased in the area, so it probably deserves it's own thread with basic information.

The neighborhood association recently received a $10,000 grant from the City of Oklahoma City that financed landscaping in the center median along Lottie and enabled the neighborhood to put identification signs along the perimeter. The graphic artist in our office at Bezdek + Associates, Jon Mooneyham, designed the new logo and signs. Walter Jacques, who works at the Health Department and volunteers with transit related issues, has somewhat adopted the neighborhood and helped write the grants and is spearheading improvements with neighborhood leaders.

Here is some basic information:

JFK Neighborhood (President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Neighborhood)

North Boundary (NE 8th Street)
South Boundary (NE 1st Street)
West Boundary (Lincoln Blvd.))
East Boundary (Martin Luther King Blvd.)


Current neighborhood officers:

President: Jeff Trevillion
Vice President: Walter Jacques
Secretary: Shana Trevillioin
Treasurer: Marion West


John F. Kennedy (JFK) Neighborhood was established by the City of Oklahoma City in 1975 as Urban Renewal initiated a revitalization and improvement campaign for those remaining in this area. JFK Neighborhood Association was established in 1987.


Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/...d=316561840754

JFK has a history of which I'm hoping Doug Loudenbeck has some photographs. It is a neighborhood just outside of downtown that still retains some historic buildings. Much of it has been bulldozed by Urban Renewal although Urban Renewal has successfully redeveloped some housing in the area. The Adventure Line train route crosses through JFK.

It is a neighborhood that needs volunteer help and strong redevelopment projects.