BOLLING HEIGHTS HISTORY
Before jet planes would make routine flights overhead, but after major roads were paved and Highways 71, 69 and 169 intersected the southwest corner of Clay County, MO., Ira Bolling and his sons, Glen L. and Howard L. Bolling, came from Fort Scott. They created H & I Bulders and developed the suburban housing area, now known as Bolling Heights.
OUR BEGINNING
In early 2006, Gladstone city staff held several meetings with Bolling Heights residents to discuss property maintenance, code enforcement, crime and safety issues in their neighborhood. Staff encouraged residents to participate in a pilot project to improve their neighborhood by working with a community development consultant to organize a neighborhood association.
In July, 2006, several residents volunteered to serve on the first neighborhood board, and so much has been accomplished since then!
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
We look forward to you becoming part of our Bolling Heights Community Link, our community neighborhood association.
The benefits of becoming part of our association are:
Excellent opportunities to meet your neighbors by volunteering with Beautification, Special Projects, Block Watch/Safety, Newsletter and History Committees. We always have a need for volunteers to assist with lawn clean-up for those who need help, ideas for our holiday special events and a need for Block Watch Captains.
Thanks to our Special Projects Committee, some of our past social gatherings include the Halloween Parade and Holiday Decorating Contest, Independence Day parade, adoption of a Bolling Heights Street, participation in the Gladfest parade, and other special project events. We are coming up with new ideas all the time! The Committee also assembles “New Neighbor Bags” to welcome new residents to the Bolling Heights Community.
Our neighborhood newsletter, The Link, is distributed periodically by volunteers and contains articles including upcoming meetings, history and future of Bolling Heights, resident profiles and other information important to our community.
The Beautification Committee participates in the Spring and Fall Clean-up in conjunction with Gladstone’s yard waste disposal, to help our neighbors who need assistance with yard work and hauling leaves, clippings, and limbs. We hope to participate in the bulk item pickup in conjunction with Gladstone’s Spring Clean-up (held in April) as we gain more volunteers and more trucks for hauling.
The History Committee has been researching Bolling Heights history and will be publishing the results this fall.
Official board elections are held in February. We have new members and new officers with new ideas.