Neighborhood Meeting – October 2nd – 6:30-7:30pm

Please join the Wasena Neighborhood Forum for our October Neighborhood Meeting! The meeting will take place Thursday, October 2nd from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Wasena Park Brick Shelter.

October is Fire Prevention Month and we are pleased to welcome Hope Escobar, Community Risk Reduction Specialist with Roanoke Fire-EMS to present fire safety tips!

We will also be discussing the events taking place during Wasena Weekend, which is happening NEXT WEEKEND, October 3rd-5th.

As always, we will also provide any updates we have regarding the various city projects happening in Wasena (bridge, skate park, in-river park).

We hope to see you at the park on October 2nd!

Neighborhood Meeting June 5th 6:30 – 7:30pm

Hello Wasena!

Please join us for the WNF meeting and board elections for the 2025/2026 season! We are looking forward to seeing you at the Wasena Park brick shelter on Thursday June 5th, 2025 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

We’ll be electing the WNF board members for this upcoming 25/26 term. We are still seeking nominations and will be doing so until the end of the week (Sunday, May 18th). So, if you have ever been curious about what it means to be part of the WNF, please reach out to us at wasenaconnect@yahoo.com, we’d love to talk with you!

We’ll also talk about some of our plans for summer and of course have bridge updates, skate park updates, in-river park updates, and more!

We’ll see you there!

WNF

WNF October Neighborhood Meeting

Thursday, October 5, at 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Hello Wasena!

Please join us this Thursday, October 5th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Wasena Park Brick Picnic Shelter. This is the building closest to the playground and parking lot on the Vic Thomas end.

We will welcome guests from the City of Roanoke and be discussing Wasena Weekend details! New event details just posted at www.wasena.org.

Trevor Shannon, Battalion Chief from the City of Roanoke’s Emergency Management Team will visit with us. Also, we welcome Justina Megginson from the Commissioner of the Revenue’s office to share about how one would start a new business in the city of Roanoke!

Hope to see you there!

Neighborhood Meeting – WNF

Hello Wasena!

Please join us for the first WNF meeting of 2025! This will take place Thursday, February 6th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the City Light Church located at 1511 Maiden Lane SW (yes, with the “Jesus Saves” sign).

We’ll be joined by the City of Roanoke’s Real Estate Valuation team who will share information on several topics relating to property assessments. Please note that our meeting will fall just AFTER the deadline to submit an appeal of assessment. Please visit  https://www.roanokeva.gov/2731/Appeals-Board-of-Equalization before the February 5th deadline should you wish to submit an appeal.

We’ll also have updates on the bridge, the in-river park, and the skatepark as well as discussing upcoming elections for the WNF board.

We’ll see you there!

WNF