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Latest Neighborhood News

New Welcome Packets, Telephone Directory and Website Will Be Available Soon We’ve been busy this spring! The University Heights Association has given the green light to several projects that desperately needed updating. New welcome packets for new neighbors will be available soon. Concise, easy to read, and full of  useful information, plus a history of …

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History of University Heights

A History of the Founding of University Heights #1 University Heights #1 has a colorful history stretching back to the beginning of the twentieth century.  The story begins with its founder, and the founder of University City, Edward Gardner Lewis. Born in Connecticut in 1869, Lewis was a consummate promoter and salesman.  In his early …

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Neighborhood Trees

Trees Do you know that your subdivision’s urban forest consists of 407 street trees,  including pin oaks, redbuds, sugar maples, silver maples, ginkos, coffee trees, bald cypress, golden rain trees, pears, sycamores, white ash, river birch, dawn redwood, Siberian elm, lindens,  and black gums? As trustees, our responsibility is to keep these healthy, not dangerous, …