Ceramic Pots: Cleaning & Prepping Anything you leave outside is bound to get weathered, whether it’s a ceramic pot, a pair of shears, or even the leaves on a tree.  While a tree can shed old leaves and grow new ones, your garden pots won’t magically renew...

Informed Delivery® by USPS® Digitally preview your mail and manage your packages scheduled to arrive soon! Informed Delivery allows you to view greyscale images of the exterior, address side of letter-sized mailpieces and track packages in one convenient location.* *...

Illinois voters are months away from a pandemic-delayed primary scheduled for June 28.  So, now's the time to begin preparing for an election that will determine candidates for county, state and some federal offices. Normally, the Illinois primaries are held in March...

Traffic – Increased cut through traffic, excessive speed & semi or tractor-trailer size trucks, especially on Purnell, Mack, Garys Mill & Winfield Roads are high on the list of WW resident concerns.  As the construction of Trillium Farm & the Casey’s gas...

  Every year, thousands of people lose their hard-earned money to phone and Internet scams. Scammers will say anything to cheat good people out of their money – from a few dollars to their entire life savings. Some of these scammers try and gain your confidence...

The Emergency Telephone System Board of DuPage County offers Smart 911, a free innovative public safety service. Smart911 is available in DuPage County and all participating dispatch centers across the United States. Smart911 enhances the information that a 911 call...

Light Pollution:  Bright outdoor lights glaring from homes after dark deprive nocturnal animals of the environment they depend upon to survive. For prey species, a dark sky provides cover in which to hide and rest. Predators such as owls need darkness to bring in a...

Casey’s Gas Station Nears Construction Excerpt from Winfield Glimpses – Autumn 2021 Casey’s parent company purchased Bucky’s several months ago after significant delays caused by federal guidelines on the purchase of the chain. The building is essentially the same...

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, COVID-19 manifests itself as a respiratory disease that can cause lung complications including pneumonia and acute respiratory distress, both of which deplete oxygen levels in the body.  According to Dr. Richard Levitan, who wrote...

Although we weren’t able to prevent Pulte’s Trillium Farm from being built we are grateful to all the residents that made their voices heard via emails, letters and phone calls to the DuPage County Board, the West Chicago City Council and the DuPage County Forest...

Willow Creek Wheaton On November 24, 2020, the DuPage County Board voted against Willow Creek Wheaton’s petition to be allowed to develop its new facility using well and septic rather than the public water and sewer required by ordinance. Following that action, Scott...

2014-10-Website-Newsletter West-Win Homeowners’ Association welcomes new homeowners to unincorporated Winfield Township. We also welcome residents of longer standing who and are now becoming aware of the organization. The Association covers unincorporated areas of...

At the October 22, 2019 West-Win General Meeting a representative of Pulte Homes presented a brief description of the company’s plan to build a high density development of single-family homes along Purnell Road on part of the Planter’s Palette property. The plan would...

In a serious time like the current Novel Coronavirus Pandemic, reliable information is essential. Three reliable sources of coronavirus information are the DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) Coronavirus site,...

Pulte Homes is proposing an 84 home development on 34.97 acres along Purnell Road, with all access and egress on Purnell Road. The property is currently part of Planter’s Palette. West-Win opposes this proposal because of the increased amount of traffic on Purnell...

NEW WEST-WIN EMAIL ADDRESS West-Win’s new email address is info@West-Win.org. This is the first step of a technology update that will also provide a new website, www.West-Win.org, which is currently being built. The West-Win Board looks forward to hearing from you....

FIND WEST-WIN ON FACEBOOK Look us up on Facebook: West-Win Homeowners’ Association. To get posts in your Facebook page click the “Like” button found in the lower right corner of our cover photo. You can then add the option to be notified each time we post information,...

2019-04 WW Newsletter-final Bill, as we fondly knew him, served in many capacities within and outside our association for more than 40 years. He was always congenial, even when challenges occurred which might cause an average person to grumble. If you drive east on...

2019-04 WW Newsletter-final Come learn about the natural history of this region and how your yard fits into the landscape. Join us Wednesday, April 24th, and you'll walk away with tips for selecting and caring for the trees and shrubs in your yard, as well as steps...

2019-04 WW Newsletter-final Unclaimed or abandoned property refers to accounts in financial institutions and companies that have had no activity generated or contact with the owner for one year or more. When these accounts become dormant, by law, they are turned over...

2019-04 WW Newsletter-final Spring is here, time to dust off the bicycle or walking shoes and get out for a ride or walk. Below is a map of all local trails. Surely you can find one close to you.  There are several new trails this year including the trail near the...

2019-04 WW Newsletter-final Two very different, but both undesirable, insect varieties often take up residence in or near our lawns: ants and yellow jackets.  Ant hills make unsightly areas in a lawn, but yellow jackets pose a much more serious threat.  They are very...

2018-04-Website-Newsletter MAXIMIZING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE Owning a home is a great way to provide wealth to you and your family. It's important to understand how to maintain and increase its value over time, so when you are ready to move on to your next...

2018-04-Website-Newsletter TWO PROPOSED “ROOSEVELT ROAD CORRIDOR” DEVELOPMENTS Two non-residential projects are being pursued near Winfield and Roosevelt Roads. At the southwest corner, commonly known as the Cantore property, Bucky’s gas station and convenience store...

2018-04-Website-Newsletter NEW WAZE OF GETTING PLACES A free app that may be of interest to our members is WAZE. It’s a GPS based navigation app that helps you get the best routes with input from a community of real-time drivers working together, sharing traffic &...