Neighborhood Info

Neighborhood Message Board

Visit the neighborhood Message Board at Groups.io. Find out how to join here.

Welcome Packets

Get a Story Welcome Packet and be listed in our neighborhood address book.

Are you new to the neighborhood? Or just dropped off the radar? Add your name to the neighborhood address book. It's a handy way for neighbors to stay in contact and is only available to residents of Story. Contact the Welcome Subcommittee.

Property Tax Reduction Program

One of the benefits of living in a historic district is the property tax reduction. Learn more here. 

Bulk Trash Pickup

A new, appointment-based collection system for bulk trash items replaced the current quarterly collection program on September 30, 2024. Due to the outspoken voices in the neighborhood, the new process to move the pickup location from the alley to curbside was overturned, keeping pickup in the alleys.

To schedule a bulk trash collection click to learn more.

Report illegal dumping by calling:
     - Police Department at 9-1-1 (emergencies)​
     - Crime Stop at 602-262-6151 (non-emergencies)
​​     - Otherwise, contact Public Works at 602-262-6251.

715 W Portland Ave

June Visual Award

Eric Henningsen and Katie O'Neal have a home no one else can claim: Only the second house constructed in F.Q. Story.

Built in 1921, the Mediterranean Revival house was once home to a former Phoenix mayor. Eric's not sure who it was, but he left remnants of his gas station business in the garage.

When the couple moved into the home in spring 1997, they got to work on infrastructure. They redid the roof and used a city grant program to build replicas of the original windows. They wanted to keep the home as close to its original look as possible.

Outside, they reduced the grass footprint in the front yard, installing cacti in a section of the yard. The front is dominated by a towering olive tree that was there when they moved in 29 years ago. It provides needed shade from the summer sun as it beams in through a north-facing front window.

To get a look at this early structure in F.Q. history, stop by 715 W. Portland, the winner of this month's Visual Award.

Six Points Hardware is the sponsor of the F.Q. Story Visual Award. The monthly winners get a $100 gift certificate to the store, which sits at the western edge of our neighborhood.

The Story steering committee welcomes nominations for the monthly Visual Award, which recognizes the efforts of residents to improve the look of their home’s exterior or for their work in maintaining it. Send nominations to Diego Delgadillo at 738-0669 or e-mail to (diego3@cox.net) or Mary Jo Pitzl at 495-9202 or e-mail to (mary-jpitzl@cox.net).