In addition to the information gained and networking accomplished at monthly meetings and other events, the Five Points Development Association can celebrate many milestones that served the priorities and goals of both residents and businesses such as:
In the mid-1980s we were instrumental in attracting the El Paso Police Department to relocate their headquarters to the vacated Sears building where it remains for the benefit of all.
In about 2000, we suggested that Sun Metro purchase the property and create the Five Point Transit Terminal at Birch St. and Montana Ave. For our efforts we were offered the opportunity to dedicate the transit terminal to the memory of Robert E. McKee. Residents benefit from the transit terminal as much or more than do businesses.
At the request of the City Planning Dept., we formed the first Five Points Neighborhood Association in 2003, and soon after petitioned the city to create a federally recognized “Quiet Zone” along the Union Pacific rail line that runs through the Five Points residential area. It was a a lengthy pursuit, and on of June 26, 2016 the trains’ need to blast their horns at every intersection they cross in Five Points came to an end.
In 2013, we pleaded with the City Plan Commission and City Council to make optional, not mandate, the use of Smart Codes in Five Points, because staff did not make it clear how residential and commercial property owners would benefit or suffer; the City Council agreed to make Smart Codes optional in Five Points.
For the last several years we have been working with the city Planning and Inspection Dept. to convert parallel parking spaces on side streets to angle parking thereby creating hundreds of additional parking spaces. In 2016 we submitted a grant proposal to CDBG to this end.