Events

August 9th, 1-4pm

We had an amazing afternoon at the Youth Day on Saturday!

Kids raced each other on the inflatable obstacle course, did some crab walks and hula-hoop challenges to win prizes, got their faces beautifully painted, got their bikes repaired, snacked on popcorn and snowcones, went head to head with each other and LPD officers in basketball, went flying on the slip n slides, ran hard in their races, won awesome prizes, got soaked with water balloons, and then got super soaked with the firetruck at the end! It was amazing to see and experience all the joy that young people bring.

This was a community effort and we are super thankful for everyone that made this event happen and gave kids and families the opportunity to have fun together and be celebrated. 

May 3, 2025, 2-5pm

Beyond being a name for our wonderful neighborhood, Churchill Downs is the name of the racetrack where the Kentucky Derby is held each May. For a fun celebration of the Kentucky Derby (and an opportunity to socialize), we will be meeting at Wainwright Park for potluck Hors d'Oeuvres. Dress as fancy as you can (or want to), bring a snack to share, and we will see you there! 

Crosswalk Painting at Jerree St and Stillwell Ave.

Saturday, Sept 2, 10am-2pm

The City of Lansing’s Neighborhoods, Art, and Citizen Engagement department awarded us a grant to paint the crosswalks at the intersection of Jerree St. and Stillwell Ave. this summer. If you have ideas for what kind of design you would like on these crosswalks, please submit ideas to Elizabeth at hossinke@gmail.com by Friday, June 16. The designs will have to be relatively simple, as we will only have 2-3 colors to work with and we want to use stencils to make the painting process simple. We will vote on the design at the neighborhood picnic on June 20, and paint the crosswalks on September 2. On the day of the painting, we will need volunteers for traffic control as well as the painting itself.

We have helped hundreds of our neighborhood kids repair their bicycles for safer use in our community.

This is a free event for the children in our neighborhood.

Sponsored by CDCA, residents will have a place to dispose of items from your yard, home and garage.  

The dumpster was at the  Wainwright  elementary school parking lot.  The dumpster was available for the residents of the 

Churchill Downs  Community Association. 

The Churchill Downs  Community Association has planted flowers in the planters  located by  the signs that stand at the entryways to our neighborhood. Volunteers worked  together, in order to plant some lovely flowers at our Churchill Downs  permanent entryway signs. Thank you ladies, for helping to make our neighborhood entry's look more inviting.

Thank you everyone who joined us for our annual Christmas Celebration.  We voted for the top three houses displaying Christmas lights. 

Thursdays, 6-8pm at Wainwright Park. 

Bring your family, friends, or just yourself to enjoy summer evenings at the park. A variety of sport equipment and games will be available to use. 

Churchill Downs Community Association neighbors enjoying a great baseball game vs. the TinCaps. Thank you to Mayor Schor for the use of Suite. The three oldest kids even got to participate in the 3-legged big underwear race. Big Lug stopped for autographs and photo ops with everyone.

Thanks to: Glo, Judy, Mike Sr., Ernest, Sherry, Greg, Sharon, Beth, Mike Jr., Weather, Maddoc, Layne, Daphne and Nolan for attending