The Highland Park Neighborhood Association is beginning 2025 with a series of introduction posts of our board members. Now you’ll be able to recognize them on the street; please say “hi!”.

Adam Tauno Williams
Board Role: Chair, board member for six (6) years.

I’ve been in and around Highland Park my entire life as by grand parents lived in the house on Shirley St which I purchased from them in 1996. Previously my grand father purchased it from my great grandfather who was a home building and built the house.

After several years of being involved in various capacities, mostly related to inter-city transportation advocacy, I noticed that the Highland Park neighborhood did not have an association. This was in 2016. Some kind of organization clearly helped other neighborhoods organize events and other activities. I organized a meet-up at Vitale’s Pizza just to see if anyone would show up. And dozens of people did. It took a few years after that until the neighborhood association was reborn, but by 2019 it was up and running. I have served as chair of the board since that time.

Professionally I am an Information Systems Architect for a local material handing and consulting conglomerate. Only being two miles from the office allows me to commute by bicycle and public transportation - enabling mobility options is one of my passions.

It has been exciting to see the association develop, both to act as a conduit for neighbor voice to be heard by the city, and to facilitate projects like the art-in-the-park and the Highland Park History documentary.

If you would like to support the Highland Park Neighborhood Association you can make donations at our donations page. The association is entirely funded by community support.