40 Good Neighbors
- Black, Sr., Donald M.
- Bloom, Barbara
- Bogom, Stuart
- Deahl, Kate and Tom
- Dedrick, Fred
- Draper, George C.
- Elfant, Bob
- Emery, Francenia
- Ewing, Anne and Bill
- Fellner, David
- Fluhr, Robert
- Friend, Yvonne Thompson
- Guy, Dorothy
- Harland, Jean
- Hartsfield, Gail, Brian, and Michael
- Haskins, Yvonne
- Henning, Pat
- Hill, Lucy
- Johnson Sisters: Sylvia Carter, Barbara Green, and Madelyn Morris
- Johnson, Andre
- Kahn, Esther
- Kilson, Maurice
- Kimbleton, Helen and Jean Miller
- Lamas, Andy
- Martin, Martha Kent
- Moraks: Bill, Connie, Bill, Jr., and Michael
- Nix III, Robert N.C.
- Nolan, John and Mary
- Peterson, Jim
- Pollak, Debby
- Ransome, Shirley
- Reddick, Daisy
- Rush, Harold
- Stroiman, Steve
- Styer, Tim
- Williams, Mabel
- Winston, Dr. William
- Winterstein, Dan
40 Good Neighbors
Dr. William Winston
In the early 1990s, William used his life savings to purchase the abandoned Wimmer Electric building at 6622 Germantown Avenue. He rehabilitated the building and converted it to medical offices. He then proceeded to purchase the next three buildings to the south. All of these buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as either significant or contributing to the Germantown Avenue Historic District. One of these buildings housed the Kent Tavern, a notorious nuisance bar that neighbors had tried, unsuccessfully, for years to have closed. With the Kent gone, the immediate neighbors’ quality of life improved, and businesses were able to open in the properties.
William continues to promote changes that enhance the business climate in Mt. Airy. He is particularly interested in the site of the late Wagon Wheel at the northeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Phil-Ellena Street, and the lack of available parking.