Thanks to Our August/September Advertisers

Posted Sep 6, 2010 3:52pm by Juliette Kernion in Local Businesses, Newsletter | no comments

We wanted to take a moment to thank the businesses that chose to advertise in the August/September 2010 issue of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood News. Please support our advertisers whenever possible.

Businesses in the following list that have an asterisk (*) next to their names offer a discount or coupon in their newsletter ad.

  • *Boot Camp U — Morning and evening exercise classes at Pillow Elementary
  • Peggy Little — Real-estate agent who often sells homes in our neighborhood
  • Sandy Perkins — Real-estate agent who lives in our neighborhood (and longtime former editor of the newsletter!)
  • *Hill-Berts Burgers — Restaurant on Burnet Road, which hosted a NSCNA Social Get-Together in June
  • *Yogagroove — Located in Grapevine Market Shopping Center; holds classes in Bikram Yoga
  • Satay — Thai/South Asian restaurant located in North Shoal Creek since 1987
  • *Gym One — Neighborhood gym in the same shopping center as Satay
  • td designs — North Shoal Creek area company offers remodels, custom homes and residential framing design by Tony Davis
  • Jill Leberknight — Real-estate agent who often sells homes in North Shoal Creek
  • George Johnson — State Farm Insurance Agent with an office on Burnet Road
  • Crestview Minimax — Grocery store adjacent to North Shoal Creek that’s been around since 1953
  • Freshteh Kosari — Real-estate agent whom you might also remember as one of our face painters during the NSCNA Independence Day celebration
  • Judy Rowland — Music teacher and soloist/pianist who lives in North Shoal Creek
  • Heartsong Music — Neighborhood music studio offering Music Together® classes for children 0-5 and their parents/caregivers
  • Good Turn Music — Lee Donovan offers guitar lessons for beginners in several locations, including students’ homes

Travis County Farmers Market Reopening

Posted Aug 13, 2010 12:36pm by Cheri Hartman in Local Businesses | no comments

Dates: Wednesdays – Fridays, noon – 7 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 am – 2 pm
Location: 6701 Burnet Road (by Pour House)

The Travis County Farmers Market is reopening on Burnet Road in its original location. For more information, please read Addie Broyles’s article at Austin360.

Thanks to Our June/July Newsletter Advertisers

Posted Jul 26, 2010 12:30pm by Juliette Kernion in Local Businesses, Newsletter | 1 comment

We wanted to take a moment to thank the businesses that bought ads for the June/July 2010 issue of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood News. Please support our advertisers whenever possible. Businesses in the following list that have an asterisk next to their names offer a discount or coupon in their newsletter ad.

  • *Boot Camp U — Morning and evening exercise classes at Pillow Elementary
  • Jennifer Mehis –Real-estate agent who lives in North Shoal Creek
  • Peggy Little — Real-estate agent who often sells homes in our neighborhood
  • Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union — Credit union located near the corner of Rockwood and Burnet, which donated bottles of water for the NSCNA Independence Day Celebration this year
  • *Hill-Berts Burgers — Restaurant on Burnet Road, which hosted a NSCNA Social Get-Together in June
  • *Yogagroove — Located in Grapevine Market Shopping Center; holds classes in Bikram Yoga
  • Satay– Thai/South Asian restaurant located in North Shoal Creek since 1987
  • *Gym One — Neighborhood gym in the same shopping center as Satay
  • Jill Leberknight — Real-estate agent who often sells homes in North Shoal Creek
  • George Johnson — State Farm Insurance Agent with an office on Burnet Road
  • Crestview Minimax — Grocery store adjacent to North Shoal Creek that’s been around since 1953
  • Judy Rowland — Music teacher and soloist/pianist who lives in North Shoal Creek
  • Heartsong Music — Neighborhood music studio offering Music Together® classes for children 0-5 and their parents/caregivers
  • Vox Real Estate — Real-estate agent Angele Moyseos helps Austinites buy, sell, lease or manage properties
  • French Landscape Design — Tad French’s landscape design and construction company

Social Get-Together at Alborz, July 28

Posted Jul 19, 2010 9:58am by Juliette Kernion in Events, Local Businesses, Social | Comments Off

PLEASE NOTE: This blog post originally had the incorrect date for this event. The post has been edited with the correct information below.

Date: Wednesday, July 28
Time: 6 pm
Location: Alborz Persian Cuisine, 3300 W. Anderson Lane #300 (near the corner of Anderson and Shoal Creek)

We are most fortunate to have this year’s winner of the Austin Chronicle’s Reader’s Choice for Best Middle Eastern Cuisine, Alborz Persian Cuisine, right here in our own backyard. Next Wednesday, we will meet there to enjoy their top-rated cuisine.

If you have never tried Middle Eastern dishes, your taste buds are in for a treat. There are many fanstastic options available. A few folks from the NSCNA Social Committee will be there as well as the gracious servers at Alborz, who will be happy to help you choose something to your liking. For more information on Persian cuisine and what Alborz serves, you can read these articles on their website and peruse their menu.

The owners of Alborz have graciously offered half-price appetizers during happy hour from 5-7 pm, and a 20% discount on entrees all evening for our get-together on Wednesday.

Freshtah Kosari, the gracious wife of owner Moe Kosari, volunteered her amazing face painting services during our Independence Day celebration this year at no charge. We appreciate their involvement and support of our neighborhood and are excited to show our gratitude with our patronage.

In order to know how many tables we will need to set aside, we must have an RSVP if you are going to attend as well as how many will be in your party. We must have at least 10 people RSVP to hold the event, so please let us know as soon as you can if you plan to attend — by this Friday, July 23 if at all possible.

To RSVP or if you have questions, please contact Amelia Cobb at 364-5519 or ameliacobb [at] comcast [dot] net. Hope you’ll join us.

Village Shopping Center News

Posted Mar 26, 2008 12:45pm by Chris Jones in City Planning, Local Businesses, Local Interest | Comments Off


Anderson Lane mixed-use plan pulled off table for now.

Capital City Partners Inc. has withdrawn its application to rezone the Village Shopping Center on West Anderson Lane for vertical mixed-use development. The project had been scheduled to come before the Austin Planning Commission tonight. However, company partner Joe Lamy said he still intends to build a long-term project that will include more shops, housing and offices on the 12-acre site.
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Village Redevelopment Project

Posted Jan 21, 2008 2:58pm by Chris Jones in City Planning, Local Businesses | Comments Off

The Village Shopping Center is the area that includes the Alamo Draft House, Obee’s, Fuddruckers, etc. It was purchased last September and the new owners, the Lamy Group, intend to take the existing 147,000 sq. ft. and expand it to 645,000 sq. ft. of residential, retail and office space. In order to accomplish the increase in density for this development, they are asking for a zoning change from GR to GR-VMU (Vertical Mixed Use). To see the City case information for this Zoning change, go to this site and search by Case Number using: C14-2007-0207

In theory, VMU allows for increased density and a mixture of residential, retail and commercial to encourage a more efficient use of the property. It should also encourage people to play, shop, and work closer to home, and to use public transportation more frequently. In exchange for relaxed standards of setback, height, and parking, etc., the City requires that 10% of the residential units be set aside as “affordable housing.” The affordable units are funded by HUD and administered through the Austin Housing Authority. For more details about VMU, see the City of Austin website.

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