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SHOAL CREEK BLVD OPEN HOUSE DEC 12

SHOAL CREEK BLVD OPEN HOUSE DEC 12

The Austin Transportation Department (ATD) is holding an open house, a listening session to better understand the needs of people using Shoal Creek Boulevard:

Wednesday, December 12, 5:30 to & 7:00 P.M.

Gullett Elementary School Cafeteria

6310 Treadwell Blvd, Austin, TX 78757

Public input will be used to evaluate opportunities for improvements and can be shared with ATD at the listening session or by phone or email.

For more information:   Shoal Creek Blvd Open House… Read More

NORTH SHOAL CREEK COMMUNITY GARDEN TOUR THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 2-4 P.M.

NORTH SHOAL CREEK COMMUNITY GARDEN TOUR THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 2-4 P.M.

REMINDER: NORTH SHOAL CREEK COMMUNITY GARDEN TOUR
NOV. 8, 2-4 PM

Our North Shoal Creek Community Garden has been selected as part of Austin Design Week 2018. The event/tour takes place on Thursday, November 8, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Using design thinking, our neighborhood identified a community need and came together to create a space to foster the neighborhood’s identity, encourage neighbors to gather socially, engage with the land through gardening, and provide educational opportunities to the students … Read More

NSC Community Garden Selected To Be Part of Austin Design Week

NSC Community Garden Selected To Be Part of Austin Design Week

Thanks to Community Garden volunteers Sarah Brandon and Jennifer Noinaj, our North Shoal Creek Community Garden has been selected to be one of the tours in this year’s Austin Design Week. The event takes place on Thursday, November 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the garden which is located at 3025 Crosscreek (northwest corner of the Pillow campus).

To register for the tour, go to  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adw-2018-presents-north-shoal-creek-community-garden-tour-registration-49780261101

For more information on Austin Design Week 2018, please visit https://www.austindesignweek.org

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IMPORTANT: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP PLANT TREES IN NORTH SHOAL CREEK

IMPORTANT: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP PLANT TREES IN NORTH SHOAL CREEK

When: Saturday October 27, 2018, 8am-2pm
Where: Pillow Elementary; 3025 Crosscreek Dr, Austin, TX 78757

Volunteers are needed to help fill mulch bags, deliver trees, and plant trees in the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood.  Volunteers, please bring work gloves, hats, sunscreen, and water

Pick-up trucks are also needed!

To register: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/community-trees

Please help — the Austin Community Tree Program is providing the trees, and North Shoal Creek needs to provide the volunteers to help plant them!!!

Sharon Justice, Chair,
NSCNA … Read More

Agenda for NSCNA Membership Meeting September 4, 2018

Agenda for NSCNA Membership Meeting September 4, 2018

North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association
General Membership Meeting @Pillow Elementary School Library September 4, 2018, 6:30 P.M. – 8:15P.M.
AGENDA

Guidelines for a successful meeting: We want to keep the meeting moving forward and to keep everyone interested and engaged. 1. Let’s keep our comments shorter when many people want to speak. It’s courteous and you will hold people’s attention better. 2. After you’ve asked a question, give others an opportunity to ask a question before you ask another. 3. … Read More

UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN

UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN

City Council voted this afternoon  (Aug. 9) to pass our plan on first reading, but also to delay the public hearing until August 23. While it’s good they passed it on first reading, this means that all of us who were at City Hall had to pack up and go home with our arguments against the Planning Commission changes unheard. We’ll need another car pool to City Hall on August 23, so please put it on your calendars!… Read More

COME TO THE 18TH ANNUAL NORTH SHOAL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD JULY FOURTH PARADE AND CELEBRATION!!

COME TO THE 18TH ANNUAL NORTH SHOAL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD JULY FOURTH PARADE AND CELEBRATION!!

Wednesday, July Fourth, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Pillow Elementary School

 

9:00 a.m.: Gather in the circle drive at the Pillow Elementary School entrance. To be eligible for a prize, register and pick up a number at the Parade Registration Table at Pillow

9:10 a.m.: Brief opening ceremony

9:20 a.m.: The parade begins

10:30 a.m. Raffle winners announced

 

Be sure to dress in your best patriotic wear.

Prizes Awarded For:

Best bike decoration (adult)   Best bike … Read More

Planning Commission Revisions To North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan, June 12, 2018

Planning Commission Revisions To North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan, June 12, 2018

On a 10-2 vote, the Austin Planning Commission approved the following changes to our plan at its June 12 meeting:

1) Change zoning along Steck Avenue to allow missing middle housing (missing middle housing includes duplexes, bungalow courts, carriage houses, courtyard apartments, live/work, and small multiplexes)

2) Allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and duplexes throughout the neighborhood (currently, both SF-2 and SF-3 single family zoning exist in North Shoal Creek; ADUs and duplexes are allowed only on lots zoned SF-3; … Read More