Sustainable Neighborhoods, July 20

Date: Tuesday, July 20
Time: 6:30 – 8 pm
Location: Village Christian Apartments Activity Room, 7925 Rockwood Lane

Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin will have its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 20. Here is the meeting information from their recent mailing:

Street Trees, Sidewalks on Burnet, Lamar

Burnet and N Lamar are the public face of our North Central Austin neighborhoods. They have their gritty charm, but for the most part they are ugly and unsafe for pedestrians and children. They encourage policymakers and developers to make the kinds of comments we heard during the VMU process: “Anything is better than what you have now.” That’s not true. We have to fight that kind of thinking by taking better care of our streets.

The Sustainable Neighborhoods meeting on Tuesday July 20, will look at concrete steps we can take to make both Burnet Rd and N Lamar Blvd more attractive. An obvious place to start is with street trees – to complement the sidewalks that are part of the proposed Mobility Bond Package. Where might trees be planted, what species would be appropriate, how would they be maintained?

Please, if you love trees and care about the future of our neighborhoods, attend this meeting and learn what you can do to help. 6:30 to 8:00 PM, at the Village Christian Apartments Activity Room, 7925 Rockwood Ln. http://sites.google.com/a/snaustin.org/snaustin-external-site/meeting-directions

Sustainable Neighborhoods, July 20