NSCNA Blog Archive

  • APD Commander’s Forum, February 1

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    Austin Police Department logoDate: Tuesday, February 1, 2011
    Time: 6 pm
    Location: Northwest Fellowship Church, 3427 Pond Springs Rd. (map)

    The Austin Police Department conducts quarterly Commander’s Forum meetings in each APD district to share and discuss issues and concerns with residents and business owners, to improve the quality of life in that district.

    The APD district representatives have been completely reorganized for 2011. We are now in Region 2 ADAM sector. This will be our first opportunity to meet with our new district representative, Officer Billy Simoneaux.

    The new Region 2 staff will be introduced, upcoming events, crime stats, community updates and many other things will be covered.

    Visit the APD District Representatives Home Page for more information about the new regions and district representatives.

  • Beautification Committee Meeting

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    Date: Wednesday, January 26
    Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
    Location: North Village Branch Library, 2505 Steck Ave.

    This will be the first meeting of the year for the NSCNA Beautification Committee.

    Please come and invite any other neighborss that might be interested or have some ideas for neighborhood projects.

    If you are interested but unable to attend, please contact committee chair Mary Jane Wier at beautificationchair@nscna.org so we can get your ideas.

  • Update on North Village Library Funds

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    In November 2009, NSCNA helped organize and run a rummage sale to help benefit the nearby North Village Library, which had its periodicals budget severely cut. The rummage sale raised enough money to buy subscriptions for all the newspapers and magazines the library requested for 2010.

    We still had enough money left to fund many of the library’s periodical subscription requests for 2011. We recently spent the last $476 from the rummage sale proceeds on 30 magazine subscriptions for the North Village Library, as detailed below. The Friends of the North Village Library group, which also helped run the 2009 sale, ran a thrift sale of their own in late 2010 and are funding other subscriptions as well.

    Thanks again to all of you who helped with the rummage sale, bought things or donated money. It’s great to see that we raised enough funds to cover TWO years of many subscriptions the library needed.

    American Legacy
    Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel
    Asimov’s Science Fiction
    Better Homes and Gardens
    Cooking Light
    Discover
    Entertainment Weekly
    Entrepreneur
    Family Handyman
    Game Informer
    Good Housekeeping
    Health
    Hispanic
    Latina Magazine
    Marie Claire
    Money
    National Geographic
    O, The Oprah Magazine
    Outside
    Parents
    People en Espanol
    Popular Mechanics
    Popular Science
    Psychology Today
    Reader’s Digest
    Rolling Stone
    Southern Living
    Sports Illustrated
    Texas Parks & Wildlife
    Wired

  • 2011 NSCNA Board of Directors Elected

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    NSCNA 2011 Board

    On January 4, the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association held its annual meeting. The main order of business at our annual meetings is the election of officers and directors for the coming year.

    Here are the results of our election.

    2011 Officers

    • Chip Rosenthal – President
    • Kenneth Webb  – Vice President
    • Donna Eagar – Secretary
    • Jeri Wines – Treasurer

    2011 Directors

    • Cheryl Carter
    • Amelia Cobb
    • Ernie Garcia
    • Don Jones
    • Alice Kubacak
    • Jon Menegay
    • Mary Jane Wier

    Congratulations to everybody elected, and thanks to all the members who participated in the election.

    Thanks to our Nominating Committee: Chair Evelin Nunes Vorzimmer, Jerry Horn, John Migl, Keven Wier, and Sherran Williams. Thanks to our Election Committee: Chair Randy Alexis, Kate Brien, Lois McEvoy, and Lynda Oakes, who ensured an orderly process.

    The photo above shows most of the new Board. From left to right: (top) Don Jones, Chip Rosenthal, Ernie Garcia, Kenneth Webb, Jeri Wines, Donna Eager, Amelia Cobb, Cheryl Carter, (bottom) Jon Menegay.

  • NACA Meeting (Homeless RV Park Issues), Jan. 20

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    Date: Thursday, January 20
    Time: 7 – 9 pm
    Location: Lanier High School, 1201 Payton Gin Rd. (map)

    North Austin neighbors have been invited as guests to the North Austin Civic Association (NACA) monthly meeting in January. There will be some informational presentations that may be of interest to people who want to learn more about the proposal to build an RV park for homeless people near Braker and Burnet.

    Here is the information we received on the meeting:

    Speakers: Council Member Sheryl Cole and Alan Graham of Mobile Loaves and Fishes

    Focus: Council Member Cole’s vision for Austin and her work to help the homeless of Austin. She will be available for limited Q&A.

    Alan Graham will present information about the homeless (including some myths and truths) and also about his RV park (no site has been picked, so a location will not be part of Mr. Graham’s presentation)

    Note: NACA will have a short business meeting to elect officers before the speakers are presented.

    No debate/comments over the proposed RV park site at Burnet and Braker (or the south site) will be allowed. This is strictly an educational meeting and an opportunity to have conversation with Ms. Cole and Mr. Graham. If members of the audience need clarification about information they have heard from Ms. Cole and Mr. Graham during the meeting, those kind of questions will be entertained. If audience members become argumentative, the conversation will be halted, and we will move on.