NSCNA Blog Archive

  • Snow Day Pictures: Want to Share?

    Administrator

    Last Tuesday, Feb. 23, it snowed here in Austin, Texas!  We’d love to post your snow pictures for everyone to enjoy, especially if you have any in the neighborhood.  Please send them via email to mediachair@nscna.org.

    Thanks for sharing your snowy photos with us.

    Keith and Gayle Harrell, Erin and Jason Franz, Cheri and Jeff Hartman

  • Sunshine Gardens Spring Plant Sale, March 6

    Administrator

    Sunshine GardensSunshine Community Gardens’ primary fundraiser, the Spring Plant Sale and Garden Festival, will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 9 am to 2 pm at the Gardens location: 4814 Sunshine Drive. The sale is a family-friendly gathering and is greatly anticipated by experienced and beginner gardeners throughout Austin and the surrounding area. The Gardens project has been on the forefront of green practices and natural gardening in Austin since its beginning, 31 years ago.

    The Gardens are located near the intersection of Lamar Blvd and 45th Street. In 1979, the Gardens entered a cooperative arrangement with the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to provide a garden oasis in the middle of the city. It is Austin’s largest and longest-lived community garden. Garden members take pride in promoting healthy living through natural, chemical-free gardening.

    Plant sale visitors will find hundreds of varieties of organic and heirloom vegetables, medicinal and culinary herbs, ornamental plants and flowers. Culinary plants include tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers (including hard-to-find varieties like Bishops Crown and Beaver Dam), eggplants, and tomatillos. Flowers and ornamentals include skullcap, butterfly weed, agaves, and many more. Visitors can purchase a bag of rich compost to get their garden started. Keep an eye out for sale updates on the Gardens website (www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org).

    There will be booths of food and drink, gardening products, a silent auction, and musical entertainment by the Polkadillos, and Laura Freeman and the Hey Hollies. Festivalgoers can stroll through the area and get a glimpse of what a group of hardworking gardeners can accomplish. Though most of the members use their plots for vegetables and culinary herbs, there are also multitudes of ornamental flowers, vines, exotics and wildflowers. In addition to the growing plots, Sunshine Gardens houses a chicken coop, two large greenhouses, and several small mountains of mulch and compost.

    Photo credit: Jennifer M. Ramos

  • Anderson Lane Closure and Detour This Weekend

    Administrator

    We’ve received notice that this weekend (March 6-7), there will be a road closure on Anderson Lane east of our neighborhood while Capital Metro works on the railroad crossing.

    See the map below for details:

    Anderson Ln. road closing and detour map

    The red line shows the MetroRail train tracks. The closure will occur where the train crosses Anderson Lane. The green line shows the official detour around the street closure. The blue line shows an alternate route, for eastbound drivers who miss the official detour.

    The road closure is scheduled to begin Saturday, March 6 starting at 6 am. It will remain closed until the work is completed sometime on Sunday.

    Here is the information we received from Capital Metro:

    Good afternoon folks,

    Each day Capital Metro is closer to opening the MetroRail system, and we continue to working diligently to get running soon. Part of this work will include doing track work at the Anderson Lane crossing. Anderson Lane will be closed starting at 6 AM on Saturday morning and will remain closed until completion sometime on Sunday, March 7. We will be working on track alignment so that both the train and cars crossing will have a smoother ride. Capital Metro apologizes for any disruptions that this maintenance may cause our neighbors, and we will work with our contractor to complete this work as safely and quickly as possible.

    Below is detour map to assist you in preparing for the detour this weekend.

    Please share this information with your neighbors who live near the tracks.

    Thank you, and have a nice evening,

    Alissa Schram
    Community Involvement Coordinator
    Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    Tel: 512.369.7759

  • Citizen Alert: Detectives Seek Bank Robbery Suspect

    Administrator

    The following “Citizen Alert” has been issued by the Austin Police Department:

    Robbery Detectives Seek Bank of America Robbery Suspect, the “Reckless Robber”

    Suspect Description:

    • White Male, 30-40 years of age
    • 6’0″, medium to heavy build
    • Round face and pale skin
    • East coast accent
    • Last seen wearing: aviator style glasses, a wig that made him appear bald on top with hair on the sides, black jacket and pants.
    • Known as the “Reckless Robber” and has committed several bank robberies in the Houston and San Antonio areas.
    • Displayed a weapon

    Case: 10-0560639
    Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
    Time: 9:22 A.M.
    Location: Bank of America 7900 Shoal Creek Blvd.

    This case remains under investigation by Robbery detectives.

    For more information or to submit a tip, visit the Citizen Observer web site: http://www.citizenobserver.com/cov6/app/alert.html?id=11575

  • February Newsletter Out for Delivery

    Administrator

    NSCNA Neighborhood News Feb '10 editionThe February edition of the NSCNA Neighborhood News is out for delivery. You should receive your copy in the next couple of days.

    You can download a copy of the newsletter here.

    We are in the process of switching the newsletter publishing schedule from four times a year to six. That will ensure a newsletter is published before each association meeting.

    The Media Committee is seeking volunteers to help with the newsletter. We especially need volunteers to write articles and sell ads. If you would like to help with future newsletters, please contact media@nscna.org.