NSCNA Blog Archive


  • The annual General Membership Meeting of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association will be held:

    When: Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
    Where: Pillow Elementary School Cafeteria, 3025 Crosscreek Drive.

    Activities at the meeting will include:
    1. Presentation of grant award for community garden from Austin Parks Foundation.
    2. Annual Committee Reports
    3. Sign up for this year’s committees: chairs, volunteers, work groups
    4. Election and installation of officers and board of directors for 2016. Nominees selected by the Nominating Committee are:

    President: Amelia Cobb
    Vice President: Sarah Brandon
    Secretary: Barbara Gaston
    Treasurer: Lois McEvoy

    Directors:
    Tara Lane Bowman
    Connor Finnigan
    Sharon Justice
    Kenneth Webb
    Kevin Wier
    Jeri Wines
    Michael Yetter


  • Here’s the link:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/northshoalcreekVPS

    The survey is an important part of North Shoal Creek’s planning process. You’ll be shown around 30 photos of various kinds of buildings, and you decide if they’re appropriate for our neighborhood and, if so, which parts of the neighborhood they’d fit in. It’ll take about 15 minutes.

    Survey closes January 8, 2017.


  • Reminder: North Shoal Creek’s Annual Luminaria Walk is Monday Dec. 19th, 6-8pm at the Pillow School Track. Come enjoy the luminarias set up around the track plus hot chocolate and cookies under the pavilion.
    Also: We need about 20 volunteers to help set up before and clean up after. If you can help set up, please come to Pillow’s pavilion at 3 pm; or, stay a few extra minutes after 8 pm to help pick up and disassemble the luminarias. Please email socialchair@nscna.org to say you’ll be volunteering with either set up or clean up.
    Our Luminaria Sponsors this year are Connor Finnigan of christmasmusic.com and Charlotte Whalen of Verts Mediterranean Grill, 2438 W. Anderson Lane. Conner will be supplying the cookies and hot chocolate and Verts chips and hummus for the volunteers. Thank you very much, Charlotte and Connor!

    Yes, it’ll be cold, but it’ll be fun! Stop by, help out, and enjoy the camaraderie.

    Hope to see you there!


  • Thanks to all who came out to the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan meeting on December 3rd! At the meeting we discussed your vision for the future of each corridor area in the neighborhood. As a follow-up, we have revised the visual preference survey from the meeting based on your concerns. The revised survey should be quicker and easier to take, and will help us determine what kind of development regulations are appropriate for different areas of North Shoal Creek.

    You can take the revised survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/northshoalcreekVPS. Feel free to retake the survey, even if you participated at the meeting on December 3rd. Also, please forward this survey link to all of your neighbors in North Shoal Creek. The survey should take roughly 15 minutes to complete, and is essential to establishing character districts for your neighborhood. The survey will be open until January 8th, 2017.

    To see more about the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan, please visit www.austintexas.gov/northshoalcreek. Here you can find background on the neighborhood, presentations from previous meetings, and input we have collected from our first three meetings. If you have any questions about the process, or would like to provide input for a meeting you missed, please contact Jeff Engstrom. Stay tuned for information about the next neighborhood meeting on January 21st, 2017!
    Have a warm December and a Happy New Year!

    Jeff Engstrom, AICP
    Senior Planner
    City of Austin Planning and Zoning Department
    jeffrey.engstrom@austintexas.gov
    (512) 974-1621


  • The following is copied from an email from Michael Gaudini of Council Member Leslie Pool’s office:

    Just sending around a reminder that Public Works will be holding meetings on the $19 million in mobility improvements for Burnet Road and North Lamar that they are planning on implementing. Please remind your communities and any other interested folks as you see fit.

    (This should put the cap on the 2012 bond funds for these corridors; the corridors will continue to see major investments in the coming years through the recently passed 2016 bond.)

    Meeting information:

    North Lamar Meeting

    Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 PM

    ARC Community Church

    305 Deen Ave.

    Burnet Road Meeting

    Thursday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 PM

    Northwest Rec. Center

    2913 Northland Dr.

    For a map of the corridor study area for this project: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1POTBBK4pboMv3hinEEcaVCOQUqg&usp=sharing

    For more info, please see the project site here: http://www.austintexas.gov/northlamarburnet.

    And, as always, remember to check out our District 7 Community Map for upcoming events and engagement opportunities: http://www.d7atx.com/community-calendar.

    Thanks!

    Michael

    Michael J. Gaudini

    Policy Advisor

    Council Member Leslie Pool

     

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