NSCNA Blog Archive


  • You are invited to enjoy a beautiful Luminaria Walk Dec. 19th, 6-8 p.m. at the Pillow School track. There’ll be 500+ luminarias set up around the track plus hot chocolate and cookies under the pavilion.

    We need volunteers to help set up before and to clean up after. If you can help set up, please come to Pillow’s pavilion at 4 pm. To help afterwards, please stay a few extra minutes after 8 pm to help pick up and disassemble the luminarias.

    See you there!

    North Shoal Creek's 2015 Luminaria photo
    North Shoal Creek’s 2015 Luminaria photo

  • Join us Saturday to discuss Community Character in North Shoal Creek!

    The next North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan community meeting is coming up on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Pillow Elementary School cafeteria. Please join us for refreshments and a conversation with your fellow residents about the character of your neighborhood. The discussion on community character will continue on January 21st, 2017.

    A limited amount of child care will be available at the meeting, please call Debora Gonzalez at  512 974-7973 to see reserve space in advance.

    In addition to the upcoming meetings, please visit the North Shoal Creek Plan web page for more information about the neighborhood and the planning process. Presentations and results from our first two meetings can be found here. Please take a look through what you have told us is important in making North Shoal Creek a more complete, more connected community. If you were unable to attend the meetings and have comments, please send them to me at the email address below.

    Sincerely,

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


  • The City of Austin’s Public Works Dept. invites you to learn more about the Burnet Road Corridor Improvements Project. City staff will present Corridor Report findings, along with recommended improvements, project scope, and sequencing via a series of community meeting. Meetings are open to the public and we invite all interested parties to attend.

    Here’s the info for the meeting closest to North Shoal Creek:

    • Thursday, December 8, 2016, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
    • Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr., Austin, TX 78757

    For more information, please visit the website at https://www.austintexas.gov/northlamarburnet


  • Please come to the third North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Planning Workshop, Saturday, December 3rd, 9:00 AM – Noon, in the cafeteria at Pillow Elementary School.

    This will be an important and interesting meeting on the topic of Community Character – what is North Shoal Creek’s community character? What combination of things makes our neighborhood unique and different from other Austin neighborhoods?

    Please join us for refreshments and a conversation with your fellow residents about your neighborhood. A limited amount of child care will be available at the meeting; please call Debora Gonzalez at 512 974-7973 to reserve space in advance.

    All neighborhood plan meetings are open to all North Shoal Creek residents — renters, property owners, anyone with a business within the neighborhood. Please come and help plan the future of North Shoal Creek.

  • The Planning and Zoning Department is hosting two key meetings on community character and land use coming up on December 3rd and January 21st. The North Shoal Creek neighborhood planning area includes everything surrounded by US 183, Burnet Road, Anderson Lane, and Mopac. We invite every resident, business, and property owner in the neighborhood to join us to discuss the future shape of North Shoal Creek’s community character. The next meeting will be on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Pillow Elementary School cafeteria.

    Please join us for refreshments and a conversation with your fellow residents about your neighborhood. A limited amount of child care will be available at the meeting; please call Debora Gonzalez at  512 974-7973 to see reserve space in advance. The discussion on community character will continue on January 21st, 2017.

    In addition to the upcoming meetings, please visit the North Shoal Creek Plan web page for more information about the neighborhood and the planning process. Presentations and results from our first two meetings can be found here. Please take a look through what you have told us is important in making North Shoal Creek a more complete, more connected community. If you were unable to attend the meetings and have comments, please send them to me at the email address below.

    We look forward to helping you chart the course for North Shoal Creek!

    Sincerely,

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