NSCNA Blog Archive

  • NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OCT 6

    Administrator

    The following information was obtained from the City of Austin Police Department website, www.austintexas.gov/nno

    National Night Out is a great opportunity for citizens and law enforcement to partner up against crime. We invite you to attend the event, meet your neighbors and commit to helping law enforcement reduce crime in your community.

    • This year, National Night Out is Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, from 7 to 9 p.m. Neighborhoods must register before Sept. 12.


    National Night Out is designed to:
    1. Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
    2. Generate support and participation in crime efforts
    3. Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police community relations
    4. Let criminals know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back
    During the event, residents in neighborhoods throughout Austin and across the nation are asked to turn on their porch lights, lock their doors and spend the evening outside with their neighbors, police officers, firefighters and EMS paramedics. Events such as cookouts, block parties and neighborhood walks will all occur simultaneously throughout the city and nationwide.

    • National Night Out Kick-Off Event

    This year’s National Night Out Kick-Off Event will take place lakeside at the Mueller Airport Development on Saturday, October 3, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

    For a National Night Out Brochure select English or Spanish

    • You can join the National Night Out event by:
      1. Getting all of your neighbors to turn on their porch lights
      2. Organizing a block party or some type of neighborhood event
      3. Filling out and returning the National Night Out application to the address below:
    • How to join the National Night Out event:
      • Austin Police Department Office of Community Liaison Attn: Rosie Salinas P. O. Box 689001 Austin, Texas 78768-9001
      • You may also Register Online OR fax your application to (512) 974-6222
      Once you complete an application, you will be notified via mail or email about where to pick up your National Night Out bag. The bag will contain crime prevention information, posters, party invitations and items for use at your party.

     

  • THANK YOU TO OUR JULY 4th VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS

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    THANK YOU TO OUR JULY 4th VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS
    North Shoal Creek’s recent Independence Day celebration and parade wouldn’t have happened without a small group of hard-working and enthusiastic volunteers plus support from many of our neighborhood businesses. The North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association wants to take this opportunity to thank all the businesses who donated refreshments, gifts, gift certificates and money, and to say thank you very much to the July 4th Committee led by Social Committee Chair Amelia Cobb. They did an outstanding job coordinating all the donations, getting permits, arranging entertainment, making sure refreshments arrived at the right time, decorating, hosting, judging, etc. And when the celebration ended, they cleaned up the school and pavilion so well it was hard to believe a party had just taken place there.
    We also thank everyone who came. We hope you had a good time. And we hope to see you again next year.
    SPONSORS: Sonic Drive-In, Allandale HEB, Taco Cabana, RBFCU, Mr. Gatti’s, Playland Skate Center, Yogurtland, Alamo Drafthouse, McAlister’s Deli, Highland Lanes, Hat Creek, Precision Camera & Video, Phil’s Ice House, Terra Toys, Schlotzsky’s, Burnet Road Animal Hospital , Skinny Limits, Waterloo Ice House, Pinthouse Pizza, Tomlinson’s, Egg & I, Austin Antique Mall, Noodles & Co., Hopdaddy, and Le Studio. (Banner made by Thelma DeLeon)

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    OUR VOLUNTEERS: Front row, left to right: Sarah Brandon, Amelia Cobb, Ernie Garcia, Barbara Gaston, Sharon Justice, Donna Eagar, Carrie Francis, Candy Swindall. Back row: Dallas Maham, Brian Cobb, Helene Maham, Kenneth Webb, and Brian Brandon. (Not pictured: John and Denise Anderson, Thelma DeLeon, Vannezsa Smith, Jason and Lauren Werchan, and Sherran Williams)

    Volunteers

  • FOURTH OF JULY PARADE AND CELEBRATION REMINDER

    Administrator

    CELEBRATE THE 4th WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AT THE 15TH ANNUAL NORTH SHOAL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD PARADE AND CELEBRATION SATURDAY JULY 4TH!

      9:00 AM: Gather in the circle drive at the Pillow Elementary School entrance.
    9:15 AM: Parade opening ceremony
    9:20 AM: Parade begins!

    DRESS PATRIOTIC!
    Prizes for Best Costume, Best Decorated Bike, Best Decorated Trike, Best Decorated Stroller, Best Decorated Wagon, and Best Dressed Pet. To be eligible for a prize, register and pick up a number at the Parade Registration Table.

    BUT WAIT…THERE’S MORE!
    After the parade, enjoy food, games, and fun activities like face painting and balloon twisting beneath the tent pavilion behind the school!

    ALL FESTIVITIES ARE FREE!!

  • NEW SHOAL CREEK FLOODPLAIN MAP

    Administrator

    a New Shoal Creek Floodplain Map is now available online.

    Shoal Creek is one of several Austin creeks recently remapped by Austin’s Watershed Protection Department. The revised floodplain map for Shoal Creek has been submitted to FEMA and is expected to be approved in July 2015. If approved as expected, it will then be adopted by the City of Austin effective January 2016.

    To see the preliminary revised map, go to www.atxfloods.com/FP_mods/Map.html
    Just type in your address to see if your home is in the floodplain. You can also scroll up and down the map to follow the floodplain from Shoal Creek’s headwaters just north of 183 down to its juncture with the Colorado River.

  • NSCNA FACEBOOK PAGE

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    The North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association now has an official Facebook page, thanks to Board Member Vannezsa Smith and with help from ex-President Chip Rosenthal. Please take a look. We hope you’ll find something to Like on it.

    While the Media Committee will be posting information about NSCNA events and news on it, it’s intended to be predominately a resident created page. If you have photos of the Memorial Day rains in our neighborhood, please share them. Got photos of some of your favorite spots in the neighborhood? Please share them too. The more you share, the more the flavor of our neighborhood shines through.

    You can use this link to access it: www.facebook.com/nscna

    We need a cover photo more emblematic of North Shoal Creek. Got one you think would fit the bill? If so, please email a copy to media@nscna.org