Local Interest

Steck Avenue Water and Wastewater Rehab Project

Media Committee May 7, 2022May 9, 2022 Local Interest, Neighborhood and City Topics, Safety, Traffic

The City of Austin has contracted with Joe Bland Construction to upgrade a portion of the water and wastewater line on Steck.

Where: The project will start at the Steck/Daleview intersection and continue east to the Steck/Rockwood intersection. Then the upgrade turns north on Rockwood for about 400 linear feet to the box culvert on Rockwood.

When: Work on the Steck section begins May 9 and is expected to extend to the end of June. Work on the Rockwood section … Read More

May 2022 Newsletter Now Available

Media Committee May 6, 2022May 7, 2022 Association Business, Association Topics, Local Events, Local Interest, Neighborhood and City Topics

Afternoon Traffic On Crosscreek At Pillow Elementary School

Media Committee March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Local Interest, Neighborhood and City Topics, Safety, Traffic

Pillow’s principal, Dinorah De La Torre-Salazar, attended NSCNA’s March 1 membership meeting and spoke about traffic congestion in the afternoons when school is dismissed and parents arrive to pick up children (from about 2:30-3:50 pm, with the worst between 2:55 and 3:50).

Children are now back in class and that, in combination with the safety features recently put in on Crosscreek by the City of Austin’s Safe Routes to School Program, means that there is less street parking for parents. … Read More

NORTH SHOAL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Media Committee February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Association Business, Local Events, Local Interest

NSCNA’s next general membership meeting is Tuesday, March 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Due to Covid restrictions, this meeting will be held online using Zoom.

All NSCNA meetings are open to the public, and both members and non-members are invited to attend. The Zoom link and an agenda will be emailed to all NSCNA members prior to the meeting. Non-members, please email mediachair [at] nscna [dot] org to request that the link and agenda be emailed to you.

Posted by: NSCNA Media … Read More

New NSCNA officers and directors elected for 2022

Media Committee January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 Association Business, Association Topics, Board Business, Local Events, Local Interest

Here is a list of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association (NSCNA) officers and directors for 2022. They were elected at the Association’s January 11 membership meeting. They will remain in office until the Association’s 2023 election, which will be held in January 2023. Their email addresses are included. Please don’t hesitate to contact them via email if you have questions about NSCNA.

2022 Officers:
President: Josh Conrad president [at] nscna [dot] org
Vice President: Adam Powell vp [at] nscna … Read More

Zoom Meeting Dec. 9 About Redevelopment Of 8440 Burnet

Media Committee December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Development, Local Interest

Please join us Thursday, December 9 to learn more about the redevelopment of 8440 Burnet.

The North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association (NSCNA) will host a Zoom meeting with representatives from Armbrust & Brown, the law firm representing Endeavor Real Estate Group, owner of the Spectrum Center at 8440 Burnet Road. Endeavor plans to redevelop that center into a 60-foot tall apartment complex of 355 to 375 units.

The meeting will be held Thursday, December 9, beginning at 7 pm, and … Read More

Reminder: Thanksgiving Day trash collections slide

Media Committee November 24, 2021 Local Interest, Neighborhood and City Topics

City of Austin offices will be closed and there will be no curbside collections on Thanksgiving Day (November 25). All trash, recycling and compost collections will “slide” forward one day so your collections will take place on Friday this week.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!… Read More

Corrections to October 2021 newsletter issue

Media Committee October 28, 2021 Local Events, Local Interest

I inadvertently used an out-of-date bio for Pam Ferguson’s article on page 12, “Tips on volunteering, donating.” Here’s the up-to-date one:

Pamela Ellen Ferguson, a longtime resident of Kerrybrook Lane, writes a column of observations about North Shoal Creek and the larger world for each issue. A dual-national British and American (Texan father, Cornish mother) Pam is the author of 11 books published internationally, the most recent being CROSSING LINES, an Austin and Border based mystery set at Halloween/Dia de … Read More

FYI: Bulk item collection week begins Monday Sept. 27

Media Committee September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Local Interest

North Shoal Creek’s semi-annual residential bulk collection week begins Monday, September 27. Bulk items include:
•Doors
•Carpet
•Furniture
•Appliances (remove doors)
•Passenger car tires (remove rims; limit eight tires per household)
•Lawn mowers (remove gas/oil)
•Railroad ties (cut in half)
•Pallets
•Rolled fencing
•Nail-free lumber

Bulk item collection crews cannot collect:
•Brush
•Household trash
•Cardboard boxes
•Hazardous materials
•Mirrors
•Automotive chassis and bodies,
•Motorcycles
•Trailers,
•Boats
•Tires that are still mounted on rims
•Sheet glass and other construction and remodeling … Read More

NSCNA’s September Membership Meeting Cancelled

Media Committee August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Local Interest, Membership

FROM THE NORTH SHOAL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

“We had planned to resume NSCNA’s in-person membership meetings by holding our regular Fall meeting on Tues., Sept. 7 at 6:30pm in the Pillow Elementary School Library. However, the Covid Delta variant has forced us to cancel that Sept. 7 meeting.

Now, we hope to resume in-person membership meetings on Tues., Nov. 2, same time and place. We plan to send out meeting reminders a week to 10 days before … Read More

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