NSCNA Blog Archive


  • The NSC Community Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14th 10am at the Community Garden (corner of the Pillow Elementary School Campus at Crosscreek and Flagstone).

    Guest speakers include Council Member Leslie Pool, and representatives from The Sustainable Food Center and Parks and Recreation Department. Compost demos will be given, and the Master Gardener will also be on hand to answer your spring gardening questions.

    *Please bring $15 cash if you’re interested in purchasing a custom community garden t-shirt!


  • The North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan public hearing has been postponed to April 24th.

    This email is to inform you that the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan public hearing has been postponed. There will be no presentation on April 10th. The case will be heard at the April 24th Planning Commission at 6:00PM at City Hall. We will send an update when the City Council date is determined.

    Sincerely,

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


  • We’re about a week away! Reminder — the NSC Community Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will take place next Saturday, April 14th at the NSC Community Garden at the corner of the Pillow Elementary School Campus on Crosscreek and Flagstone.

    Please bring $15 cash if you’re interested in purchasing a custom community garden t-shirt!


  • Will you be holding a sale that day? If so, be sure to register your garage sale so it will appear on the map of garage sale locations. To register, send your name, address, and contact email or phone # to garagesale@nscna.org (only your address will appear on the map)

    Deadline to sign up for your address to appear on the map is Wednesday, April 18.

    Don’t delay; register your sale today! And if you’re not holding a sale, add April 28 to your calendar and come shop!!

    Sponsored by the NSCNA Social Committee


  • The draft North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan is scheduled for public hearings at Planning Commission on April 10th (6:00 PM) and City Council on April 26th (4:00 PM). Both hearings will be in City Council Chambers at City Hall (301 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas). The draft plan is available for review in PDF format (15MB file) at http://austintexas.gov/northshoalcreek.

    The draft plan will also be available for review at the North Village Branch Library.

    Thanks for all of your help throughout the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan process! Residents and property owners in the planning area will receive a notification via USPS. If you have any comments for the public hearings, you can mail the comment card in the notification letter back to us, or email staff, or testify at the public hearings.

    Also, if you are interested in joining the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan Contact Team (who are designated to be the stewards and advocates of their adopted neighborhood plan) please contact Margaret Valenti for more information (512) 974-2648. For more information on Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams, please visit: http://www.austintexas.gov/…/neighborhood-plan-contact-teams

    Sincerely,

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