NSCNA Blog Archive


  • The annual North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Parade and Celebration is a great tradition and a great way to start your Independence Day! Get dressed up, put on your stars and spangles, and join your neighbors in celebrating our nation’s birthday.

    When: Monday, July 4 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Pillow Elementary School

    Schedule
    9:00 a.m. Gather in the circle drive at the Pillow Elementary School entrance. To be eligible for a prize, register and pick up a number at the Parade Registration Table at Pillow school

    9:15 a.m. Brief opening ceremony

    9:20 a.m. THE PARADE BEGINS!! March around the block. Dress Patriotic Like!! Decorate your bikes, trikes, strollers, wagons and pets too. YOU COULD WIN A PRIZE for Best Costumes, Decorated Bike, Trike, Stroller, Wagon, Pet

    Food and Games
    After the parade, the celebration moves to the tent pavilion in the playground. Enjoy food, games, and fun activities including face painting, balloon twisting, and a free raffle for the adults.

    ALL FESTIVITIES ARE FREE (including the raffle tickets)!!!

    Want to Help Out?? VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
    Join our small group of dedicated volunteers and help create a super fun and awesome parade and party for our neighborhood. Please call me at 360-790-1774 or email social@nscna.org or briancobbevergreen@gmail.com to join our July 4th Committee!

    See you on the Fourth!
    Brian Cobb, Social Committee Chair


  • We need volunteers to help with our 16th annual NORTH SHOAL CREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY neighborhood parade and celebration

    Putting together our neighborhood’s parade and celebration takes a lot of work. We need volunteers to help arrange for food and drink, to contact local businesses and ask for their support (which includes asking for prizes and give-aways), to handle red tape like parade permits, and to ser ve as parade judges, all in addition to folks willing to put decorations up before and take them down after the celebration. WILL YOU HELP?

    Please join our small group of dedicated volunteers and help create a super fun and awesome parade and party for our neighborhood. Please call me at 360-790-1774 or email social@nscna.org or briancobbevergreen@gmail.com to join our July 4th Committee!

    Hope to hear from YOU soon!

    Sponsored by the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association

    Brian Cobb, Social Committee Chair

    To view a pdf file for this event, select this link:  July4thVolsNeeded


  • Reminder: Upcoming Town Hall!

    Join Council Member Leslie Pool and your neighbors throughout District 7 for our Spring Town Hall!

    Saturday, May 21

    11:30 AM to 1 PM

    Northwest Recreation Center

    2913 Northland Dr.

    Austin, TX 78757

     

    This Town Hall will include an Expert Panel on Transportation Issues, including: the Public Works Department, Austin Transportation Department, the Capital Planning Office, and Capital Metro.

     

    Council Member Pool will moderate this interactive panel, which will include time for small group discussion, as well.

     

    Additionally, officials from many other city departments will be joining us for a City Services Information Fair to provide information on issues that are important to our communities.

     

    And, new to this Town Hall, we will have an Information Scavenger Hunt: collect a Scavenger Hunt sheet when you sign in at the Town Hall, make your way through our City Services Information Fair figuring out the answers to the different questions on your sheet, and then check your answers with our staff. A limited number of prizes will be available for our Scavenger Hunt winners!


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

    When: Tuesday, September 6, 2016, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.

    Where: Pillow Elementary School, 2025 Crosscreek Drive


  • The next General Membership Meeting of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association is coming up! Details below:

    When: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.

    Where: Pillow Elementary School Cafeteria, 3025 Crosscreek Drive.

    We will have Steve Zwernemann from Drive a Senior-North Austin and Virginia Larson from Family Eldercare joining us as guest speakers.