NSCNA Blog Archive

  • AUSTIN HOUSING PLAN MEETING APRIL 25, 2016

    Media Committee

    Austinites are invited to weigh in on the development of an Austin Housing Plan that will establish numerical goals and strategies to help increase housing choices for all Austinites, and to share ideas to help address the shortage of housing that is affordable for low- to moderate-income residents.

    Please attend the Austin Housing Plan meeting scheduled for Monday, April 25th, 6-8 PM at North Village Branch Library, 2520 Steck Ave.

    “The Austin Housing Plan dialogue will center around these topics:

    • How might the City ensure that the youth of today can afford to live in Austin in the future?
    • Where should members of the workforce – who cook food, watch children, and care for the sick – be able to afford to live? How can the City positively influence and increase housing choice across the community for all residents?
    • The cost of housing is inter-connected with community decisions around job access, parking, permitting, and housing types allowed. What actions should be taken now to impact housing availability today and in the future?”

    A similar meeting was held April 6th at the NW Recreation Center. Several other meetings are scheduled for other dates and locations.

    Learn more at http://www.austintexas.gov/housingplan

  • DISTRICT 7 TOWN HALL MAY 21, 2016

    Media Committee

    Please add this to your calendar: District 7 Council Member Leslie Pool will be holding a town hall on Saturday, May 21, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. at Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
    We’ll post more information when it is released.

  • ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE, APRIL 30

    Social Committee

    North Shoal Creek’s Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale is April 30th:
    Sign up so your address will appear on the map of participating sales. Just send an email to social@nscna.org or call 512-364-5519 and provide your name, address, email or phone number.
    All that will appear on the map is your address.
    The deadline to sign up is April 22nd.
    Pillow Elementary School’s Wild About Reading Program (WARP) is participating this year. They’re renting tables (1 for $10, 2 for $15) beginning April 18th. To reserve a table, go to the Pillow Elementary School Office, M-Th, 7:30-3:30.
    Proceeds will be used to buy books for Pillow students to take home for summer reading.
    NSCNA will advertise in the Austin American Statesman, on Craigslist, on area social media websites, and with banners and signs around the neighborhood.
    Start spring cleaning and get ready for a great sale and a great time!!!
    Sponsored by the NSCNA Social Committee, Brian Cobb, Chair (social@nscna.org)

  • REVISED AUSTIN OAKS PUD CHARRETTE UPDATE (revised)

    Administrator

    The March 1 AUSTIN OAKS PUD CHARRETTE UPDATE post has been revised to include a link to a resolution by the NSCNA Board of Directors opposing the results of the charrette. The official copy of the resolution can be viewed at BoardResolution.

  • SURVEY OF NORTH SHOAL CREEK RESIDENTS

    President

    The North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association (NSCNA) Board of Directors invites all North Shoal Creek Neighborhood residents to participate in a survey designed to identify what is important to neighbors. The Board will use the results to assist in determining the priorities for planning activities in 2016.

    There are several ways to complete the survey. Please choose which of the following options you prefer, and submit the survey one time by March 26, 2016:

    1. Complete the survey online at http://bit.do/nscna-survey or:

    2. Complete the survey which is inserted in the Spring 2016 NORTH SHOAL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS (now being distributed) and either:

    • a. Mail the completed survey to NSCNA, attn: Survey, PO Box 66443, Austin, TX 78766 (Please note that the PO Box number printed at the bottom of page 2 of the survey should be 66443), or
    • b. Scan the completed survey and email as an attachment to survey@nscna.org or:

    3. Download a survey at this link:  NSCNASurvey2016. Complete it and either:

    • a. Print the completed survey and mail to NSCNA, attn: Survey, PO Box 66443, Austin, TX 78766, or:
    • b. Scan the completed survey and email as an attachment to survey@nscna.org.

    The survey can be viewed and downloaded here: NSCNASurvey2016.

    Email any questions or additional comments concerning the survey to survey@nscna.org.