Articles here are arranged in categories, some in more than one category. Many were included in News and Announcements in the past, but are now preserved for historical purposes; generally, this is because they are referenced elsewhere on the site.
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2026 Neighborhood Garage Sales – Sept. 26
Published on: August 31, 2026
This year’s NWACA-sponsored neighborhood garage sales will be held on Saturday, September 26 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The event is for sellers who are NWACA members only, so if you’re not a member and want to hold a...
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Summary of Wildfire Evacuation Meeting on 7/9/26
Published on: July 11, 2026
Thank you to everyone who attended the NWACA-sponsored Wildfire Preparedness and Evacuation Planning Presentation on July 9. We appreciate your time and participation in learning more about wildfire risk and preparedness for our neighborhood. You can review all the slides...
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Street Work on Mesa Drive in July
Published on: July 10, 2026
Neighbors, You may have seen a message board saying something like "Road Work coming. Mesa Drive will be closed 7/13-7/22." That sign has now been replaced by one citing work from 7/13 to 7/17. The City tells us that from...
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4th of July Thank You and Photo link
Published on: July 8, 2026
Neighbors, A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the NWACA July 4th Parade & Freedom Fest! It was wonderful to see so many neighbors, families, and friends come together to celebrate our community. A very special thank...
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Wildfire Evacuation Information Session – July 9
Published on: June 17, 2026
On July 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. Austin Emergency Management, Austin Fire Department Wildfire Division, EMS, and Austin Police Department will be conducting an information session about how our neighborhood will deal with evacuation during a possible wildfire event....
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Changes Proposed for Mesa Drive
Published on: May 28, 2026
Proposed safety and mobility improvements on Mesa Drive (From City of Austin) The City of Austin is seeking community input during the second phase of engagement for proposed safety and mobility improvements to Mesa Drive between Spicewood Springs Road and...
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Volunteer Opportunity (Sat. 5/16): Barrow Nature Preserve Clean Up
Published on: May 3, 2026
Hello neighbors! There is a wonderful volunteer event coming up on Saturday May 16th. Please use this link to register. Barrow Nature Preserve Flyer...
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City of Austin Right-of-way Asset Management Plan
Published on: May 3, 2026
The City of Austin is excited to share the new Right-of-Way Asset Management Plan (RAMP) map, a tool developed by Austin Transportation and Public Works (TPW) that promotes transparency and supports the City's commitment to safer, smarter infrastructure. The RAMP map...
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NWACA 2026 Neighborhood Survey Results
Published on: March 20, 2026
Thank you to everyone who participated in the NWACA annual survey for 2026. The survey results are now available....
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NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting – 3/25/26
Published on: March 12, 2026
Come to the Annual NWACA Neighborhood Meeting Wednesday, March 25, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Huffman Hall, (big parking lot is at 4121 Steck Avenue) Visit tables 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. and again 7:30 – 8:00 pm What changes are coming...
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Vehicle Noise Amendment Under Consideration
Published on: January 20, 2026
If engine blasts and speeding cars or motorcycles on FM 2222 have ever disrupted your peace, now is the moment to speak up. The City’s Public Safety Committee will hear a stronger, more effective sound ordinance at 2 p.m. on...
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December Holiday Decorating Contest Underway
Published on: November 19, 2025
As you see around the neighborhood, homes are starting to show off their December holiday lights! It’s time to get into the spirit and dress up your front yard! NWACA is again sponsoring a decorating contest; this year it will...
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Old Quarry Library Update
Published on: November 11, 2025
The following was provided on November 4th to a neighbor by a member of the Austin Public Library staff, explaining the renovation. We are grateful for the information. The Old Quarry Branch Library closed to the public on June 18,...
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Link to October 16 2025 TRE Forum
Published on: October 17, 2025
Neighborhood groups held a virtual TRE information forum on Thursday, October 16. You can view the Zoom recording of the forum by using the passcode of 9xs?I2#% at: this link...
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Constitutional Amendments – Fall 2025 Election
Published on: October 5, 2025
The 17 amendments to the Constitution of the State of Texas that are listed below will be on the November 4, 2025 Election Ballot. For considerations for and against each proposed amendment, see the non-partisan League of Women Voters Guide...
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Information about Proposition Q
Published on: October 4, 2025
The NWACA Civic Engagement Committee worked with neighborhood leaders from several local associations to offer information about the upcoming Tax Rate Election (TRE), also known as Proposition Q. The groups held a virtual TRE information forum on Thursday, October 16....
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NWACA Neighborhood Garage Sales – Sept. 27, 8am to noon
Published on: September 25, 2025
2025 NWACA Neighborhood Garage Sales – September 27, 8 am to noon Our annual NWACA Neighborhood Garage Sales will be held Saturday morning, September 27, from 8 a.m. to noon. Please visit these neighbors and find the treasures that you’d...
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Plan a Block Party for National Night Out
Published on: September 17, 2025
Last Fall, despite blistering hot weather, about 16 residents hosted National Night Out block parties under NWACA sponsorship in their neighborhoods. All told, over 500 individuals participated. Overwhelmingly, participants enjoyed the events so much that they wanted more. NWACA is...
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Shredding Event for NWACA Members August 16, 2025
Published on: July 15, 2025
Save the Date – Shredding Event Coming August 16 On Saturday, August 16, from 2 to 4 p.m., NWACA will offer a paper shredding event that is free for NWACA Members. In addition to shredding paper on site, the vendor...
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4th of July Details
Published on: May 12, 2025
July 4th Announcement 2025 Sign up by July 1 to have a float in the parade. Go to the Green Donate/Shop button at the top of the NWACA home page, and follow the path for having a float. Then, line...
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NWACA 2025 Neighborhood Survey Results
Published on: March 27, 2025
Thank you to all who participated in the annual NWACA survey of neighborhood interests. See the Survey Results...
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Property Tax Protest Info Session – 4/9/25
Published on: March 27, 2025
Responding to a common area of interest in our annual survey, NWACA is pleased to host a presentation and discussion about the property tax protest process for Travis County. The event will be in Huffman Hall at St. Matthew’s Episcopal...
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Steck Avenue Exit from Mopac to Close for 2 to 3 Months
Published on: February 10, 2025
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) will close the southbound MoPac Expressway exit to Steck Avenue starting the week of February 10, as construction on the 183 North Project progresses. The exit will be closed for about two to...
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January 2025 Spicewood Springs Road Update
Published on: January 30, 2025
Capital Delivery Services has provided this update on the Spicewood Springs Road Project. Completed/Ongoing Work: • Installed over 1,000 linear feet of 16-inch ductile iron waterline. This completes waterline-A and allows the work on drainage infrastructure and the installation of...
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Neighborhood Interest Survey is Open
Published on: January 21, 2025
It’s February, the time of year when the NWACA Board asks the entire neighborhood, not just NWACA members, where the Board and Committees should focus. Our survey is now open, with an end date for input of March 5. Please...
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December Holiday Decorating Contest is Underway
Published on: November 26, 2024
Time to get into the holiday mood and brighten up your home and yard! The NWACA Holiday Decorating Contest is here again – but this time, there are gift card prizes as well as yard signs for the top three...
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Next Steps on Mobility and Parking
Published on: October 15, 2024
Next Steps on Mobility and Parking Near Murchison and Doss [This message provided by Laura Dierenfield from Austin Transportation and Public Works.] The City of Austin and AISD recently met with NWACA leadership to discuss safety and mobility in and...
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Halloween Decorating Contestants
Published on: October 15, 2024
Check out these homes that have been entered in the 2024 NWACA Halloween Decorating Contest: 3901 Amy Circle 4305 Bamford Dr 4201 Burney Dr 4209 Cat Hollow 4103 Deepwoods Dr 4502 Deepwoods Dr 4211 Far West Blvd 8408 Greenflint Ln...
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Fall Election Forum Coming October 9
Published on: August 26, 2024
See more details here on the election forum for candidates for Mayor and City Council District 10....
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Election Forum Coming October 9
Published on: July 11, 2024
See Website Links for 2024 Election to see the candidate websites. Note that we’ll also have at tables most of the candidates for AISD Board Member at Large and both of those running for ACC Board Place 9, so you...
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NWACA Annual Meeting – May 15
Published on: April 17, 2024
Annual Neighborhood Meeting – May 15, 6:30 PM Huffman Hall, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 4121 Steck Avenue Here are the meeting slides,as well as these from Austin Water, explaining some of the wastewater line improvements being done in our neighborhood....
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Hearings on LDC Changes in April and May
Published on: April 2, 2024
Please review Proposed Amendments PC CC 4-11-24 for some detail behind the proposed changes to the Land Development Code, for which hearings are scheduled in April and May. The referenced documents can be found at this Planning Commission site. More...
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LDC Survey Results
Published on: December 6, 2023
Here is the 2023 LDC Survey Results. For background on the LDC proposals, please see the items in previous postings....
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Handouts from Nov. 15 LDC Meeting
Published on: November 15, 2023
Here are the materials we handed out at the November 15 Town Hall on the proposed Land Development Code changes under discussion by City of Austin entities: 10-25-23 Draft Ordinance for Phase 1 - Discussion Only Summary of Proposed LDC...
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November 15 Session Coming on LDC Changes
Published on: November 6, 2023
NWACA and surrounding neighborhoods will be holding an information session about the proposed changes to the Land Development Code Wednesday, November 15 6:30 to 8:00 pm Huffman Hall, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church 4121 Steck Avenue (large parking lot) See this...
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Scam Avoidance Documents
Published on: November 1, 2023
Thanks to everyone who attended the presentation on avoiding scams on October 26, 2023. We had a lively session with lots of questions and answers. For those who couldn’t make it, our speaker graciously provided a copy of the 2023_Crime...
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Zoning / LDC Changes Proposed
Published on: October 19, 2023
(updated on 11/17/23) Homeowners received a purple post card about October 15th, pointing out that Land Development Code (LDC) changes are being proposed to: allow up to 3 housing units, including tiny homes and recreational vehicles (RVs), on a single-family...
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NWACA 2023 Annual Meeting Slides Available
Published on: May 17, 2023
Announcement: The presentations shown during the 2023 NWACA annual meeting (held May 11th 2023) are available at the links below: 2023 NWACA Annual Meeting slides (including Oak Wilt bulletin) AFD Wildfire Division Presentation (Chris Vetromile) APD Office of Community...
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May 10 Updated Plan for Greystone Drive Speed Mitigation
Published on: May 9, 2023
Austin Transportion and Public Works has provided an update for the Greystone Drive Speed Mitigation effort. The individual pages:...
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Information and Feedback Regarding Greystone Speed Mitigation
Published on: April 22, 2023
At the community meeting on Wednesday, April 19th, neighbors asked where to direct their questions and comments about the Greystone project to the Austin Transportation Department. ATD has asked that email go to MobilityBonds@austintexas.gov, and phone calls to 512-974-2300. They...
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Greystone Drive Speed Mitigation
Published on: March 16, 2023
The Austin Transportation Department (ATD) plans to add speed mitigation devices (speed bumps) to Greystone Drive this spring. These three documents provide information about this plan: Greystone Speed Management Flyer from ATD Greystone Speed Management Project Background-NWACA FAQ Document from...
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Meeting Materials from May 12, 2022 NWACA Annual Meeting
Published on: May 17, 2022
NWACA held its 2022 Annual Neighborhood Meeting in a hybrid form. For those who were unable to attend, you may want to review these items: NWACA Annual Meeting slides NWACA WUI Code Development Services handout NWACA-Vision-Zero-Handout PropertyTaxInfo-2022 To watch a...
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NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting – May 12, 2022
Published on: May 4, 2022
NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting – May 12, 2022 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church – Huffman Hall Please join us at our annual neighborhood meeting to learn what’s happening in NWACA and around Austin. During the first...
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2022 NWACA Annual Interest Survey Results
Published on: April 24, 2022
Each year, the NWACA Board surveys the neighborhood to see what areas are of greatest concern for them, The Board uses the results to set or adjust its priorities. See the summary of this year's survey results at the link...
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Quarterly NWACA Road Construction Report – Spring 2022
Published on: March 23, 2022
There are three major road construction projects scheduled for our area. Preliminary work has already started on two of them with heavier work scheduled for the last half of this year. 1. As was mentioned in a recent NWACA Notes...
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Solidarity Statement from the NWACA Board
Published on: November 9, 2021
In light of recent antisemitic events across our community, the NWACA Board has issued the following statement repudiating such actions and expressing our full support of the Jewish community: The Northwest Austin Civic Association (NWACA) stands with the Jewish community....
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Recording and Slides from October 13 Forum
Published on: October 14, 2021
If you were unable to join us for the Informational Forum on the November 2nd Election, or if you want to review the materials again, these will be helpful to you. Recording of the Zoom session Election Forum Moderator Presentation...
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Detailed FAQ on Public Safety
Published on: September 28, 2020
In early September, questions that were commonly heard in our neighborhood regarding policing and public safety were collected and sent to Councilmember Alter's office for answers. A brief version of the response by her office is published in the October...
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Items from CM Alter’s Town Hall on 4/21/20
Published on: April 24, 2020
On April 21st, Councilmember Alison Alter held a virtual town hall meeting on Food Access Issues and Senior Issues during Covid-19. See the following links for more details: Presentation Summarizing the Town Hall Content video recording of the Town Hall...
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LDC (CodeNEXT) Updates Published 1/31/20
Published on: February 4, 2020
Late Friday evening January 31, 2020, new maps were released which involve new areas of “up-zoning”- allowing greater density, deeper into some of the neighborhoods in NWACA, for the creation of “Missing Middle” residential housing, coded as R-4. Our neighborhood...
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Latest Updates on LDC (CodeNEXT) Revision
Published on: November 14, 2019
As we have updates for the NWACA Community regarding the revision of Austin's Land Development Code, we will be putting them here. Items will appear in the order of latest information first. Posted 4/6/20 - from the LDC Revision Team...
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Materials from 10/24/19 NWACA Meeting on Code Revision
Published on: October 25, 2019
If you were unable to attend the NWACA Informational Meeting regarding revisions to the City of Austin Land Development Code on 10/24/19, or if you'd like to review some of the material, here is information for you. video of the...
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NWACA Community Meeting July 25, 2019
Published on: July 16, 2019
NWACA Community Meeting - Understanding Changes to City of Austin Ordinances and Help for the Homeless On July 25, 2019 NWACA held a community meeting to hear about changes to City of Austin ordinances as they relate to no sit/no...
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2019 Annual Meeting Presentations Available
Published on: May 29, 2019
In case you were unable to attend the May 1 NWACA Annual Meeting, we've posted all of the presentation here Enjoy!...
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Home Advisor Web Page on Wildfire
Published on: January 30, 2019
This web site has an interesting collection of information regarding how to deal with wildfire: Home Advisor It does a very good job of addressing the needs of different sub-populations: children, seniors, and pet owners, as well as providing general...
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Fun at First Annual NWACA National Night Out!
Published on: October 2, 2018
Hundreds of neighbors joined together for the First Annual NWACA National Night Out on Saturday evening, September 29, 2018. Even the weather cooperated! Neighbors enjoyed meeting each other and having a bite to eat - hot dogs from the Randall's...
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2018 Annual Meeting Files Available
Published on: May 9, 2018
We were pleased to see more than 130 neighbors at the May 8, 2018 Annual Neighborhood Meeting. If you were unable to attend, or if you would like to review the presentations again, the slides can be found here. In...
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NWACA Boundary Extended to US 183
Published on: April 7, 2018
NWACA has extended its boundaries to include the neighbors in Westover Hills, the area north of Spicewood Springs Road. The boundaries now are Loop 360 to the west, U.S. Highway 183 to the north, MoPac to the east, and RM...
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3/26/18 Presentation on Neighborhood Watch
Published on: April 2, 2018
If you were unable to attend the recent meeting on Neighborhood Watch, here's a copy of the presentation that was done by Officer Darrell Grayson. It has many helpful ideas about keeping our neighborhood safe. Northwest Hills Neighborhood Watch...
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3/5/2018 ATD Presentation on Speed Mitigation
Published on: March 14, 2018
The Austin Transportation Department (ATD) held an informational meeting on March 5th to present plans for three new speed mitigation installations in our neighborhood: 1. Mesa Drive from First View Drive to Cross Valley Run 2. Hart Lane from Greystone...
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Wildfire Maps Now Online
Published on: June 8, 2017
There were several GIS maps on display at the NWACA Annual meeting in May, which showed risk factors to our homes in times of wildfire (or house fire next door). Those have now been uploaded to the Wildfire Prevention Library....
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Presentations from NWACA 2017 Annual Meeting
Published on: May 12, 2017
NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting Thursday, May 11, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00 PM See the slide presentations from the meeting here: 2017-NWACA-Annual-Meeting-slides 2017-NWACA-Annual-Meeting-OakWilt...
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COA Restricted Front and Side Yard Parking
Published on: October 27, 2015
NWACA received this notice from the City of Austin regarding off-street parking. The link internal to the message indicates that our area has already been "opted-in" to this parking restriction ordinance. This is passed on to the community as an...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip # 24: Virtuous Firewise Pyramid
Published on: October 21, 2015
NWACA is a neighborhood with families occupying more than 4,000 homes, and we have some of the most beautiful trees and vegetation in the State of Texas. However, NWACA is also designated as one of the most potentially dangerous urban...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #23: Financial Reasons to be Firewise
Published on: September 16, 2015
NWACA’s Wildfire Prevention Committee continues to encourage the neighborhood to be aware of the risks of wildfires to the whole neighborhood. With the ongoing drought, our landscapes and green spaces become excellent fuel for fires that might be triggered from...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #22: Insuring Valuables
Published on: August 16, 2015
A previous article addressed using home insurance policies to cover your valuables so that their value would be documented and your investment protected through your insurance company and/or the use of fire-rated safes. Much of the contents in your home...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #21: Protect Your Valuables with a Fireproof Safe
Published on: July 20, 2015
The NWACA Newsletter has provided articles for about two years on how to protect your home and property from urban wildfires…however, there are times when you can’t stop fate and your home is destroyed by fire. So how do you...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #20 – Water is Crucial
Published on: June 22, 2015
In the Sunday June 7, 2015 Austin American-Statesman, there was a front-page article entitled “Will Quenching Last?” It spoke in-depth to the rainfall and floods of the month of May, asking if those had stopped the drought. The short answer...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #19B Debunking Wildfire Myths
Published on: June 15, 2015
A myth is defined as “a widely held but false belief or idea, a misrepresentation of the truth, an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing.” With the ever-increasing wildfire events around the United States and local fires...
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2015 Annual Meeting Files Posted
Published on: May 21, 2015
For those who were unable to attend the May 14, NWACA Annual Meeting, you may want to review the presentations and handouts from the meeting. See these files for the details: Slides: 2015 05 14 NWACA Annual Meeting slides Handouts:...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #19A – Avoid the Myths
Published on: May 21, 2015
A myth is defined as “a widely held but false belief or idea, a misrepresentation of the truth, an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing.” With the ever-increasing wildfire events around the United States and local fires...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #18 – Using the Plan
Published on: May 1, 2015
Over the last two years, two plans have been developed that help residents and homes of NWACA prepare to survive a wildfire. Each plan is a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The overarching CWPP was developed by a joint task...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #17 – What to Do When the Wildfire Comes
Published on: February 23, 2015
First, you should have already done all of the fire-damage prevention to your home talked about in the previous tips. Those “tips” helped you harden your home against urban wildfires and their deadly embers, by working on the landscape and vegetation-intense...
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Safety Tip: Secure Your Garage Door
Published on: February 18, 2015
A very vulnerable part of a home is the garage door. Those with glass panels or windows can show the thief just what we have; those with a common type of garage door opener can be compromised by a thief...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #16 – Be Sure Your Home Is Not a Source of Fire
Published on: January 27, 2015
NWACA has been diligent over the past few years in getting the Austin Fire Department, the Texas Forest Service, the City of Austin, Travis County and others to educate all of us in the dangers of urban wildfire. We’re...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #15: Fire Embers and Snowflakes
Published on: October 27, 2014
It is generally acknowledged by firefighters and fire experts that embers from a wild fire are more dangerous to homes and structures than the actual flames from the wildfire. Why is this? Well, the flight characteristics of fire embers are...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #14 – Be Prepared for a Local Wildfire
Published on: September 29, 2014
About 2000 NWACA homes within a half mile of Stillhouse Hollow Preserve received a postcard from the Wildfire Division of the Austin Fire Department (AFD) last week, with this message on one side of the card. Our homes are...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #13: Learn More and Become an Assessor
Published on: July 28, 2014
What do you know about urban wildfires? Bastrop - The Pinnacle Fire - Steiner Ranch – California - Colorado - Washington State - all have been in the news, all cases of wildfire that burned a lot of vegetation, destroyed...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #12: Minimize Plant Flammability
Published on: May 28, 2014
An 8-page pamphlet from the Texas Forest Service reminds us that “Fire-resistant does not mean fire-proof. Homeowners should maintain a healthy landscape with proper cleaning, pruning and watering. Put the right plant in the right place.” “Firewise Landscaping in...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #11: Don’t Let Yard Debris Accumulate
Published on: April 30, 2014
We all now know that fire embers are a secondary starter of fires and they can fly as much as a mile from a wildfire source…starting new fires. Piles of dry tree limbs and other trimmings, brush, lawn debris, leaves,...
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What to Do if You See Pruning February through June
Published on: April 29, 2014
Have you seen a contractor's workers pruning a live oak or a red oak between February and June? Professionals should know better, but unscrupulous “tree trimmers” apparently don't know or don't care. Do you have a new neighbor who might...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #10: Mulch Practices
Published on: April 4, 2014
Originally, mulch was a material consisting of leaves, bark or compost spread around and over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil. Today, most mulches are commercially produced wood chips, bark and other components. The vast majority of...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #8 – Register for Notifications
Published on: February 28, 2014
This month’s tip is a bit more generic than hardening a home; it applies to any citizen who wants to be notified of a regional emergency situation due to weather, wildfire, or other incident important to a broad population. The...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #7 – Wooden Fence Strategies
Published on: February 28, 2014
A rather vulnerable element for a home for wildfires is a wooden fence. From time to time, wood fences have been called “wicks” because grass fires can attack the bottom of a wooden fence and then follow it around...
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Reporting Coyote Sightings
Published on: February 10, 2014
If you observe coyotes or have an encounter with a coyote in our neighborhood, please call 3 - 1 - 1 and report it. The operator will ask several questions and then forward the information to Animal Control, who will...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #6 – Ember-Proofing Turbine Vents
Published on: November 29, 2013
There is a wide assortment of rotary turbine roof exhaust vents. The majority are made of metal, generally either sheet metal or aluminum with typically a 12” or 14” louvered turbine that is either wind-driven or power-driven. Usually, a circular...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #5 – Screen the Ridge Vents
Published on: November 14, 2013
Roof and attic spaces are vented by a variety of different types of vents. The more common ones are soffit vents installed in the eave soffits (usually horizontally installed under eaves); end-gable vents (usually vertically installed in the vertical...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #4: Get a Home Risk Assessment
Published on: September 29, 2013
With a projected drought of more than 20 years, it’s not really a matter of if, but when, a wildfire event will happen in NWACA. Homeowners in the Western United States, in Steiner Ranch, Bastrop, and other Central Texas...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #3: Barbecue with Caution
Published on: August 30, 2013
Barbecuing baby-back ribs, brisket, chicken, and other fare in the backyard over a weekend during the summer is normally considered a fine Texas tradition! And more often than not, we probably store our prized barbecue pit/mobile kitchen on our deck…yep,...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #2: Firewise Landscaping
Published on: August 30, 2013
Firewise Communities require landscaping around homes to be lean, clean and green. The primary focus on landscaping is in the Home Ignition Zone, of which there are three primary zones: Zone 1 – the home and its immediate surroundings,...
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Speed Studies – 2011
Published on: July 5, 2013
During 2011, the Transportation Committee worked with the Austin Police Department and the Austin Transportation Department to conduct volume and speed studies on busy streets in NWACA. Below is data from those studies. Street Hart Lane Lakewood Lemonwood North...
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Wildfire Prevention Tip #1: Hardening Existing Homes
Published on: July 4, 2013
To harden your home against embers and reduce wildfire fuel stores: Install screens of 1/8" or smaller opening sizes over attic vents, soffit vents, and other openings into the home If you have wooden vents, spray them with fire retardant...
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Plant List and Presentations Available
Published on: April 29, 2013
On Saturday, April 27, we had a presentation on deer-resistant and drought-resistant gardening, followed by a tour of neighborhood yards with landscaping that illustrated many of the examples discussed. For those who weren't able to attend, you can see two...
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Deer-resistant Plants
Published on: January 10, 2013
An often-asked question: what can we plant that the deer won’t eat? As the author of the article cited below says, if they’re hungry enough, they’ll eat your shoelaces if you don’t move fast enough! In this posting, we get...
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Bull Creek District Park Remains an On-Leash Park for Dogs
Published on: February 21, 2011
Feb. 17, 2001 - News Release from Austin Parks and Recreation The Austin Parks and Recreation Department Director Sara Hensley, after a critical and careful analysis of the recent completed review of fecal contamination monitoring at the Bull Creek District...
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