Milwood Neighborhood Assoc.

Join us for this summer pop-up at NearyBuy’s Milwood Shopping Center, 12400 Amherst Drive

10am to 3pm on Sat. June 13
Then again on Sat. July 11.

www.milwoodmarket.com

Our 22nd Annual Fourth of July Parade & Picnic is Saturday, July 4th, 2026!

We can’t have this event without volunteers & shade tents please take a moment to sign up to help!   Click Here to volunteer or call/txt  *512*636-9176

Come watch, walk or ride in the parade, eat burgers/hot dogs/veggie tacos, listen to some patriotic music, meet neighbors, win prizes, support our neighborhood & park and celebrate our Independence as a nation!!

As a Special Treat – Amy’s Ice Cream is going to have a booth at the park to give a FREE scoop to attendees!

The Patriotic Parade Contest will be held for the best decorated walkers, riders and/or float so grab your friends and neighbors and get decorating!! Everyone in the parade is eligible and anyone can join in the parade – just gather at Milwood Baptist Church around 9:30am and fall in line. Parade kicks off at 10am.

Patriotic Music will begin soon after the parade arrives at the park. We will have a new group playing this year!

Check in at the membership tables to get your Raffle Tickets and a Grand Prize Ticket either at the church or at the picnic at the park. So don’t forget your $15 for dues to support MNA and any extra for tipping the band.  Additional Raffle Tickets can be purchased at $1 per ticket for the chance to win lots of other great prizes totaling over $2,000 in value! All the proceeds for MNA raffle tickets sold will go towards improvements at the park.

If you can’t make the picnic and want to pay your $15 dues click here. It is easy & secure.

Parade & Picnic Schedule – Saturday, July 4th

9:30am: Gathering for Parade at Milwood Baptist Church (12217 Cassady Dr) All are welcome to walk in the parade & win the Spirit Contest – just show-up & fall in line.
10:00am: Parade Begins (Parade Map)
10:30am: Parade Ends at Balcones Park & Spirit Contest for Costumes, Bikes and Floats
10:30am: Music and Raffle Drawing Begins
11:00am: Lunch Begins (Burgers/Hot Dogs/Vegetarian Option & Cold Drinks)
11:40am: Raffle Drawing Ends

Balcones Pool will open at 12noon!

Boy Scout Troop 421’s Cobbler Kings will also be there with their award winning cobblers so bring a few extra dollars to get to enjoy those! And Sno ATX will be there with their sno cone truck!

Thank you to our Event Sponsors:
The UPS Store – Parmer/Mopac near HEB
H&H Design & Build
Realty Austin, Shannon Reeve
All City Real Estate Realtor, Melissa Wile
Waterloo Window Treatments, Celeste Bronson
Grounded Performance Fitness
Birdcreek Roofing
Max Living Chiropractic
Textruss, Inc
Milwood Baptist Church

THANKS to our Entertainment and Food/Drink Donors!

– Ice Cream donations by Amy’s Ice Cream
– Drink donations by Precision Handyman, Christian, *512* 771-8474
– Food donations by HEB on Parmer/McNeil & Costco
– Drink donations by Covenant United Methodist Church
– Parade sponsor by Milwood Baptist Church

THANKS to our Prize Donors! 

Raffle/Parade Prizes – Over $2,000 in value! 
List coming soon!

Let’s celebrate summer, our pool & great neighbors at Balcones’ Potluck Pool Party
Saturday, May 30 from 2 to 4pm at Balcones Pool, 12017 Amherst Dr, Austin, TX 78759.

We welcome everyone to bring a main dish, side or dessert to help us make this a complete community gathering!  Please bring your own water bottles or drinks of choice (no glass).

Please RSVP HERE so we can plan accordingly.

Admission to Balcones Pool is ALWAYS FREE to all!

Please note that we will reschedule in the event of rain so check back or expect an email to the address you RSVPed with.

So come on out, bring a dish, meet your fellow neighbors, make friends with your soon to be swim team and swim lesson mates!

Swim Lesson Registration for Balcones Pool is ALSO Open! The Swim Lessons are in 2 week groups on every Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri for 30 minutes and only $57! Then you can stay and practice what you learn before and after! A great way to get your kids swimming!

And Balcones Barracudas Swim Team is a GREAT way to help become a proficient swimmer, all you have to do to join is be able to get across the pool, it doesn’t have to look good. Only $80 for the summer. Very relaxed and fun!

https://www.austintexas.gov/swimming

To Register go to & choose the Aquatics box in the first row of pics: https://web2.vermontsystems.com/wbwsc/txaustinwt.ws

Click here for the link to Join Milwood Run Club WhatsApp Community

If you can’t make the below event but have images that you would like to share, please feel free to upload them HERE (but there isn’t a free mug with this option).

Please also note all images shared will be shared with the public and Austin Public Library so please make sure you have approval from those in the images.

TODAY is the Last day to submit feedback
about Parmer Lane Changes (some happening quickly) that will affect YOU!

Click HERE to FILL OUT THE PARMER LANE SURVEY.

If you weren’t able to attend the Parmer Lane Open House, you can view the proposed changes here.

Short-Term Projects: There are a number of smaller changes being planned and some are already funded. This includes some dedicated turn lanes into neighborhoods, new dividers at intersections and some signage/light improvements.

Here is a map of the planned short-term projects. Ones that say “improvement funded” are slated to be done in the next 1-2 years.

Long-Term Projects: During the Open House, there was a new slide with the “Long-Term Improvement Recommendation” that highlighted having a one-lane highway in each direction in our area (two lanes north of 45 Toll) that “would bypass signals… by using overpasses or underpasses.” (See the image above for a schematic.)

There is no concrete timeline (we were told 10+ years), and there is no idea of what it would actually look like, where exits/entrances would be, or how putting all the through-traffic into one lane each way would be an improvement.

IMPORTANT: PROVIDE FEEDBACK
Please take a few minutes to look at plans. Then, it’s extremely important that you provide feedback to CAMPO/TxDOT. You can FILL OUT THEIR PARMER LANE SURVEY HERE through April 27.

You can also contact the people behind this study at CAMPOstudies@projectinformation.com

Having as many voices as possible is extremely important, so please take a few minutes to provide feedback.

The Milwood Neighborhood Association will be collecting Batteries, Oil, Latex Paint, Antifreeze, Styrofoam and Plastic Film (BOPA) on Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 8:30-9:30am at St. Stephen’s Baptist Church.

We must close at 9:30am or when we fill up to be able to get the materials to the City site and unloaded before they close at noon.

We will not be accepting other household hazardous wastes including: styrofoam peanuts, oil-based paint, paint thinner or stripper, cleaning chemicals, pool chemicals, pesticides. Those have to be delivered individually, though you are welcome to follow us down there and drop them off.

This event helps us to fundraise and gain members, so it is free to MNA members that are current on their $15 annual dues. Not a member? It’s easy to skip the line and join online or at the event.

If you don’t live in Milwood but would like to drop off, it will be a $10 suggested donation – ALL of which will go to Friends of Balcones Park, which works to improve our park. Bring $10 cash or pay CC at event.

We’re also looking for volunteers for our collection event. Sign up by emailing us at mnaboard@milwoodna.com. If you’re looking for a great opportunity to help serve your neighborhood, meet your neighbors, and protect the environment, come join us!

A BIG Thanks to Our Event Sponsor & Neighbor: