Category Archives: Milwood News

Growing Summer Vegetables

Summer’s almost here. Come gather tips on starting and improving your vegetable garden from Kathy Boles of the Texas Master Gardners Association. Date: Saturday April 25th Time: 2pm – 3pm Location: Milwood Library (Meeting Room)

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Parks Long Range Plan meeting – Tuesday April 14

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) will meet with the community in April to review the draft document of the Parks and Recreation Long Range Plan for Land and Facilities (LRP). The document will be available, starting 04.01.09, to … Continue reading →

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Union Pacific Tonight

Come out tonight at 7:00pm to the Covenant Methodist Church at 4410 Duval Rd, Austin, TX‎ to hear from Union Pacific on the siding project coming to a rail line near you. Map is here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4410+duval+road+covenant+church+duval&sll=30.4207,-97.727509&sspn=0.094442,0.206165&ie=UTF8&ll=30.4207,-97.727509&spn=0.098883,0.206165&z=13&iwloc=A

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Cap Metro Action Plan May 15

A small tidbit we wanted to note for those of you looking for new information on the commuter rail… From the March 20 press release: By May 15, Capital Metro will report back to the community with the status of … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Neighborhood Events

April 2 – Union Pacific Speaker (7pm Covenant Methodist Church) Union Pacific will send a speaker to discuss the siding project for the railroad tracks west of the neighborhood. April 18 – Spring Neighborhood Garage Sale We will help promote … Continue reading →

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Commuter Rail On Indefinite Hold

Seems that Austin’s commuter rail line that was scheduled to begin public service at the end of March has hit a few snags and is now on hold till further notice. http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/21/0321capmetro.html http://www.capmetro.org/news/RailDelay-CEO.asp

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PTA Meeting – Wednesday, March 11th at 6:30 pm in Library

There will be a PTA meeting this Wednesday, March 11th at 6:30pm in the Milwood Branch Library.  There will be a presentation on possible spring fundraisers as well as elections for next year’s PTA officers.

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