Milwood Neighborhood Assoc.

A new article is out about the Domain with a lot of information worth reading. Some highlights…

Saks Fifth Avenue will open an 80,000-square-foot store as part of Endeavor’s Domain, completing the lineup of major high-end department stores at a development that will add 8.5 million square feet of shops, residences, hotel rooms and offices to North Austin.

The new Saks store will replace the retailer’s 50,000-square-foot store in the Arboretum area.
Saks plans to open the store by fall 2011. It will join a 144,000-square-foot Nordstrom that will open around the same time.

A new Whole Foods Market is expected to open in the spring of 2011 at the main entrance on the north side.

Simon’s next phase will include a Dillard’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods, along with Austin’s first Westin hotel, which is scheduled to break ground soon.

As you are probably aware, the July 4th event has enjoyed great success for Milwood over the last several years. We’d like to continue that success, and we need your help. Since Milwood is a 100% volunteer organization, and your dues are low and voluntary, we really need the community to pitch in as fuel costs force everyone to look at their standard way of doing things.

So what do we need from you?

Number One Need
If you or your organzation have a way to donate food, provide a dish, or give money that would go directly to food, that would defray our number one cost for this event. Food costs for 4th of July can run upwards to 700 dollars, which we have provided for free. We are committed to continuing that tradition, but we need you to help us keep that tradition.

Co Number One Need
people to help walk flyers around the neighborhood informing our 1700 neighbors about the event. It costs us hundreds of dollars to send what is in effect a door to door mailing. If we can establish block captains who can get information out to their neighbors it would save us all tremendous amounts of money, for this event and into the future.

Additional needs:
– volunteers to help with the day of the event
– any sunshades that can be brought the day of the event
– any musicians appropriate for a neighborhood event want to help us kick off a new tradition?

Contact Ryan Lanier at 799-7994 to coordinate if you can help.

FYI – the runnoff election for place 4 between Cid Galindo and Laura Morrison will be on June 14th.Turnout will probably be low, so your vote has substantial impact! Educate yourself on the options and vote!

With summer here, Balcones Pool has a new schedule effective June 8.  Click here to view the pool’s summer hours,  as well as hours for all other City of Austin pools.  Happy swimming! 

Election day is Saturday, so turn out to vote!

Early voting ended Tuesday. Just under 20,000 people around the county cast ballots in city council, school board and other local races, that’s just 3.47 percent of the county’s eligible voters. So your vote has large impact, get out and exercise it.

Information on the city council candidates can be found here.

Some information on the AISD bond election can be found here.