General Meeting Tuesday April 22nd

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Administrator

Tuesday night (tonight!), we have a real treat for you. We’ll have our general spring meeting starting at 7, then most of the city council candidates will be making the long drive to North Austin to come see you!

Place 4 candidates will be at 7:30.
Place 3 candidates will be at 8:00.
Place 1 candidates will be at 8:30.

If you want a refresher course on who these candidates are, the league of women voters guide is here.

this is a great opportunity to show our officials that North Austin is active and involved, so tell your neighbors and make it out!

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Cap Metro meeting April 29th

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Administrator

Note that in addition to the general meeting on the 22nd, Cap Metro will be coming to the Milwood Library on the 29th for a general update. Planning staff responsible for a potential circulator connecting our neighborhood with the new commuter rail will be on hand, so bring your questions and voice your interests!

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Milwood Senior Graduates

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Administrator

A friendly reminder that our friend Harvey Pikoff has for many years sponsored a scholarship for graduating seniors that is awarded at the July 4th event. Graduating seniors or their families can e-mail Harvey for information and scholarship applications at harveypikoff@realtor.com.

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Volunteer For It’s My Park Day – April 12th, 2008

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Administrator

Our fourth annual workday in the park. Let’s work together to keep our neighborhood park looking great. As we get closer to the date we’ll post more information.

If you are are interested in helping please sign up so we can get an idea of how many people we will have coming out.

If you also have some suggestions as to items you believe might be helpful to work on, please feel free let us know.

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Volunteer at Summitt

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Administrator

Summitt Elementary needs volunteers for the following positions immediately!

* Hearing and vision testing volunteers (Monday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 15) — contact the school office at 414-4484 if you can help.

* Needs volunteers that can translate documents to Spanish — Contact the school office at 414-4484.

* Lunch room monitors both paid and unpaid positions available – Contact the school office at 414-4484.

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Parks Discussion – April 9th

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Administrator

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting a series of public meetings to discuss the future planning for updating the Parks and Recreation Long Range Plan for Land and Facilities. Balcones District Park (our park) will be discussed.

The meeting will be Wednesday, April 9,, 2008, 6 – 8:30 PM at Anderson High School, 8403 Mesa Dr. We’ve talked about many aspects of the park over the years, ranging from facilities, to trails to its name, Definitely consider coming out!

Questions relating to this meeting should be directed to Ricardo Soliz, PARD Planning Division Manager, 974-6765.

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Busy April for Milwood!

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Bethany

We have lots of events planned for the month of April. Please contact us using the button at the top of this page if you have any questions.

Neighborhood Garage Sale, April 5th – You send us your address, get your stuff ready and out on the driveway the morning of April 5th, and we’ll do the rest.  We place signs around the entrances to Milwood and place an ad in both the Statesman and Craig’s List.  We will also provide a map of all Garage Sale addresses to interested shoppers.  Don’t forget that Summitt Elementary is also having their garage sale that day, so if you don’t want to have your own, you can donate your items to them.  Lots of shopping opportunities that day! Send us your address via the Contact Us form and we’ll include you on our map.

It’s My Park Clean Up Day, April 12 – Help us continue this great tradition of taking care of our Balcones Park with the Austin Park Foundation.  Many volunteer opportunities are available to trim branches, collect trash, fill the large hole on the path by the waterfall, and work on general trail and park maintenance.  Sign up information can be found here

General Neighborhood Meeting and Candidate Forum April 22 – at the Milwood Library, 7pm.  Join your neighbors to discuss current events as well as meet some of the candidates running for Austin City Council in May.

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