It’s Back! Free Yoga in the Park! Every Saturday for the rest of October. The class runs from 9am-10am, and is being offered by CorePower Yoga. Like and Share!
*Simply bring a yoga mat and water if desired. The class takes place in the wooded area near the basketball court.
To join the Facebook event – click here
Want to help beautify Balcones Park and get some exercise and fresh air? Please mark your calendars to help out! Here are details for what we plan to accomplish:
1) Trash Cleanup throughout park and greenbelt to Mopac. If we have a really good turnout, we can go beyond Mopac along the creek and shared use path (NCWT). Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
2) Block eroding informal trails using limbs from trees that came down during Harvey. We have 6 “Restoration in progress” signs from the City (Watershed Protection) to put up to reinforce the trail closures.
3) Remove rocks from creekside trail where we left off last spring. (This is a commitment we made as part of the NPP Creekside Trail repair grant). This will involve some heavy lifting so wear sturdy shoes and prepare to work!
4) Planted tree maintenance – mulch trees, weed, remove t-posts that have fallen, etc. With a little help these trees will grow to provide shade, wildlife habitat and scenery for everyone’s enjoyment – plus it is great exercise!
5) Replace washer pit border that was damaged last summer (run over by truck).
6) Reclaim gravel that has migrated from the playscape
Please consider donating a few hours to your park! Healthy snacks will be provided. Gloves provided and signing up also gets you a cool t-shirt!
Sign up HERE !
This year, National Night Out is Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, from 6 to 9 pm
National Night Out is a great opportunity to strengthen our neighborhood spirit and police/community relationships. It is also a great chance to get to know your neighbors better and share contact info. in case you should ever need it!
National Night Out is designed to:
– Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
– Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police community relations
– Let criminals know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back
So on Tues. Oct 3rd, please turn on your porch lights, lock your doors and spend the evening outside with your neighbors, police officers, firefighters and EMS paramedics.
Also consider printing out a few of the below “5’s Sheets” to help neighbors share contact information with each.
The Fives & Safety Tips
Do Your Five
Thanks to all the hosts and participants! We had a great showing this year!
List & Map of Neighborhood Block Parties was removed after events.
Don’t Miss Milwood’s Garage Sale on Saturday, October 14th!
It’s a GREAT time to clean out your closets and make some cash! Also mark your calendars so you can find some wonderful treasurers at the best prices from your neighbors!
Sign-up your garage sale HERE if you are a Milwood resident. It is very easy and free to MNA Members (which is $15 annual dues, join any time online) or $5 for those who do not want to become current on their dues but do want to be included. Pay $15 or $5 online anytime here to be listed.
MNA will take care of general neighborhood garage sale yard signs, advertising with Statesman, Craigslist, Facebook, etc. We encourage you to make individual Garage Sale Signs too to boost your sales or even post your own Craigslist ad.
Current List of Homes (Check back closer to the day to get an accurate list or Join the Facebook Event Page to get notifications):
While it begins on Mon, Aug. 28, please consider placing your items out by Sunday so they have the best chance of being reused or recycled by those driving through picking up items before the city does.
Also if you have decent to good furniture, please consider in participating our organized Furniture Pick-up instead to give those pieces more life and not clog our landfill. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes, simply complete this form and Austin Furniture Bank will come on Saturday, Sept 2 to pick up your item.
Electronics can go to Goodwill! Also please hold on to your recyclable items (like big plastic bins, plastic chairs, etc until Recycling day) you can just place them near your blue bins.
Also note it is a weekend where lots of non-neighborhood traffic comes through so lock your doors and be careful items in your front yard aren’t easy to grab or too near the curb to avoid any accidental loses.
Bulk Collection is when the city collects items that are too large for our trash carts during specially-scheduled bulk collections. This list is not all inclusive, please see below for items that can go.
Bulk Items Include:
> Doors
> Carpet
> Furniture
> Appliances (remove doors for safety)
> Passenger car tires (remove rims; limit 8 tires per house)
> Lawn mowers (remove gas/oil)
> Railroad ties (cut in half)
> Pallets
> Rolled fencing
> Nail-free lumber
Bulk Item Collection Crews Cannot Collect:
>Brush, household trash, cardboard boxes, hazardous materials, automotive chassis and bodies, motorcycles, trailers, boats and tires that are still mounted on rims
>Sheet glass, mirrors and other construction and remodeling debris
Collection Guidelines
> Place bulk items at the curb in front of your house by 6:30 a.m. on the first day of your scheduled collection week
> Separate items into three piles as described below
> To prevent damage to your property, keep items 5 feet away from your trash cart, mailbox, fences or walls, water meter, telephone connection box and parked cars. Do not place any items under low hanging tree limbs or power lines
> Austin Resource Recovery only collects bulk items from its residential trash and recycling customers
> Items will not be collected if they are in an alley in any area, including Hyde Park, in front of a vacant lot or in front of a business
> Do not put items in bags, boxes or other containers. Bulk collection is for items too large to fit in containers. Bags will be treated as extra trash and are subject to extra trash fees.
Separate Items into Three Piles
> Metal items – Includes appliances (remove doors). These are taken to our Resource Recovery Center for recycling
> Passenger car tires – Rims must be removed. Limit of eight tires per household. We cannot collect truck or tractor tires. Tires will go to a tire recycling facility
> Non-metal items – Includes carpeting and nail-free lumber. These items go to a landfill. Austin Resource Recovery is working on plans to salvage reusable items from bulk collection to help meet the City of Austin’s Zero Waste goal
see the Northern Walnut Creek Trail page for project updates!
If you can spare 30 min to 1 hour or a shade tent… we could use your help. Sign up HERE.
Thanks in advance!!
