Balcones Park’s Trees Need Your Help this Saturday from 9am-12noon! Some of our park’s trees are in need of mulching and root collar clearing in order to help them survive. If you can volunteer meet at the park at 9am! Bring gloves if you have them. Please email mnaboard@milwoodna.com if you can help so we can get a count. Thanks!!
On Saturday, March 7, Tree Folk will be giving out 500 free 1-gallon trees at 4000 Jackson (DMV parking lot) from 9 am to 1pm or until all the trees are distributed. It will be first come, first served, two trees per household. There are no requirements to qualify for the free trees.
The trees selected are native trees that do well in our area and will include Baldcypress, Mexican white oak, Cedar Elm, Mexican Buckeye, Deciduous holly (Possumhaw), Texas Redbud, and Mexican Plum.
Ashley’s Playhouse is having a 1 Year Anniversary Bash, Sunday Feb. 8th from 1-4pm! “We’re celebrating a great 1st year in business with tons of FREE FAMILY FUN! 60 Foot Obstacle Course, Velcro Wall, Bounce Houses, Face Painting, Raffle Prizes, Food & Drink, Ashley’s Playhouse Tours & more!!”
Address is: 13343 N Hwy 183, Ste 200 Austin, TX (183 & Anderson Mill, next to Main Event)
(The owner of Ashley’s Playhouse is a Milwood Resident.)
Balcones Park/Greenbelt Cleanup 9AM-2PM
3 projects planned, we have a good number of folks signed up via the Parks Foundation, but all are welcome to pitch in to give the park and greenbelt some TLC!
1) General Park Cleanup in Balcones Park
2) Greenbelt Cleanup – Cleanup the area along the new shared use trail that will (eventually) connect to Walnut Creek Park. Please bring a wheelbarrow if you have one. Long-handles garden rakes or hoes are also good for snagging bags from the creek.
3) Restore Trail connection between new shared use trail and single track trail near Mopac. This will involve moving branches from the creek and moving rocks to make a ford crossing.
*Graffiti painting was originally planned, but will be done later to not interfere with the other projects.
**time and labor permitting, there is mulch leftover from a recent tree mulching project to be placed around trees in the park
We will meet at the picnic tables by the park entrance, distribute gloves, trash bags and organize groups for the various projects. If you come later, don’t worry, we will have someone there with maps to get you to a project area. See you at the park!
Recent efforts by the MNA board to have the City address longstanding issues of dumping along Dorsett Road and the adjacent railroad right of way have resulted in a clean up of several dumps in this area. The area has now been posted with signs notifying would-be dumpers of fines and penalties.
How can you help?
-Please report any dumping activity, downed signs or suspicious activity immediately to 311. Repeated activity will enable the City to take additional action.
-if you hire someone to do a remodel job, landscape, fence replacement, etc that will generate waste materials, ask the contractor where they will take the material. Make sure they take it to a registered landfill or a recycling center. Brush and leaves will be collected by the city if left on the curb in bins or bundled.
Let’s work together to keep our neighborhood looking good!
Bulk collection is coming up. If you want your bulk items collected please follow the guidelines below.
It’s never too early to sign-up for the Neighborhood-wide Garage Sale on Saturday, April 25th.
MNA will take care of posting general garage sale signs, marketing, craigslist posting and paying for advertising with newspaper. You just gather your stuff and get ready to make some extra cash.
If you are interested in participating, please email mnaboard@milwoodna.com or click here
It is free to all current dues paying MNA members and $5 for all others.
