BCNA General Association Meeting Agenda Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 6:45pm Location: The High Road on Dawson – 700 Dawson Road (formerly the Elks Lodge) 6:45 Attendee introductions (Kevin Lewis) 7:00 New Orange/Pink Zone parking passes (Catie Mohin) 7:03 South Congress vicinity parking (Paula Kothmann and Kevin Lewis) 7:15 Boys and Girls Club property 303...
This is old news but not everyone knows it! Our neighborhood has a neighborhood plan that was worked up by a committed group of neighbors and as a result of a stakeholder process many years ago. It is the document that is referenced in the “-NP” suffix on the land-use designations on lots in our...
BCNA Steering Committee Meeting January 6, 2014 The High Road Attending: Kevin Lewis, Yoni Levin, Ronnie Dittmar, Sue Bornstein, Vicki Knipp, Paula Kothman, Ellen Gibbs, Stuart Hampton, Suzie Harriman, Ingrid Weigand. Meeting was called to order at 19:13 Zoning a) 304 and 306 W. Milton Sheila Case, real estate agent, Leticia Vasquez, family member presented...
BCNA Steering Committee Meeting 12-2-2013 Present: Cyndi Collen (left at 7:15 pm), Kevin Lewis (arrived 7:31), Cory Walton (arrived 7 p.m), Stuart Hampton, Ellen Gibbs (7 pm), Vicki Knipp, Suzie Harriman, Catie Mohin, Paula Kothman, Ronnie Dittmar (7 pm), Ingrid Weigand Guests: Yoni Levin, Pink Zone; Bill & Mary Ley, Nan Garza, Brett Smith, all...
BCNA opposes the proposed design for the Auditorium Shores Parkland Improvement Project because it does not consider the enormous feedback from park users to eliminate a fenced-in dog area. Additionally, the agreement between the Parks department (PARD), Austin Parks Foundation (APF) and C3 presents (sponsors of the ACL music festival) refers to the parkland at...
It’s election time in the ‘hood on Tuesday evening, December 10th where our last GA meeting of the year will be held at the old Elks Lodge on 700 Dawson Road. I will not be there to open the meeting as I’ll be over at City Hall to present BCNA’s position on the proposed design...
Next Thursday, Item # 33 on City Council’s Agenda will have Council Members vote on a proposed design to renovate Auditorium Shores. BCNA is opposed to the design and would like PARD to go back to the drawing board and create a design that considers input from all stakeholders and ensures the use of the...
In the early ’80s I spent lots of time at Auditorium Shores and enjoyed free or cheap music events like Stevie Ray Vaughan or The Talking Heads. I’ve travelled and lived all over the globe since then but always remembered the experience as uniquely Austin, which is one of the reasons I moved back in...
Residents of Bouldin Creek, An important time is upon us as the city prepares to vote on keeping our cherished Auditorium Shores a public parkland or re-establishing it as an events venue. If you are interested in reading the Bylaws of the Parks and Recreation Board, click here. Stay informed on the details be...
It’s that time of year again… the holidays are upon us and this Friday — aka Black Friday — is a time when many are clamoring for good deals from retailers both online and offline. 78704 has a number of wonderful small businesses, so don’t forget to consider some local shopping in the neighborhood...
Rebate Austin! is the Austin Public Library’s one stop shop event for folks to come and learn about all the amazing rebates and free programs available to Austin citizens! The library has gathered representatives from all the City of Austin departments that offer rebates or free services to Austinites and these representatives will present on...
Bouldin Creek welcomes some celebrity friends from the west coast this week for filming in the neighborhood! You may be seeing some very large trailers, extra police officers and other celeb-types around S. 1st and Mary. Word on the street is that Robert Di Nero is filming a feature film where he plays a locksmith....
