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BELIEVING IS SEEING!!!

Yesterday, the years long, volunteer based, effort to renovate the Norwood House achieved a milestone. The City approved the toxic material remediation plan presented by the Norwood Park Foundation. We will now solicit bids from licensed contractors to complete this … Continue reading

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ACTION AT NORWOOD

This morning soil samples were obtained from drilling performed by Austin Geo-Logic. In the absence of any info about the foundation piers that were installed in 1998, our structural engineer needed to know soil conditions as a first step to … Continue reading

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NORWOOD FENCE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

 Here’s some neighbors pulling for Norwood!   Thanks to a great group of volunteers, the fence in front of the Norwood House has been re-positioned. The task was completed in under two hours and ended with a mini feast of … Continue reading

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SUNDAY FENCE PARTY AT THE NORWOOD HOUSE

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With the stroke of a pen…… a new future for an old house

Missing from this historic moment is Bea Fincher, the woman who orchestrated the return of the Norwood house to its original site in the late 90’s.  

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