Rebate Austin! Event This Weekend

The annual Rebate Austin! event sponsored by the Austin Public Library is this Friday and Saturday at the Hampton Branch Library at 5125 Convict Hill Road. Check out free offers and rebates available from city and state departments. Get more details here or read below!

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SRCC General Membership Meeting Agenda 4/6/15

SRCC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday, April 6, 2015 7:15 PM
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
205 E. MONROE, AUSTIN, TEXAS

AGENDA
To be sure you get a vote, become a member. You can join or renew online www.srccatx.org. Not sure if you are current? Email membership@srccatx.org and we’ll let you know.
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South Central Waterfront Initiative – Waterfront Talkabout 4

Screenshot 2015-04-02 15.26.10The May 6th talk will serve as the kickoff to the next critical phase of planning and engagement. Within the next couple of weeks, certainly by the May 6th talk, we’ll have more details to announce about the upcoming process and events. To give you a preview, we expect an announcement from the EPA within the next couple of weeks about the consultant team that they’ve hired to work on our project. By the May 6th talk, we should have details on when the EPA sponsored 3-day charrette will take place, likely to be early this summer. To get a further sense of what the EPA process will look like, check out this short video. For Austin, the EPA will zero in on key locations of the SCW Interim Vision Framework and work with us to design these elements to a much higher degree of specificity. This effort will support the overall goal of the SCW framework to use a district-wide green infrastructure system to promote connectivity, views, mobility, expansion of green spaces, rational redevelopment, aesthetic appeal, and environmental benefit.

To learn more about this ongoing effort to guide the anticipated redevelopment of this huge area of waterfront, please visit the city website at http://www.austintexas.gov/waterfront.

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Community Voices: Blue Bonnet Hills Historic District Opinions

The proposal to create a Local Historic District (LHD) for the Blue Bonnet Hills neighborhood has been an ongoing subject of discussion in our community and a regular agenda topic at SRCC general meetings. To facilitate knowledge sharing and discussion in an open structured forum, representatives on both sides of the issue, Angela Reed and Arif Panju, have been asked to contribute position pieces for the community.

Click below to read both contributed pieces side-by-side. To learn more, you can also visit the City of Austin’s info page on LHDs here and read the Blue Bonnet Hills LHD Preservation Plan here.

Please note that the opinions expressed here are solely those of individual residents, and do not represent any official SRCC position.

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SRCC Area Roundup – March 2015

TravisHeights Elementary

Check out local Area announcements from your Area Coordinators and other neighbors below!

Not sure which Area you live in? Check the map!

Photo Credit: KUT

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