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Fundraising Preparations Underway
On
a cold, wet Saturday afternoon, approximately 200 Allandale residents came to a
meeting at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Neighbor after neighbor expressed just
how passionate they are against their beloved neighborhood being ruined by
Lincoln Property Company’s and Wal-Mart’s Northcross site plan. During the
discussion, Allandale resident Jim Bryce dramatically demonstrated
that it takes a show of power in the form of money to get corporations to sit
down and talk. He suggested we raise a
sizeable pot of money for a lawsuit to get their attention.
Gretchen and Paul Announce Their Resignations
submitted by Tom Linehan
At the January 24th Executive Committee meeting, Gretchen
and Paul Nagy announced they would be resigning as President and Treasurer of
the Allandale Neighborhood Association. Both have put in a number of years of
service to the neighborhood and are commended for their ongoing commitment to keeping the association running smoothly. It’s a bigger job than most people realize. Their
resignations will take effect following the next Executive Committee meeting in
February. Both are committed to ensuring a smooth transition and will be
working closely with the other Executive Committee members on the knowledge
transfer.
Allandale Resident in the News
Allandale resident, Sharon Radovich’s “cottage” is in today’s home tour in the Austin American-Statesman, “Home Tour: Love at first site, Austin designer keeps cottage for the love of the land. ” Many of you go by her house daily...List of Issues Submitted to the City
On Thursday last week, the Allandale Neighborhood Association submitted this list of issues to the City regarding the planned Northcross redevelopment. The list, requested by the City from the neighborhoods affected by the Northcross redevelopment and Responsible...TERRA TOYS: …nurturing the spirit of children
submitted by C Yang [Email address: c0resident #AT# gmail.com - replace #AT# with @ ] As you walk into Terra Toys, the smiles on children’s faces and sounds of laughter say it all. Charles Edwards and Romalda Allsup, partners in life and business, have just...RG4N Sends Press Release re: Polling Calls
What follows is a press release sent out today by Responsible Growt for Northcross:
[01-20-07]
RESIDENTS SURROUNDING NORTHCROSS RECEIVE MISLEADING PUSH POLL
PHONE CALLS IN FAVOR OF WAL-MART SUPERCENTER
A comparison of Responsible Growth for Northcross recent
survey with the push poll phone calls reveals intent to deceive by
AUSTIN, Texas,
survey is being conducted by proponents of the controversial Northcross Mall
redevelopment plan, according to many residents of neighborhoods surrounding
the mall.
Allandale is Emphatic – No Wal-Mart
submitted by Tom Linehan
Over 160 Allandale residents showed up on a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon and endured a 3 hour meeting to let it be known: WE DON’T WANT WAL-MART IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
It was standing room only at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The meeting started out awkwardly as the Allandale Board worked through whether or not this was the appropriate meeting to approve minutes from the previous general meeting. ANA President, Gretchen Vaden decided it wasn’t and moved on to the meeting agenda starting with comments from members of the audience.
Request Submitted to the City of Austin for a New Northcross Traffic Impact Analysis
submitted by Paul Nagy and Gretchen Vaden A formal request for a new Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) was sent to the City of Austin today by Bruce Bigelow, an attorney with the law firm of Blazier, Christensen, Bigelow & Virr, on behalf of the Allandale...Crime Incidents – Wal-Mart vs. Target
submitted by Brent Sjolseth
to view crime incident report numbers requested from the Austin
Police Dept. These numbers are based on
the address of the retail establishment and not the shopping center
itself.