BRH-Garver, the contractor for the Bull Creek Wastewater Improvements
Project (which is part of a larger project called the Gaston/Bull
Creek/W. 25th wastewater improvements project) is beginning
construction activities within the next week in the Finley, Oakmont and
Bull Creek Road area. The contractor will begin installation of new
sewer lines on Finley and will continue to Oakmont and then to Bull
Creek Road. Please see attached map.
Shred Day 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008, 7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Austin High Parking Lot, 1715 W. Cesar Chavez
With the increased awareness of identity theft, it’s important to dispose of personal records carefully. To highlight this, the Association of Records Managers and Administrators and the City of Austin is sponsoring a Free event to help individuals and families with:
* Home records management
* Identity theft protection
* Recycling
C Yang
Almost seventy years ago, right around the start of WWII and when Austin’s population was just over 100,000, Fred McNairs’ grandfather, a banker from Kansas City, MO, moved to Texas for its climate and growth. After a short stop of six months in San Antonio, Fred Ruegg bought into the only available appliance franchise at the time in Austin, Norge, and opened a store on the west side of the 500 block of Congress. The store was moved in the years to follow to West Fifth Street and then to a third location at 904 Lamar.
submitted by Tom Linehan
The number of reported crimes in Allandale in 2007 was down 2% from
2006. That’s little comfort to the neighborhood. Ask anyone and they
will tell you crime, specifically burglary, is a problem in Allandale.
Thieves are kicking down doors in broad daylight and breaking into cars
at night.
Pulling from the Austin Police Department’s online crime database,
“Crime Report Viewer,” the total number of incidents in 2007 was 1,232
compared to 1,258 in 2006. As always, stealing from cars, “Burglary of
Vehicles,” accounted for the largest number of incidents (148 incidents
in 2007). “Theft” was the second most common reported crime (125
incidents), and “Burglary of Residence” ranked number nine on the list
with a total of 33 reported incidents in the neighborhood in 2007.
Stephanie Lott
Public Information
Specialist Senior
City of Austin
The City of Austin is planning to upgrade the detention pond at 6900 Great Northern Boulevard to improve the safety of the structure as required by state law. This pond controls flood waters that flow into Shoal Creek during severe storms, and it reduces the risk of flooding for many homes along the creek in the Allandale Neighborhood.