Hello Greenbelt Lovers,
I wanted to send out an advance notice of our next work day so you can save a place on your calendar. On April 24, we will be participating as a host park for the city-wide
It's My Park Day, sponsored by the Austin Parks Foundation. We will be working on the Gus Fruh Trail to Barton Creek, at 2642 Barton Hills Drive, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
There are some special "perks" offered if you register for the work day through the Austin Parks Foundation website (e.g. a free tee shirt and some refreshments). Sign up is fast and easy with this
online form. Be sure to indicate your affiliation with BHNA and specify "Barton Creek Greebelt" as your "Park of Interest."
I will also be keeping a tally of people who rsvp to me. We need to have a good idea of how many people are coming so we can have plenty of tasks, tools, and materials on site for the work day.
There will be more information about the work day in the Barton Hills Neighborhood Association newsletter coming out soon, and at the BHNA neighborhood association meeting scheduled on Tuesday, April 13. I'll send out a couple more reminders also. Please email me if you have any
questions, or want to pass on the name of someone you know who might want to participate.
Come enjoy spring on the greenbelt! It is glorious.
Glee Ingram
BHNA Greenbelt Guardian Coordinator
443-7522-wk
# posted by Glenn : 10:36 AM
The
April edition of the Barton Hills News is now available on our web site.
Learn about results of the
Envision Central Texas survey and the
Austin Neighborhoods Council response, plus read reports about neighborhood planning, the
Austin City Limits Festival, and more.
# posted by Glenn : 2:33 PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Day School would like to invite all of our Barton Hills neighbors to our fourth annual Concert on the Deck to help raise money for the Day School Scholarship Fund. The concert takes place on Sunday, March 28th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m at 2128 Barton Hills Drive.
This year's event will feature a children?s concert with Ms. Sybi Ward and then the bluegrass beat of the
Pistol Love Family Band. It's fun for the whole family. Popsicles and cold drinks will be for sale. Bring your lawn chairs and "dancing shoes" to join us for a relaxing afternoon of music and dancing! Donations are graciously accepted.
For more info, contact Lisa Leach at 447-8416 or
jeffd-lisal@sbcglobal.net.
# posted by Glenn : 3:13 PM
We have set the Greenbelt Guardian work days for the rest of this year. They are:
April 24, which corresponds with the date for
It's My Park! Day, a citywide event sponsored by Austin Parks Foundation and the City of Austin.
July 16, which features the courageous who come out to work in the long, hot
dog days of summer.
October 16, the week-end before the
National Trails Conference being held in Austin, which will feature a field trip to our Homedale Trail as an exemplary "natural public space in an urban environment".
# posted by Glenn : 3:04 PM
Notes from the
March 9 Executive Committee Meeting are now available on our web site. Find out what's on the agenda for the April 13 General Meeting!
# posted by Glenn : 2:44 PM
Our new neighborhood handbook includes a wealth of helpful information, including the history of Barton Hills, tips on tree care, healthy landscape practices, dealing with foundation problems, zoning and building permit information, and much more.
Find out how to get one for your new neighbor (and one for you, too)
here.
The new Barton Hill Neighborhood Handbook includes a fascinating chapter on the history of our treasured neighborhood, authored by Dick Kallerman. We've published this chapter
online for your reading enjoyment, along with an original newspaper ad from 1956 which proclaimed Barton Hills as "the world's largest air-conditioned subdivision."
# posted by Glenn : 2:49 PM
