West Austin Neighborhood Group

The Town Lake Animal Center has a brand new program committing to saving the lives of Central Texas’ homeless pets. Town Lake’s new Foster Program is actively recruiting homes who can serve as volunteer foster homes.
Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department’s Animal Services took in over 20,000 animals last year. [...]

During the last several weeks, the Library Facilities Services Division has made significant progress towards completing this important branch library renovation project. At the time of the Final Electrical Inspection, the City of Austin determined that the building should be retrofitted with a main electrical service disconnect switch, and by October 26th, this upgrade had [...]

City of Austin Phone Numbers To Call For Code Compliance Concerns–

Heads up — Run For the Water runners will be passing through West Austin on Sunday morning, November 8th.    Door hangers were distributed in main effected areas — let’s cheer on the runners as they are raising fundsto provide clean drinking water to impoverished villages in Burundi as well as funds for the Gazelle Foundation.

WANG’s has developed guidelines for addressing variance and zoning change requests. These guidelines are not intended to list all possible variance scenarios that can arise. However, they do address areas of primary concern for our neighborhood, and we want to be sure that you are aware of these guidelines in case you are considering developing your property. For further information about WANG and your rights and responsibilities as a property owner, please see our March 2003 newsletter at www.deepeddy.com/wang/newsletter/Mar_2003_%20Newsletter.pdf.

Austin City Limits 2009 Music Festival will occur on October 2-4, 2009 at Zilker Park.  Details posted at http://www.aclfestival.com/default.aspx. If you still need ACL tickets, WANG has six (6) three-day passes left for purchase, with all proceeds benefiting WANG’s neighborhood fund.  WANG is looking for donations of $250-300 for each pass.  If you are interested [...]

On Sunday November 8, 2009 the Gazelle Foundation; a local 501(c)3 organization will host the 3rd Annual Gazelle Foundation’s Run for the Water, Presented by Keller William Realty.
The Gazelle Foundation implements charitable efforts to improve life for people in Burundi and offers assistance to children of our community. The 10 mile race will start on [...]

Marcus Cooper, Public Information Officer with the Texas Department of Transportation’s Austin District, has advised WANG about a series of asphalt paving operations that will be taking place along the frontage road of MoPAC over the next few weeks. TxDOT felt it important to inform our area of what is about to happen.
First of all, TxDOT is beginning [...]