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Nothing from March 13, 2024 to March 19, 2024.

Committee Opportunities

Neighborhood Beautification Committee

Chair: Caro Dubois

Objective: To develop, implement, and support efforts that strive to improve the physical and aesthetic environment of NACA.

Activities:

  • Regularly attend the monthly Street Clean-up
  • Recruit volunteers to help with various beautification projects
  • Lead a park clean-up, gardening, or weeding event
  • Apply for a grant to beautify our community
  • Bring your own ideas for how to make our neighborhood a more beautiful place

Time Commitment = 1-2 hours per month

Health, Safety, & Wellbeing Committee

Chair: Jennifer Smith-Gonnabathula

Objective: To ensure a safe, healthy, quality environment for all the residents of NACA

Activities:

  • Deliver Criminal Trespass Authorization forms to businesses
  • Plan safety presentations
  • Bring your own ideas for how to make our neighborhood a safer, healthier place
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Time Commitment = 1-3 hours per month

Membership Recruitment & Engagement Committee

Chair: VACANT

Objective: To identify and engage potential new members, as well as steward existing members, in the residential, business, and non-profit segments of our neighborhood.

Activities:

  • Lead or participate in the spring door-to-door member recruitment campaign
  • Host a neighborhood social at a local restaurant, brewery, or park
  • Host a National Night Out event
  • Connect with new members to introduce them to NACA and opportunities to get involved
  • Contact businesses about becoming Business Members and/or Neighborhood Partners
  • Bring your own ideas for how to engage our neighbors in NACA!

Time Commitment: 1-4 hours per month

Outreach & Communications Committee

Chair: Emily ‘Missy’ Haworth

Objective: To share NACA and community news and events, volunteer opportunities, and success stories with the neighborhood.

Activities:

  • Manage the NACA Facebook page
  • Update the NACA website
  • Newsletter editor 
  • Write stories for the newsletter
  • Post newsletters to website

Contact current newsletter editors Mark & Terri Grayson – [email protected]

Time Commitment: 2-4 hours per month

Voter & Civic Engagement Committee

Chair: VACANT

Objective: To share opportunities to register to vote and learn more about ballot measures through information and discussions.

Activities:

  • Become deputized as a voter registrar
  • Contact Caro Dubois to learn more – [email protected]
  • Help plan a candidate forum

Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per month

General Opportunities

Other Ways to Get Involved:

Attend monthly NACA meetings, suggest membership project ideas, and suggest presentation ideas for monthly meetings.

Support local schools by attending their events, inviting their students and staff to attend our events, collaborate on community projects, volunteer as mentor, and more. 

Become a member in community gardens at local schools or North Austin YMCA. 

Promote NACA meetings with yard signs. 

Plan community events to bring community together. 

Coordinate funding opportunities for local efforts, i.e. improving Walnut Creek Library .

Partner with a local church or organization to assist low-income households. 

Partner with Settlement Home to support children looking for their forever home.

Volunteer to hold a Battery Oil Paint and Antifreeze collection and bring the items to Austin Resource Recovery. 

Volunteer as precinct chair if position is vacant.


Event Calendar

2

April

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Project Connect Briefing presented by staff from the Austin Transit Partnership followed by commentary by D4 Council Member, Chito Vela. […]

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2

April

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Project Connect Briefing presented by staff from the Austin Transit Partnership followed by commentary by D4 Council Member, Chito Vela. […]

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June

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(Rundberg to Parkfield) – meet at Quail Creek Park near the water fountain and main playground.

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11

June

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(Rundberg to Parkfield) – meet at Quail Creek Park near the water fountain and main playground.

14

May

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TBD (bad weather make-up day)

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14

May

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TBD (bad weather make-up day)

9

April

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Join us for Keep Austin Beautiful Day, a city-wide day of service spanning 100+ sites in 31 zip codes in […]

08:30am - 1201 Payton Gin Road, Austin

9

April

Organized By:

Join us for Keep Austin Beautiful Day, a city-wide day of service spanning 100+ sites in 31 zip codes in […]