EROC NEWS APRIL 2026
Malcolm Yeatts
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
There will be two opportunities to improve our parks and creeks in April during Keep Austin Beautiful Day:
For Keep Austin Beautiful Day on Saturday, April 11, volunteers will be cleaning trash out of Country Club Creek. Register for this event at the Keep Austin Beautiful website:
For Keep Austin Beautiful Day on Saturday, April 11, volunteers will be picking up trash at Mabel Davis Park. Register for this event at the Keep Austin Beautiful website:
There will be another opportunity to clean up our parks in May:
As part of Austin Parks Foundation Trash Free Gulf project, volunteers will be cleaning up the pond at Mabel Davis Park on Saturday, May 9. To register for this event, go to the Austin Parks Foundation website:
https://austinparks.givepulse.com/event/851366-Trash-Free-Gulf-cleanup-at-Mabel-Davis%21
Please help our parks by participating in these events.
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TRAINING MAY 2
APD will conduct a class on starting a Neighborhood Watch in your neighborhood. May 2, from 10 AM to 2 PM at the APD Office of Community Liaison, 2410 Grove Blvd. To register for this event and form a Neighborhood Watch, go to this link:
EROC GENERAL MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 12 AT 6 PM ON ZOOM
Please save this date. There will be presentations by several city departments on topics of interest to EROC residents and businesses. The agenda and Zoom link will be sent soon. If you have a topic for this meeting, please send me an email.
HERITAGE OAKS PARK
The Parks Board and the Planning Commission both rejected the proposal by the developer of the South Shore Planned Unit Development to buy the abandoned property adjacent to Heritage Oaks Park as part of the requirement by the PUD for Parkland Dedication. The auction to sell the abandoned property has been postponed.
AUSTIN BUDGET
There are opportunities for in-person and virtual meetings to
https://publicinput.com/budgetfy2026
APD HENRY SECTOR CRIME SURVEY
Residents and business owners from both east and west of I-35 met with APD and Travis County Constables at Travis Early College High School on March 23 to discuss how to reduce crime in the south-central Austin area. Lt. Pacifico, the Day Shift Lieutenant for Henry Sector, announced a survey for Henry Sector businesses and residents to send their concerns directly to the APD management of Henry Sector. Click on the following link to take the survey:
PRESIDIUM DEVELOPMENTS
A site plan will be submitted for 1600 S. Pleasant Valley Road to build apartments. This is the vacant lot that was the flea market. Phase 1 will be approximately 300 units, and Phase 2 will be approximately 220 units. The Site Plan review process is expected to be completed in about 12 months. There is no planned date for the start of construction. The River Park Phase 1 construction of the music venue at the intersection of E. Riverside Drive and Wickersham is scheduled to open in the 1st quarter of 2027.
ERC UPDATE AND GROVE PROJECT
Jan Long attended meeting on the East Riverside Corridor Plan update and the Grove development. The report on these meetings:
“The City has begun its outreach on the development of the 125-acre city-owned parcel at the intersection of Grove Blvd and East Riverside. The first Community Meeting was held on January 31 in the former Tokyo Electron building. Stakeholders were able to meet with City representatives and express their preferences for this project as part of the East Riverside Corridor. A second Community Meeting was held on March 26, focusing primarily on the Grove-Riverside site. Stakeholders met in groups and discussed options. This will be developed to include substantial residential density, retail, and office space, taking advantage of light rail along East Riverside. It is an opportunity for stakeholders to advocate for a recreational center in EROC, a blend of housing opportunities, and parkland.”