December NLNA potluck and meeting: THIS WEDNESDAY, 12/3 @ The Commune!

[Francesca Lockhart]

Hi neighbors, 

Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! Our December NLNA meeting is this coming Wednesday, December 3rd at 7:00pm at The Commune. As always, we will hold a neighborhood potluck to celebrate the year! All--including kiddos--are welcome to come and go, with setup beginning at 6:30pm to accommodate earlier dinner times. 

The potluck will be followed by light announcements/neighborhood business, and a presentation from Brian Bedrosian and Stephen Buchanan (of United Properties) to show the NLNA the results of the recent design charette for the park to be built at the current Leif Johnson Ford (THE 501) site once it is redeveloped. Join us to celebrate this amazing news and milestone for North Loop greenspaces!

Here's our agenda:

6:30 - 7:00 Potluck Setup and Grab Food!

 

7:00 - 7:30 Eating + Mingling

 

7:30 - 7:45 Quick Neighborhood Announcements

Outreach Committee

-       Business feature: Flourish Wine Bar & Plant Shop

-       Cookie Exchange @ Bruning Green: Sunday, 12/14 from 10-12pm!

Transportation Committee 

-       Bicycle Advocacy Coalition Letter for NLNA Signature - attached for neighbors to review

-       Bike Parking Survey Results! 

Bruning Green Report

-       Seeking Co-Keeper of the Green to work with Tom! 

 

7:45 - 8:15 501 Park Design Charette Presentation

Brian Bedrosian and Stephen Buchanan

 

As a final note, our APD liaison, Officer Angela Coleman, will be attending the potluck to meet and chat with neighbors. If you have any specific questions or concerns for Ofc. Coleman you'd like to send along in advance, please reply here by noon on Tuesday (12/2) and we will pass your queries along to help her prepare.

Thanks all, and hope to see you all there for some lovely food and community to cap off the year!

Chessie

[Francesca Lockhart]

Thank you to all who came out to our potluck meeting last night! It was wonderful to see such amazing turnout and community spirit, including tons of new faces. 

For those of you who wanted to connect directly with Officer Coleman, here is her contact info:

ANGELA COLEMAN #5162 

Senior Police Officer – Region II District Representative 

Austin Police Department

512.974.5516 – Office  737-228-6514 – Cell

angela.coleman@austintexas.gov

One Austin, Safer Together

Keeping you, your family & our community safe through innovative strategies & community engagement.

Have a great rest of your week, and see y’all soon at the cookie exchange at Bruning Green on Sunday the 14th!

Chessie 

[Francesca Lockhart]

Hi all, 

As a final note for this meeting: attaching here a digital copy of the crime stats Officer Coleman produced for us, as well as step-by-step instructions for accessing the APD CrimeViewer tool should you like to do so yourselves. 

I’ve also attached The Hangar’s December construction report for those curious for an update. 

Have a great weekend!

Copy of NLNAcrimeviewer.xlsx

Steps to access Crime Viewer Map.docx

The Hangar Neighborhood Report…

Chessie 

[Francesca Lockhart]

Good morning, Zo! 

You, too! And yes, that’s correct—we won’t be holding our usual monthly meeting tomorrow (Jan 7) to give everyone a little more recuperation time from the holidays. Our first meeting of the year will instead be Wednesday, February 4th at our usual place and time (The Commune, 7:00pm). 

Cheers,

Chessie 

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 08:00 Zohaib Qadri <zoh...@zoforaustin.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year — hope everyone is great in beautiful North Loop. 

Wanted to confirm that the first NA meeting of the year would be February 4th. Is that correct?

Best

Zo 

Zohaib "Zo" Qadri
Zo for Austin | Austin City Council D9