New Vertical Mixed Use Ordinance Released - Julia Woods, DNA President As many of you already know, the Austin city council voted on a revised ordinance for vertical mixed use property zoning at the June 9, 2022 meeting. The city handled the process for voting and...
Community Development Commission - Julie Woods, CDC Representative Longtime neighbors in Dawson will remember that our neighborhood association is responsible for electing the South Austin representative on the Community Development Commission. As I serve on the CDC,...
Party Houses In The Neighorhood: What to Do Short term rentals (STRs) in Austin have been a problem for a more than a decade and Dawson, as a centeral neighborhood, has its share. Austin city code defines two three types of single-family STR: type 1, type 2...
Lessin Lane Reyna Development Breaks Ground Heartwood Real Estate Group has broken ground on a 16-unit townhome development at 221 Lessin Lane, the Reyna. The units will be two- and three-bedroom townhomes. The development also promises a community dog park and...
Coming Soon: HEB Baby! - Diana Claitor Great moments in Dawson neighborhood may not have made the national news, but they still resonate in our collective memory. We had the night of the famous shelter-in-place order when APD sealed off all the entrances and...
HEB Project Restarted HEB announced that the delayed project to redevelop the HEB at Congress and Oltorf will get under way in February of 2022. The current location will be demolished and a temporary location set up in the Twin Oaks shopping center on the opposite...
November ballot propositions (PropA, PropB), My Park Day at Gillis, Mosaic Art Project and August DNA meeting minutes.
Dawson Neighborhood Association Meeting Minutes, June 14, 2021 (Virtual meeting via Zoom) Julie Woods, President, called the meeting to order. Minutes 4-12-21 approved. Lindsay project update: Board of Adjustments hearing postponed to Oct. 14, 2021. Neighborhood...
South Austin Neighborhood Center Art Project: Submission Instructions Print out the blank tile template PDF file from the DNA web site: https://www.dawsonneighborhoodassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TileBlanks.pdf Draw your designs. A clear idea is more...
Community Mosaic Art Project for South Austin Neighborhood Center The South Austin Neighborhood Center (2508 Durwood, next to Gillis Park) wants to create an art installation at the front of the Center similar to the one recently created for the Rosewood-Zaragosa...