Waters at Willow Run UPDATE

Neighborhood News

Submitted by Scott Swain, WBNRD (Wells Branch Neighbors for Responsible Development)

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 6:30pm at Wells Branch Elementary to solicit public comment on a proposed multifamily bond transaction (The Waters at Willow Run Apartments).

The Waters at Willow Run, LP.  (Atlantic Housing) has made application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the issuance of Tax Exempt Mortgage Revenue Bonds and Housing Tax Credits. We need EVERYONE in the Neighborhood to turn out for this meeting. If you live in Wells Branch it affects you and you should be aware of it.

If you are interested in knowing more, Email: Scottswain@sbcglobal.net

Dianne Koehler: Energy, Drive, Passion & Hard Work…..

Neighborhood News

This month’s issue features Dianne Koehler, one of our original residents of Wells Branch.  It’s hard to know where to start with Dianne; she’s been involved in our neighborhood since its inception and has given so very much to our community.  This article doesn’t begin to cover all of Dianne’s contributions to Wells Branch.

Let’s start at the beginning.  Dianne has always been good at “firsts”.  She was on the original committee that petitioned Pflugerville Fire Department to establish a station in Wells Branch, originally located on Thermal where the MUD maintenance office is today.

She served on the community center committee and walked the neighborhood gathering signatures for a petition to build the Community Center on Klattenhoff.  Her forethought and drive helped bring this meeting place, which is used by the entire community, to fruition.

Together, Dianne and Rosewitha Bowker (with ideas from Dale Cockshutt) formed the WB Community Garden committee and worked together to get the garden started, establishing the plan to include the tool shed.  Countless Wells Branch residents have enjoyed the opportunity to grow organic vegetables in plots close to home all because of her initial efforts.

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National Night Out – Free Food • Great Company • Door Prizes!

Neighborhood News, Neighborhood Safety

Join your Wells Branch neighbors for our night out against crime, Tuesday, October 2, from 6:30-9:00pm at the gazebo at Katherine Fleischer Park. The WBNA will be serving up FREE hotdogs, sausage wraps, sodas, chips and door prizes.

We’ll have distinguished guests on hand from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, ESD #2 Fire Department, Precinct 2 Constable’s Office and the Wells Branch MUD to mention a few. Both children and adults will have the opportunity to visit with first responders, receive information on Neighborhood Watch and other programs available to residents, and tour the fire safety house and fire truck that ESD #2 will have on hand. Come find out what’s going on in our community and visit with local law enforcement officers and politicians about what you can do to help reduce the opportunities for crimes to occur in our neighborhood.

National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and participation in local anti-crime efforts, and to strengthen neighborhood spirit and law enforcement-community partnership. Help send the message to criminals that Wells Branch is organized and fighting back.

Take a stand against crime. Turn on your porch light and come join your friends and neighbors at the park for food and fellowship. If you have a Neighborhood Watch group on your block (or even if you don’t) we’d like to encourage you to come eat dinner with us, listen to the speakers, and then return home to your street and gather with your neighbors over dessert to discuss how you can make your homes and our community safer.

We hope to see you there!