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10 | February 2009 Community Impact Newspaper • Southwest Austin Edition WINDOWS . ROOFING . HARDIPLANK 100% Financing No payments ʻtil September ʻ09 $500 Gift Card “When I needed siding and windows, I trusted Allied Siding and Windows to do the work on my home and you should too.” –Nolan Ryan FREE Estimates (Siding and Windows) Valid on new business contracted 2/27/09 to 3/26/09 Minimum requirements. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Not applicable to insurance claim. CALL TODAY! 512-6-Siding www.AlliedSidingAndWindows.com nndowss co C M Y CM MY CY CMY K hha_heart_comm-impact_4.9167x.6.04.pdf 1 1/29/09 3:50 PM We can see the family resemblance. It’s not just the blue eyes and curly hair. It’s heart disease. With a HeartSaver CT scan at Heart Hospital of Austin, you can find out if you’re at risk. This relaxing, pain-free procedure can spot heart disease years before you show symptoms. So while you can’t control what you inherit from your parents, you can take steps to protect your heart. www.heartsaverct.com (512) 407-SAVE toll-free 1-877-512-4123 Austin City Council Candidate Forum The South Austin and Northwest Business Councils invite you to a luncheon on March 10 for the fi rst of two City Council Candidate Forums The candidates running for Austin City Council seats 5 and 6 will share their views and ideas on the issues. The event will offer the opportunity to meet the candidates and allow for expanded networking among both business councils. Video of the event will be available at www.impactnews.com/2009forum on March 11. Members - $25 • Non-members - $40 The Northwest and South Austin Business Councils provide a channel for members to get involved in addressing the needs of the local business community and area-specifi c networking with others doing business in the same part of town. Membership in the NWBC or SABC is open only to members of the Austin Chamber of Commerce at $25 per person per year and allows you access to networking events, luncheons and involvement in the local business community. March 10 • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Omni Austin Hotel Southpark 4140 Governor’s Row Austin, Texas 78744 RSVP at www.austinchamber.com/events
Community Corridor Brodie Lane MoPac 3 Convict Hill Rd. Brodie Wild Deer Ln. 9 2 11 3 H-E-B 4 8 Brodie Ln. 7 10 12 5 6 William Cannon Dr. 1 6 Davis Ln. Hill Country OBGYN Slaughter Ln. City of Austin 1 2006 Bond Program - Oak Plantation - Phase 1 On Nov. 7, 2006, Austin voters approved a $567.4 million bond program comprised of seven propositions. Over the next four years, this bond program will invest in and improve Austin’s infrastructure — from roads and parks to new public safety facilities and new cultural facilities. One of the current projects under construction is Elijah Street from Dunn Street to Brodie Lane. Contact Shelley Kilday, the city’s bond program coordinator, at 974-7922 or visit www.cityofaustin.org/bonds. 2 Improving Austin - Williamson Creek - Bannockburn Storm Drain Improvements Currently under construction, this project will reduce house, yard and street flooding in the area bounded by William Cannon Drive, Convict Hill Road, Brodie Lane and Robert Burns Drive. The project includes the installation of curb inlets, piping systems and a diversion channel to provide increased storm drain system capacity. Estimated completion date is May 2009. Contact Wale Odufuye, project manager, at 974-7119. 3 Brodie Wild, a 4.4-acre water quality protection property at the corner of Slaughter Lane and Brodie Lane, is a cooperative project between the Austin chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, the Native Prairies Association of Texas and the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Department Wildlands Conservation Division. Its goals are protecting water quality, restoring native vegetation and habitat, and educating the public about how to garden with native plants to protect water quality and reduce water usage. To meet these goals, the co-op educates via field trips, handouts and a kiosk, and restores and maintains the site as an Edwards Plateau savanna. Visit www.npsot.org/austin/default.htm. Restaurants 4 Evangeline Café in the Brodie Plaza center offers Cajun-style lunch and dinner in a home-style restaurant. The restaurant has a variety of Cajun dishes for lunch and dinner, available for dine-in and takeout. The café has outdoor patio seating and live music six nights a week. Call 282-1800 or visit www.evangelinecafe.com. 5 Former Seattle’s Best Coffee franchise, located at 9911 Brodie Lane, recently changed to a Texenza Coffee drive-through. Owners of the local coffee retailer previously operated the Seattle’s Best franchises in Austin and have re-branded several other locations from Bee Cave to San Marcos. impactnews.com February 2009 | 11 Call 282-9100 or visit www. texenzacoffee.com. Health care 6 Located adjacent to Seton Southwest on FM 1826, Hill Country OBGYN is moving into a new location and will be opening its doors March 9. The newly constructed building, located at 9805 Brodie Lane, will become the main office for the practice, which will maintain a small satellite office at Seton Southwest. Specialities include obstetrics, gynecology and infertility. Call 462-1936 or visit www.hillcountryobgyn.com. 7 Located at 9701 Brodie Lane, Evans Dermatology Partners treats patients with common skin concerns to the most serious skin conditions. Call 280-3939 or visit www.evans-dermatology.com. Education 8 Hyde Park @ Bannockburn is a Christian, college preparatory school system, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students. It is a ministry of Hyde Park Baptist Church. With campuses in Central Austin, southwest Austin — at Bannockburn Baptist Church — and northwest Austin, Hyde Park Baptist’s enrollment is more than 800 for the 2008-09 school year, making it one of the largest private school systems in Austin. Call 465-8333. 9 Covington Middle School, located at 3700 Convict Hill Road, was built in 1986 and houses 1,300 students in grades six through eight. Call 414-3276. 10 Mariposa Montessori School, located at 7809 Brodie Lane, was founded in 2007. The school was built on the philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori and maintains the standards set by the American Montessori Society. Call 428-4280 or visit www.mariposamontessori.com. 11 Boone Elementary School, located at 8101 Croftwood Dr., was built in 1986 and houses 550 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. Call 414-2537. Commercial 12 The new Brodie Park Shopping Center is currently under construction at the corner of Brodie and Davis lanes. Brodie Park is approximately 30,000 sq. ft. and has suites available from 1,000 to 15,600 sq. ft. Three of the buildings are set for completion by early March. New tenants will include Broadway National Bank, Brodie Nails and Brodie Park Market. Carr Development is in charge of the project. Call 306-1771 or visit www.carrdevelopment.com.
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