GOALS OF THE NORTH AUSTIN COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS:

“Representing over 87,000 Neighbors. Building a Better Austin One Neighborhood at a Time”

We are asking for media support for our Third Annual Night Without Crime on Rundberg Lane, October 9th, 6-8 p.m., at 300 E. Rundberg Lane. This event is part of the National Night Out Activities for North Austin. Once again, the North Austin Coalition of Neighborhoods will come together to support the North Creek Georgian Acres Neighborhood Association in their efforts to clean up a neighborhood over run with crime, drugs, and prostitution.

* Prostitution is not a victimless crime
* Drug-dealing is not a victimless crime
The community and the police have stepped up and decided to battle rampant crime, including drugs and prostitution, in the area. Why? Prostitution on residential streets is not acceptable. Drug deals on residential streets are not acceptable. Violent crime on Rundberg within a stone's throw of Barrington Elementary is not acceptable. The continued rising numbers of car and house burglaries associated with this crime center is not acceptable.

*We need new solutions to old problems
As Austin grows, we will continue to see more and more big city issues where urban growth and crime occur side by side. North Austin has concerned neighborhoods, churches and businesses, and plenty of volunteers who want to solve the problem of Rundberg/I-35. Isn't it time for the city officials and the court system to start working with this community to find solutions today, to problems we know Austin is going to continue to face tomorrow?

* Humane solutions, Not expensive solutions
Parole and jail sentences have not worked. We need to look at other solutions, like offering rehab and community service in the area of the arrest. We need to find more effective and humane solutions to prostitution and drug arrests.

*Communities are working together; can our elected officials cooperate?"
We have neighborhood associations, and numerous churches and businesses that have stepped up and embraced this community's efforts. Isn't it time our elected officials get involved and help as well?

*No Neighborhood Left Behind
Austinites have frequently spoken out and said that growth has to be balanced with quality of life. If we protect our green spaces and our water and local businesses, and Austin's culture, but we leave neighborhoods behind, then we have still failed as a City.

If you have any questions, you can call (210) 628-9715 or send an email to info@gracywoods.org