NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
2024 General Assembly Meeting
The 2024 General Assembly meeting was held on January 27th, 2024 at the Lawshae Building at St. Mark Methodist Church. Community members gathered for a brief presentation on the state of the neighborhood and enjoyed dinner and socializing...
Take the survey! Make your voice heard!
Tell us what you think! WCNA is conducting a survey and we want YOU to participate. What are your priorities? What do you think of WCNA? Did you know we have a website (It's wcnanews.com and you're on it right now!)? We'll use the results to...
Updates on Google Fiber Construction
Here is information on the upcoming Google Fiber construction in our neighborhood. I received this email today. Our team will be in the field to begin utility location work throughout the neighborhood this week and next, with construction...
4th of July 2022 Recap
It Was the Biggest One Yet: The Tenth Fourth! Roughly 130 folks showed up! And that ain’t all: Six – count’em, six – bagpipers & drummers from the Capitol City Highlanders led the parade, including (for the fifth time) our resident piper...
Update: Parmer / IH35 Diverging Diamond Intersection
You may have thought that this amazing – and at first confusing – intersection opened back in 2021, and it did become “driveable” then. I was worried then about the difficult-to-see lane and stop markings, especially the stop llines because they...
Trail Construction Update & History
GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL and GARY BREWER here. I flailed/mowed our trails and my bluebonnet patch under the transmission lines several weeks ago and also moved some downed trees from the south side path going down to creek steps. Margaret and I...
The Walnut Bluffs Concrete Trail Will Soon Be a Reality
At the time of this publication, our long-anticipated, ADA-compliant, concrete-paved park trail nears completion. It’s even possible that, by the time you read this, all the concrete will be poured on “our side” of Lamar. The entry there will be...
Why Aren’t There Birds at My Birdfeeder?
I have had a lot of questions about why birds aren’t coming to feeders this Spring. The simple answer is – it’s Spring. As insects emerge our resident birds begin feeding on the bugs as they prepare to breed and raise their chicks. Some species,...
Traffic Monitors Are Watching Us!
You surely noticed the solar-powered speed monitors which were set up on both sides of Covington and Whitewing for a while (the one on Covington has now been removed), since they display your measured speed on big screens mounted on metal posts...
2022 Property Appraisal Festival of Sharing
2022 property appraisal season is upon us and for those of you who are new to the Walnut Creek Neighborhood this means the beginning of our annual property protest FESTIVAL OF SHARING. Okay, so we don't actually have a festival but much like my...