Mueller Pioneer Blogs: McCloskey Corner

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McCloskey Corner

You can read about their house as it's going up (which is happening right now). Lots of great photos.

We'll get there on this blog, but not until about March or so. :)

School Board Meetings

This comes from Kim Wine:

"Two public forums will be held to discuss the CBAC's proposed recommendations for the scope of work to be included in the proposed 2008 Bond Program to the Board of Trustees:

• Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 6:00 p.m. at Covington Middle School Theater, 3700 Convict Hill, 414-3276
  
• Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 6:00 p.m. at LBJ High School Cafeteria, 7309 Lazy Creek Drive, 414-2543
  

Why should we attend both meetings?

• Not all bond committee members may show up at both meetings;
  
• Shows how important it is to us if we travel across town to attend both.
  

RSVP to kberlywine (at) hotmail.com if you are planning to attend one or both meetings!

3 talking points –

• Put the Mueller elementary school on the ballot. An elementary school part of the master plan for 20 years! It needs to happen. People are starting to live hear NOW – it's time to build the school. Needs to be a named project on the bond. The elementary school need is driven by the demographics of the area. Catellus is planning on attending and presenting the data they collected from the survey.
  
  
• District wide Performing Arts Center will be coming to Mueller? Just a rumor; Mueller commission has heard nothing about it – there has been no process around it. We don't think the performing arts center has been vetted with the community yet;
  tradeoffs have not been discussed; impact to the community has not been assessed. Not for or against it per se but there is no plan for it – so it can't happen unless the master development is plan is changed – needs to be addressed with the Mueller Commission.
  
  
• Opportunity for proactive boundary conversation with surrounding neighborhoods – we want the boundary discussion to be positive – we have 4 years to discuss it.
  

Please join us at these forums! - Kim Wine (kberlywine(at)hotmail.com)"

Pool Progress

Here's a shot of progress on the new central park area at Mueller, with pool:

(That big hole in the ground is where the pool will be, AFAIK).

Incidentally, you can keep up with lots of shots of the development at Mueller on the Flicker Group.