2016 - Year of the Burnet Rd Rezoning Plan This year, the City of Austin will begin planning how land will be zoned in the future along the Burnet Rd and Anderson Ln corridors. The new zoning will come from categories developed by the CodeNext Land Development Code rewrite. It will also define capital spending priorities.
Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin (SN) was founded in 2007 by local activists to prepare for exactly this process. SN brings over nine years of visioning and analysis to bear on the early suburban conditions of North Central Austin, and especially on the Burnet Rd corridor. SN has a detailed white paper that lays out a workable strategy for achieving City of Austin goals while also preserving our existing diverse community, one where children and their families don't get pushed out to the suburbs. This will be a hugely challenging process. The biggest risk is lack of community trust in City of Austin planning and subsequent implementation. But we hope that the preparation of our organization and allied community organizations, plus the focus and leadership of our own district member on City Council, will result in a better outcome than could otherwise be.
See our calendar page for planning events, starting with our SN meeting on January 27, 2016, "Preconditions for a Successful Burnet Rd Plan," North Village Library, 7 PM.
Our Community has planted a Forest along North Central Austin's Commercial Streets.
Lamar Middle School, Burnet @ 2222 - 11 trees -
10/3/2010
Farmer's Market/Frisco's area - 10 trees - 3/13/2011
Lamar Middle School, new pick-up area - 2 trees - 12/1/2011
N. Lamar Blvd at 2222 - 9 trees - 12/10/2011
Waterboxxes
installed at 9 bus stops - 20 trees - 3/11/2012
McCallum
HS & N Lamar Blvd - 20 trees - 10/13/2012
Burnet
Rd north of Anderson Ln - 31 trees - 11/10/2012
Burnet
Rd between 2222 and Anderson - 27 trees - 3/9/2013
7001,
8440 Burnet- 17 trees - 10/19/2013 - Thanks Treefolks for your help!
6501,
7101, 7501 blocks of Burnet Rd - 14 trees - 3/16/2014 - Thanks Aristocrat
Lounge (Poodle Dog) for sponsoring
6801, 6901 Burnet Rd - 19 trees - 11/15/2014 Total street trees under SN maintenance: 170 
Lamar Middle School, Burnet @ 2222 - 11 trees - 10/3/2010
Farmer's Market/Frisco's area - 10 trees - 3/13/2011
Lamar Middle School, new pick-up area - 2 trees - 12/1/2011
N. Lamar Blvd at 2222 - 9 trees - 12/10/2011
Waterboxxes installed at 9 bus stops - 20 trees - 3/11/2012
McCallum HS & N Lamar Blvd - 20 trees - 10/13/2012
Burnet Rd north of Anderson Ln - 31 trees - 11/10/2012
Burnet Rd between 2222 and Anderson - 27 trees - 3/9/2013
7001, 8440 Burnet- 17 trees - 10/19/2013 - Thanks Treefolks for your help!
6501, 7101, 7501 blocks of Burnet Rd - 14 trees - 3/16/2014 - Thanks Aristocrat Lounge (Poodle Dog) for sponsoring
6801, 6901 Burnet Rd - 19 trees - 11/15/2014
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