🌱 Comprehensive Plan Hearings In April + Heritage House Partners

Up and at 'em, North Austin-Pflugerville! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 78 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories in North Austin-Pflugerville today:

1. Next month, two public hearings will be held "to consider the adoption of the Aspire Pflugerville 2040 Comprehensive Plan." The first hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission will be held on Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. The second hearing by the City Council will be on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. Both hearing will be held at City Hall Council Chambers at 100 E Main St, Suite 500, and "the agenda for each public hearing will be posted 72 hours prior to the public hearing date. For more details, please visit the city's website at City of Pflugerville, Texas | Home (pflugervilletx.gov) or go to City Hall at 100 E. Main Street and visit: (Press Release Desk)
2. If you're interested in local history, consider joining the Heritage House Partners organization, which "works with the library to provide programs and upkeep" at the local history museum in town. The group is looking for partners to "promote, preserve and protect the history of Pflugerville as they enlighten, enrich and educate those who visit the museum." For more information and to become a member, please email Daniel Berra at danielb@pflugervilletx.gov and visit: (Press Release Desk)
3. On Sunday, March 27, a stretch of left lanes on Interstate 35 closed in North Austin due to "main lane and frontage road constructions." According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the southbound left lane of I-35, from U.S. Highway 290 East to Rundberg Lane, will be closed every night from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. until Thursday, March 31. The project is part "of TxDOT’s multiyear project to reconstruct the roadway and add three additional flyovers at U.S. Highway 183. Originally, the "construction began in January 2018 and is expected to wrap this year, with a sticker price of $124.2 million." For more information visit: (KXAN.com)

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Today in North Austin-Pflugerville:

• Leaf Bag Cleanup Event Pickup #1 at Elkhorn Mountain Trail in North Austin. (7 a.m.)
• Storytime Craft to Go Kit for children up to age 5 at the Pflugerville Public Library. Crafts available for pick up in the Kids Room or Curbside on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. Only one craft will be given per child. (10 a.m.)
• Professional Women: How to be Selfish and Get the Body You Want Virtual Event via Zoom. (11 a.m.)
• Austin Tech Career Fair: Exclusive Tech Hiring Virtual Event. Create an account and register here. (11 a.m.)
• Senior Watercolor Hour "Paint a Whale" Hybrid Event Hosted by the Pflugerville Public Library. Online participants will be sent a link with video instructions and may pick up a kit on the day of the program through April 4. In-person participants will be provided with a kit and will need to follow COVID-19 guidelines. For updates on masking requirements, please visit the Reopen page and Register for the event. If the in-person program is canceled, a kit will be prepared for pickup with online instructions via YouTube. For more information e-mail Bette at bettem@pflugervilletx.gov. (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 9! The Pflugerville Fire Department is excited to welcome the community back into the Fire Station. This will be a fun-filled event for all! Come meet your local firefighters, tour the station, sit in a fire truck and participate in activities for the whole family." (Facebook)
• "The Pflugerville Quilt Guild had their Quilting Basics class on Saturday, March 26, at the Wells Branch Community Library. Treasurer and teacher, Sarah Spence, taught two different methods for Quilt as You Go to a group of ten. They will be continuing their series of quilting skill builders every 4th Saturday. More details on the next class to come." (Facebook)

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— Gabriela Couvillion

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