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March 21, 2013 Volume 18, No. 6 Southwest Austin’s Community Newspaper Since 1995
Oak Hill Parkway workshop looks at mobility by Bobbie Jean Sawyer OAK HILL - Oak Hill cyclists and trail enthusiasts were front and center at the latest installment of the Oak Hill Parkway environmental workshops hosted by the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA). The workshop, held Tuesday night at the ACC Pinnacle,
Hikers and bikers hope to improve trail connections focused on ways to improve bike and pedestrian mobility in Oak Hill. Rick Perkins, vice president of the Oak Hill Trails Association, gave a presentation on in-progress trail projects, such as the ‘Y’ to Barton Creek (YBC) trail.
Perkins said the YBC would provide Oak Hill residents with an off-road route to downtown. “This is going to be our major connection to the Barton Creek bridge,” Perkins said. “We hope to bring everybody in Oak Hill on a
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bicycle to downtown.” Perkins, who said he uses trails at least once a week, said trails provide a unique view of Austin that many never see. “The main thing is there’s a whole other world to the city that people don’t know about. If you only sit in your car or on a bicycle on a regular
road, and you never walk a trail or just go somewhere that is off the road, you don’t know what really is around here in Austin. There are so many things to see,” Perkins said. “Williamson Creek is awesome. You can walk it all the way to I-35. There are some sections that are 200 feet wide and it’s just solid limestone.” Trails are just one part of an effort to See MOBILITY on page 26
A school building was completely destroyed by fire at Cedars Montessori School on Circle Drive. Another building nearby was also damaged.
School moves ahead after destructive fire
Gazette: Sarah Weeks
Action from Bowie’s win over Austin High on Wednesday, March 13 at Burger Field. Story on p. 14.
by Lucia Benavides OAK HILL - Sitting on 17 acres of beautiful hill country landscape, Cedars Montessori School is hoping to turn an unexpected fire disaster into a constructive, learning opportunity. Spring Break came early for the school’s students on Friday March 8th when a fire totally destroyed one of the lower elementary school buildings and burned a hole in the
roof of its adjacent office. Fortunately, no one was inside the school at the time of the blaze. Although the library inside the office was saved, many books and school supplies in the classroom were not. The cause of the fire was deemed “indeterminable” by the Oak Hill Fire Department, but an See SCHOOL on page 21