I have become more involved in our local neighborhood association, the North Austin Civic Association (NACA), in the last year, my biggest contribution being a presentation I gave to the City Council opposing a zoning change to a piece of property around the corner from the duplex we lived in before buying our house. The zoning change would have impacted the whole area negatively, and was in complete contradiction to our Neighborhood Plan. Thankfully, we were successful in our attempts to have it blocked, with a 7-0 vote from the Council in our favor.

Well, I have now been asked to represent NACA at the Austin Neighborhoods Council (ANC), a position I happily accepted. I'm really looking forward to filling this role, and I'm hopeful that it will give me an opportunity to have a bigger positive impact on Austin's future development.

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