Author Archives: Jim Feuerstein

Do You Know Jane Gennarelli?

Jane grew up on the north shore of Long Island, about 25 miles east of New York City. Right after high school, she left the NY area to go to college in Lexington Kentucky, but moved back to NY after school and worked in Manhattan for a few years. She made a couple of more [...]

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LNA Membership Form & Annual Meeting Announcement

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Candidates for 2012 LNA Board

The Lavaca Neighborhood Association (LNA) will hold its Annual Meeting and Potluck Dinner on Tuesday, January 10, at St. Joseph’s Hall. The meeting will include the election of officers and directors for 2012.
A full slate of candidates has been nominated and circulated via the LNA newsletter. If you’re not a subscriber, you can view the [...]

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SAHA / Victoria Commons Update

The Victoria Commons development project is generating a lot of discussion and comment. There have been several public meetings about the project, and SAHA has also met with smaller groups from the neighborhood.
The Artisan Park homeowners have been especially concerned about the part of the development that will be going in behind their townhomes. Originally, SAHA [...]

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LNA Annual Meeting

[ January 10, 2012; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Annual Meeting of the Lavaca Neighborhood Association will be held January 10, 2012, at the St. Joseph’s Hall on César Chávez (formerly Durango).

This is a combined business and social event, featuring a potluck dinner and election of officers and directors.

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Police Safety Tips

There was a break-in in the neighborhood recently, at a home on Eager near Presa.
Reports circulated that another home may have been burglarized as well; however, our community safety officer, Officer Ron Strothman of the SAPD, tells us that there was a single break-in, not multiple. Lavaca, he assures us, is a safe neighborhood.
Of course, [...]

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SAHA Updates: Farmers Market & Building Renovation

In a recent newsletter, we told you that the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) has plans for two projects that could be good for Lavaca. A representative from SAHA will attend our meeting next week to tell us more about these two projects and to get your input and feedback.
First, SAHA intends to organize a [...]

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Hemisfair Redevelopment Briefing

The city intends to redevelop the area in and immediately surrounding Hemisfair Park, and that redevelopment will have a huge impact on our neighborhood.
Planning is still in early stages, but the planners have put together a “Framework” that outlines a big-picture view of how the area will be developed. If this Framework is approved by [...]

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