HPNA General Meeting May 5th Agenda Speaker from the Clean Air Force Homes Tour Update Planning Team Update Duplex Update Crime & Safety Update Door Prize? (must be present to win)

N eighbors gathered to hear the news and inform themselves of events in the City at the April meeting of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association. These fun and informative meetings take place on the first Monday of each moth at the Hyde Park Methodist Church on Speedway at seven in the evening.

May, 2003   National Register District Neighborhood   Vol. 29, No. 5

T his year's Home Tour will again be Father's Day Weekend, Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15. The Tour Committee Chaired by Past Co-President Bob Breeze has selected seven houses to be anchored by the Abner Cook mid-1800's Main Building at the Austin State Hospital. The ASH will be the starting point for the tour with plentiful parking available behind the Main Building.

    Up to three mini-buses will be provided to transport Tour goers in air conditioned comfort. Advance tickets will soon be on sale at neighborhood merchants for $10.00. The price on the Tour weekend will be $12.50. As always, tickets are good for Saturday and Sunday and may be purchased at the starting point.

The following houses will be on this year's Tour:
The Gilg House, 3908 Avenue G The Page - Gilbert House, 3913 Avenue The Ragsdale House, 4203 Avenue C The Whittington House, 4615 Caswell	The Williams - Romero House, 203 E. 47th The Arscott House, 605 E. 49th The (other) Arscott House, 607 E. 49th

    These house names will be refined as the background research is completed and brochure write-ups are completed. This selection of houses illustrates the vitality of the neighborhood as it continues to transform itself in the first decade of the Twenty First Century. The oldest was completed in the last decade of the Nineteenth Century and the newest was finished this year. Most have been renovated, remodeled, expanded or refurbished, some more than once.

Most have a second rental unit in the form of a garage apartment illustrating an increasingly popular method of coping with the steadily rising cost/ value of property in our neighborhood as well satisfying the City Leadership's push for infill or densification while maintain the character of our streetscape. Some of these secondary units will be on display. Continued on page 4

HPNA Co-President Gary Penn listens as neighbor Agnes Edwards discusses the Fire Station funding situation with Austin City Council Member Raul Alvarez at a recent neighborhood gathering.