Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) members recently drafted and voted on a set of recommendations regarding CodeNEXT. FAN represents about 3,000 neighbors (homeowners, renters, and small business owners) among its 16 member neighborhood associations and individual members living in 184 other neighborhoods throughout the city.  A complete list of member neighborhood associations and individual members Read more about FAN CodeNEXT Recommendations[…]

For the first time in Austin’s history, Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN), empowered by a vote of its membership, has based City Council candidate and bond initiative endorsements on the principles of neighborhood inclusion and diversity. In keeping with all of FAN’s voting practices to date, the membership voted and issued endorsements when choices reached a Read more about FAN Membership’s Austin City Council Endorsements Based on Neighborhood Inclusion and Diversity[…]

FAN will be hosting online candidate Q&A forums over the next month on the popular site Reddit.com. Registered users of the site can tune in during the hour of each Candidate’s scheduled AMA Forum (Ask Me Anything) to ask questions or read along as other users post their own. We hope this provides our FAN Read more about Reddit AMAs with City Council Candidates in 2016[…]

This year’s Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) annual meeting is coming up. During the annual meeting, the membership will elect board members. WHAT: FAN Annual Meeting WHEN: Thursday, June 30, 2016 to Monday, July 11, 2016 WHERE: In the FAN forum and using secure online ballots The meeting will also include an in-person component on Read more about FAN Election and Board Candidate Bios[…]

In April 2016, the membership of Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) voted to urge city officials to allow for greater housing type diversity throughout the city. Our housing type diversity resolution and letter was as follows: FAN stands for an inclusive Austin that welcomes people of all socioeconomic backgrounds throughout the city. When our policies Read more about FAN Supports Housing Type Diversity[…]

In January 2016, the membership of Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) voted to oppose onerous new regulations that would jeopardize the choices and benefits ride sharing (e.g. Uber and Lyft) provided after the Austin City Council originally legalized and regulated it in 2014. Our ride sharing resolution and letter was as follows: Ride sharing companies, Read more about FAN Supports Proposition 1 on the May 2016 Ballot[…]

The following blog entry is by Roger L. Cauvin, the current president of Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) and a director on the board of the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (DANA). One of the Ten Commandments is: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. But many of us are Read more about What Is a Neighborhood Advocate?[…]