Neighborhood Association Committees
Executive Committee
President: Jeanette Swenson
Email: president@windsorpark.info
Meets: Last Monday of each month at 7 pm (currently all meetings are held virtually)
Carries out the business of the neighborhood association, sets the agenda for monthly meetings. It is composed of the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, but all neighbors are welcome to attend if they have questions or concerns. The current members of the executive committee are listed below.
- President: Jeanette Swenson
- Vice President: Chad Cotton
- Secretary: Heather Wong
- Treasurer: Sam Searle
- Interneighborhood Representative: Keith Edwards
Important Documents
Beautification Committee
Chair: Rodney Ahart
Email: beautification@windsorpark.info
Meets: 4th Thursday of each month, 6 pm, Cement Loop (in Windsor Village)
The mission of the beautification committee is to enhance, restore and protect the beauty of Windsor Park. It primarily works to organize monthly neighborhood beautification projects such as litter clean up along Berkman or Cameron Road. Its biggest project is currently to create signage in the neighborhood to showcase our neighborhood pride.
Climate Committee
Chair: Martin Luecke
Email: climatechange@windsorpark.info
Meets: First Sunday of each month
The Windsor Park Climate Committee is a group of neighbors who are concerned about the climate crisis and are taking active steps toward resolving it. We provide articles on climate change solutions, host events with climate change leaders, and offer tips and tools you can use to reduce your own carbon footprint. We also meet with local elected officials to lobby for climate change legislation. We meet virtually on the first Sunday of every month. Come join us!
Newsletter and Sponsorships
Editor: Amanda Rose
Email: newsletter@windsorpark.info
The monthly newsletter is delivered free to every Windsor Park resident’s door. It contains interesting and important information about things going on in the community and keeps us all connected. Copies are also available at some local businesses and the Windsor Park Library.
We post the newsletter on our website under News every month.
Sponsorship Chair: [VOLUNTEER NEEDED!]
Email: sponsorship@windsorpark.info
Sponsorships help cover (almost entirely) the cost of printing our monthly newsletter. If you own a business and would like advertise to the neighborhood, the newsletter is a great way to spread your message. Please check out our sponsorship page if you’re interested in learning more.
Parks Committee
Chair: Jeanette Swenson
Email: parks@windsorpark.info
Meets: TBD
Works on beautifying the neighborhood, with a focus on Bartholomew Park and our newest park, Pomerleau Park (off Patton Lane). It organizes occasional workdays in the park, spearheads the effort to establish wildlife-friendly yards throughout the neighborhood, and is currently working to raise funds for general parks projects. If you’re interested in donating, please click on the PayPal button below.
Enlivenment Committee
Chair: Mohan Rao
Email: enlivenment@windsorpark.info
Meets: TBD
The Enlivenment Committee supports vibrant spaces and events within Windsor Park that increase neighborhood engagement and foster community vitality. We help build a thriving, distinctive, healthy, attractive, engaged, inclusive, diverse and visionary neighborhood through:
Creative Placemaking
Using the arts, architecture, landscaping, and imagination to create or support temporary or permanent spaces that add vitality, beauty and distinction to the neighborhood and/or bring people together
Community Building / Community Engagement
Partnering with the other WPNA committees, when appropriate, to plan events that bring people together for fun, for learning, and for contributing to the betterment of our neighborhood and beyond
Business Development
Attracting, supporting, and promoting businesses that serve the needs of Windsor Park residents while being engaged and responsible neighbors
Local Economies
Encouraging the sharing of resources, bartering, giving away, buying local
Land Stewardship and Ecological Health
Partnering with the Climate Change and Beautification Committees to encourage sustainable landscaping practices that are good for the environment
Safety Committee
Chair: White Snake
Email: safety@windsorpark.info
Works to educate Windsor Park residents about concerns of safety in the community. It represents the interests of Windsor Park at commander’s forums and to the Austin city council to advocate for more police presence in our neighborhood. It encourages neighbors to form neighborhood watches on their streets and participate in National Night Out, a night to organize block parties or neighborhood get togethers and be informed about crime in the area.
Schools Committee
Chair: Emily Vitris
Email: schools@windsorpark.info
Meets: First Wednesday of the month at 7 pm. Currently, all meetings are held virtually. Please email to find out more.
Works to collaborate with seven of our neighborhood schools: Harris Elementary, Blanton Elementary, Andrews Elementary, Bertha Sadler Means YWLA, Gus Garcia YMLA, LBJ High and Northeast High Schools. Its primary goal is to increase communication with our public schools and advocate for our neighborhood with AISD leadership. It recognizes teachers during teacher appreciation week and provides scholarships to graduating seniors. It also looks for volunteers in the community to provide tutoring or to present during career days at the schools. Members also participate on the Campus Advisory Committees of the schools in order to understand better what is happening in the schools and be more aware of opportunities for the neighborhood to be involved.
Our school’s committee meets every 4-6 weeks, and meetings are open to all Windsor Park residents. Please email us if you’d like to attend our next meeting.
Schools Committee Advocacy:
Read communications sent to AISD by the WPNA Schools Committee and learn about the latest advocacy efforts.
Click here to see the Public Access Advocacy page.
WPNA Scholarship for High School Seniors
The Windsor Park Schools Committee raises local donations for scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, for Northeast & LBJ High School seniors and any Windsor Park residents attending other AISD high schools.
Transportation Committee
Chair: Hector Martel
Email: transportation@windsorpark.info
Meets: TBD – contact chair for more info
Safe and efficient transportation is a major concern in the neighborhood, especially with increasing traffic along Cameron Rd and Berkman Dr. This committee discusses transportation issues in the community and works with the city of Austin to resolve problems (for example, needs for stop signs or lights, traffic calming, etc).
Yard of the Month Committee
Email: yom@windsorpark.info
Meets: 1st Saturday of each month, 9 am. Contact the chairs to find the meeting place.
Identifies yards that introduce beauty and practicality to the neighborhood. If you wish to nominate your yard or a neighbor’s yard please contact the team at the email address listed. The yard of the month is featured on our website and recognized at our monthly meeting. The winner(s) of yard of the month receive a gift certificate from Shoal Creek Nursery.