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Lamplight Village Area Neighborhood Association
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Lamplight Village is a neighborhood of approximately 1400 homes located on the north side of Austin, Texas. It is bordered on the north and east by the newer subdivisions of Scofield Ridge and Scofield Farms, on the south by Parmer Lane and Galway Street, and on the west by a couple of short streets and FM 1325. For the "official" neighborhood boundaries, see Lamplight Village Area Map.
Most of the homes were built between 1976 and 1985. At the time, the area was unincorporated within Travis County. The neighborhood was annexed by the city of Austin in 1996.
Paul Ortner was one of the first people to settle in Lamplight Village. He says:
I'm not sure of the exact date, somewhere around 1983 judging by the articles of incorporation. That was when the Lamplight Village Area Neighborhood Association (LVANA) was formed. The main reason for forming the association was to fight Michelin Tire Company. Our slogan was " Cook Your Tires Elsewhere". They were trying to build a tire manufacturing plant across Parmer Lane in the area now occupied by the strip center where Gattis is, the area where the police station is, as well as several acres of surrounding land. To put the Lamplight Village area in perspective, Parmer Lane was a narrow 2 lane country blacktop road with no shoulder. All the business, apartments & houses on the other side of Parmer did not exist. All that was between Parmer Lane and Breaker Lane were fields and livestock. Only sections 1,2, & 3 of Lamplight Village were completed. The northernmost street was Krizan, the easternmost was Powderhorn. We didn't even have a Parmer Lane exit off IH-35. Michelin sent several LVANA representatives to South Carolina to see their facilities. The representatives who went were very impressed. Their tire factory was more like a college campus. It was clean, with beautiful landscaping, and very neighborhood friendly. We would have voted to have Michelin as a neighbor in a heartbeat. The only problem was that they were only using a portion of the available land. Once we said yes to them we would have had no voice in the other industries that would have moved in. Our first meeting was held in the street next to Ted Swindal's house ( Scofield at Powderhorn.) Ted was our first president and he did a great job. Our first official newsletter was started by Tom Jones in 1988. It was then produced by Paul Ortner until Sept. 1990, and again in 91, 92, 93, 94, & 95. The newsletter was very instrumental in keeping the neighbors informed on the water rate fight and many other important events.
URL: http://www.main.org/lvana/lvn-info.html
Revised-- 28 August 1999
Contact: richardb@onr.com