December 15, 2025

Season’s Greetings from the Anderson Mill Neighborhood Association

As the year comes to a close, the Anderson Mill Neighborhood Association remains committed to making our community better and stronger for everyone who calls it home. We are grateful for the neighbors who step up, get involved, and help build the welcoming spirit that makes Anderson Mill such a special place to live.

We wish all of our neighbors peace, joy, and warmth this holiday season and in the year ahead. Strong communities don’t happen by accident — they are built one neighbor at a time. Your participation, ideas, and support are essential to continuing the work we do together.

Thank you for being part of our community. We look forward to building an even stronger Anderson Mill with you in the coming year.

Warm holiday wishes,

Your Anderson Mill Neighborhood Association 🎄

🙏🏽Your Community Needs Your Help in 2026

As we begin planning for 2026, the Anderson Mill Neighborhood Association (AMNA) is looking for community members who are interested in helping strengthen our neighborhood by volunteering in key roles next year. These positions are flexible, fun, and a great way to meet neighbors while making a positive impact.

We are seeking volunteers for the following roles:

• 📱Social Media Manager – Help keep our community informed about events, updates, and local news via social media. Key tasks: Create approximately 4 posts/month on Instagram, advertise our new social media presence via Nextdoor and via flyers/signs.  Time commitment: 1 hour/month January - December 2026
• 🏷️Community Yard Sale Organizer (or Co-Organizer) – Coordinate dates, promotion, and logistics for the 2026 annual neighborhood yard sale. Key tasks: Pick the date, order signs to post around the neighborhood, monitor the registration form. Time commitment: 6 hours this spring.
• 🧺Family Picnic & Music in the Park Organizer (or Co-Organizer) – Help us plan and host a family-friendly gathering in a nearby park in spring 2026. Key tasks: Pick a date, reserve the pavilion, order and post signs, and line up 3 musical guests (we have leads on who to ask). Time commitment: 12 hours in spring 2026
• ⭐National Night Out Leader (or Co-Leader) – Organize our annual safety-focused block party in coordination with local first responders in October 2026. Key tasks: Place yard signs in the neighborhood, monitor the registration form, ask for sponsors to donate gift cards for party hosts. Time commitment: 10 hours in fall 2026.
• 🎒School Outreach Leader (or Co-Leader) – Connect with nearby schools and help build stronger relationships between AMNA and our educational partners. Key tasks: get the word out about the neighborhood association by asking Purple Sage, Anderson Mill, Grisham and Westwood to post our flyers in their e-newsletters 2x/year. Time commitment: 5 hours.
• ⁉️Choose Your Own Adventure – Gail wanted open play pickleball in our community, so she created the Pickleball Committee. Mandy wanted more trees in our community, so she created a Greenspaces Committee.  What do YOU want in our community? AMNA can help you achieve your vision. Key tasks: You decide. Time commitment: You decide.

If you’re interested in any of these roles—or would like to learn more—please reply to greenspaces@andersonmillna.org.

🏆AMNA Accomplishments:

• Secured funding for and planted 40 trees along trails and parks via the Urban Forest Grant in 2025
• Applied for funding for an additional 63 trees and 110 saplings to be planted in community spaces in the Fall of 2026 (Awaiting decision)
• Established a Wednesday and Thursday Open Play Pickleball League for the community
• 2024 Dinner in the Park
• 2025 Community Yard Sale
• Garden Workshops 2x/year and started a garden club
• Bi-monthly e-mail newsletter to keep neighbors connected and informed

🥎Attention AMNA Pickleball Players

Beginning in January 2026, all AMNA pickleball players attending open play will be required to have a court key in order to play during open play hours. Players without a key may still participate if they are the guest of a current key holder, provided the key holder is present and playing at the time.

Open play hours will remain unchanged:

• Wednesdays: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Thursdays: 7:00 – 10:00 PM

✂️AMNA Garden Tree Pruning Workshop Postponed

The AMNA Tree Pruning Workshop originally scheduled for Sunday, January 11, 2026, has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. The workshop will be rescheduled for a Sunday in February. Once the new date is confirmed, AMNA will share an updated announcement with registration details.

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to hosting this informative, hands-on workshop. It will be a great learning opportunity for gardeners of all experience levels to learn directly from a certified Master Gardener about the proper techniques for pruning trees and shrubs to keep your landscape healthy and thriving.

AM Limited District News

♻️AM Limited District Solid Waste Service Update

Anderson Mill Limited District will transition to a new solid waste provider, Texas Disposal Systems (TDS), beginning January 5, 2026. New trash and recycling carts began arriving on December 8, with each household receiving both carts on the same day between December 9–19, 2025. The final collection by Republic Services will take place December 29–31, 2025. Please leave your old carts at the curb after the final pickup for removal.

Under the new service, TDS will provide each residence with one 96-gallon refuse cart for weekly trash collection, which also includes up to six bags beside the cart.

Curbside single-stream recycling will be collected every other week using one 96-gallon recycling cart, and residents may also set out one bundled stack of cardboard for pickup.

In addition, TDS will offer weekly curbside bulky waste pickup. Each week, residents may set out up to six bags of trash, one bulky item, or one bundle of yard waste or brush. Additional bulky or brush pickups are available upon request for an additional fee.

🌉AM Limited District Facility Improvements

• El Salido Park Footbridge Replacement: The footbridge located in the park area behind the Limited District office will be replaced. The tentative start date for this project is January 26, 2026.
• Anderson Mill Pool Renovations: The Anderson Mill Pool will be receiving several updates, including improvements to hand dryers, mirrors, lighting, and flooring

More details will be shared as timelines are finalized.