Before the local College Station city elections in 2017, a group of citizens coordinated to help elect City Council candidates who supported neighborhood integrity issues. In 2019, the College Station Association of Neighborhoods (CSAN) was officially organized as a General Purpose  Political Action Committee (GPAC). Since then, CSAN has expanded from its roots in Southside and Eastgate to include Board members from many other College Station neighborhoods such as Southwood Valley, Midtown and Pebble Creek. None of the original Board members still serve, but most are active in CSAN and other neighborhood-related issues.