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It's a Great Time to Become a Member!

The Austin Parks Foundation primarily supported by our members who donate $35 a year or more. Please become a member this holiday season and support our work. Thank you!

Hornaday Memorial Gifts Support Trees for Pease Park

Austin Parks Foundation is accepting gifts in memory of William D. Hornaday II. Gifts will be directed to Friends of Pease Park's Trees for Pease project. Visit our donations page to contribute.

We have moved our office

As of December 17, we're in our new office at 816 Congress Ave, Suite 1680. We're sub-leasing from The Trust for Public Land and we now have windows, which is a new experience for us!

Grants for Park Projects Now Available

The next grant application deadlines is January 30, 2009. Applicants must attend a pre-application class, scheduled for January 15, 2009, from 6:30 to 8 PM, at the Parks Department offices, 200 S. Lamar. Please RSVP via email. If you would like to apply but can not attend, please call our office at 477-1566. Learn more about our grants program.

Auction Oaks @ Republic Square Project Continues...

Berms are being removed, 10 trees planted, irrigation replaced, grass sown, sidewalks removed and granite gravel paths installed during this 30 day, $100,000 project, which began December 1st. See the press release and follow the progress of this project with daily updates on our blog.

Thanks to SXSW for Brush Square Improvements Donation

South by Southwest has made a generous donation for improvements to Brush Square Park, one of their venues during their annual March conferences. The major portion is earmarked for landscaping including irrigation improvements and re-establishing grass in the park. The remainder is earmarked for miscellaneous electrical and technical upgrades. We are thrilled to be working with South by Southwest, with the electrical and technical upgrades to be completed prior to the conference and the landscape improvements coming after the conference in the Spring of 2009. More about Brush Square and current work taking place is posted on our blog.

$2.5 Million for Zilker Park

C3 Presents, Inc., producers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival announced September 9, 2008, that they will donate $2.5 M to the Austin Parks Foundation to pay for Zilker Soccer Field improvements. This 42 acre site is where ACLMF takes place. Beginning in January 2009, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept will level the field, install a complete irrigation system and lay down grass sod on the entire site.

The city approved advancing the funds to do the work this year, and APF will reimburse the city via donations from C3 Presents, Inc. over the next few years. The work will not affect other areas at Zilker Park, such as the hike and bike trail.

Find the Perfect Park

Is there an off-leash park in my area? Which parks have swimming pools? We've added a new feature to our celebrated Find-A-Park website that lets you answer these questions and more. Now you can search for parks by amenity, as well as by zip code, area, or name. Of course, it's also fun just to browse the random selection of parks and pictures that show up in the sidebar. A big thanks to our volunteer programmer, Roger Meador, and to all those who have contributed text and photographs! Check it out.

Other items of interest:

See pictures of volunteer events on our Flickr account.

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