Whole lotta shade?
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In 2024, Austin Parks Foundation pledged to match Austin Parks and Recreation Department’s $2 million commitment to bring natural and manmade shade structures to parks across Austin. The following is a list of projects that have been completed or are currently being planned:
Completed projects:
- Pomerleau Pocket Park: Pavilion over picnic tables, tree planting
- Brownie Neighborhood Park: Picnic shelter, play equipment with structured shade and shade tree plantings
- Oertli Neighborhood Park: Pavilion over picnic tables, two smaller pavilions along walking trail and shade tree plantings
- Colony Park District Park: Shade replacement over playground
- Trailhead Neighborhood Park: Shade replacement over playground
- Parque Zaragoza: Shade trees and irrigation for the playground
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- Trailhead Park
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- Little Walnut Creek Greenbelt
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- Colony Park District Park
Planned projects:
- Dottie Jordan Neighborhood Park: New playground shade structure
- Montopolis Neighborhood Park: Playground replacement to include shade additions, along with shade structures at the pool as part of its renovation
- Grand Meadow Neighborhood Park: Pavilion over picnic tables
- Rosewood Neighborhood Park: Pavilion over picnic tables , shade over new playground
- Northwest District Pool: South end pool shade structure
“Shade is vital to the enjoyment and safety of our park users, so making this investment alongside PARD was a priority for our team,” said Joy Casnovsky, Austin Parks Foundation’s chief mission officer. “A significant portion of our $2 million match came from contributions generated by our ACL Music Festival Partnership. This support has enabled us to work closely with PARD in identifying priority sites and needs across the city.”
