City Council and key city leaders want to hear from you about your thoughts and priorities for the city budget! New this year to the budget development process are town halls in each district attended by that district’s City Council Member, new City Manager Spencer Cronk, and Deputy Chief Finance Officer Ed Van Eenoo.

We know that parks are a critical part of our urban infrastructure, and have tremendous health, environmental, economic, and educational benefits as well. Unfortunately, Austin’s parks and trails are severely underfunded – PARD has $700MM in backlogged capital projects, and the list of projects and maintenance deferred for lack of funds grows every year. These town halls are a great opportunity to share directly with your Council Member and city leadership that parks should be a funding priority in Austin. Elected officials and staff say that constituent feedback is crucial to their decision-making – please join APF as we call on City Council and city leadership to make our parks a priority!

Can’t Attend a Town Hall?

Unable to attend your district’s town hall, or feeling sad because it already happened? Turn that frown upside down! There’s no better time than right now to call or email your Council office to let them know that parks are a funding priority for you. Not sure how to reach out to your Council office? Check out our advocacy page here to find emails, phone numbers and more. You can also attend any district town hall, or if you’d prefer, you can complete the City’s budget survey on SpeakUp Austin here.

Town Hall Dates & Locations