Well, we couldn’t be more excited! We won an Impact Austin Grant Tuesday Night! We’ll receive $105,000 toward a project of $215,000 in 2011 for Barton Creek Greenbelt working with Austin Parks Dept, Hill Country Conservancy, American Youthworks E-Corps, Greenbelt Guardians and a host of many volunteer groups. We’re very excited! We’ll begin the project officially in January 2011 and …
New Coat(s) of Paint for Wooldridge Gazebo
Thanks to donors to our Wooldridge Square Fund, including Page Sutherland Page and a number of local residents, the historic gazebo is looking good as new!
Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival June 26!
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been selected as the benefiting organization for the Keep Austin Weird Festival & 5K on June 26th. Our thanks to Michelle and Kate at Bounce Events • Marketing • PR for working with this to offer participants a chance to donate to the Austin Parks Foundation when they register for the 5k and festival. …
Barton Springs Tree-a-Thon A Success!
From News 8 Austin’s website: Central Texans ran, biked and swam through Zilker Park in the Barton Springs Pool Treeathlon Saturday morning to support Barton Springs and the trees surrounding it. “Altogether we raised about $10,000 from people’s registrations and business sponsorships, so that was a great outcome for the trees. All this money will be transferred to Austin Park …
Thank you Spring – Donation for Shoal Creek Trail Announced
On March 3rd the developers of Spring Condos, a new downtown residential tower, announced a $50,000 contribution to the Austin Parks Foundation. The contribution is based on a formula of $500 for each new Spring resident, and will target needed public improvements to the lower Shoal Creek Trail, which have been called for since the 1990s. When all the units at …
$1 Million for Gus Garcia Park
Gus Garcia Park will receive a $500,000 grant, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission announced yesterday. The City of Austin will match the grant with an additional $500,000, to be used for park infrastructure such as a multipurpose field, playground, fitness area, community gardens, benches and picnic tables. Volunteers from Friends of Gus Garcia Park, including Gus Garcia himself, have worked long …
Please Help Trees for Pease
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] On Wednesday, August 12th, we experienced another freak windstorm (with little rain) that brought down over 70 mature trees at Pease Park along the Shoal Creek Greenbelt. This is the third storm in three years and …
Thank you Woodmen of the World
The Woodmen of the World are holding their national conference in Austin TX this year and this morning, we accepted a check for $7,000 for our about to start deck construction at Republic Square around the central Auction Oak. Thanks so much to President and CEO Danny Cummins and Cris Hay-Merchant, Director of Branding for their generosity on behalf of …
Barton Springs Trees – The Next Steps
As you have probably read, the city is planning on only cutting down three trees out of the original 28 planned, with 2 more that need further investigation. The remaining number will be pruned, soil treated and other improvements, including removal of planters, retaining walls, fencing off some of the treated trees to keep the soil uncompacted. The city has …
Barton Springs Trees Get Boost, Fund Set Up
For Immediate Release: April 28, 2009 Media Contact: Charlie McCabe, Austin Parks Foundation 512.477.1566 ext 2 cmccabe@austinparks.org Barton Springs Pool Trees To Get Boost from Austin Parks Foundation (Austin, TX)— The Austin Parks Foundation today announced a pledge of $100,000 for planting trees in and around the Barton Springs Pool area. The recently released Barton Springs Pool …