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
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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 …
Support Us at H-E-B Stores in April 2009!
We are pleased to announce that H-E-B has selected Earth Share of Texas (our Workplace contributions campaign organization) to be the beneficiary of its in-store coupon promotion for April 2009, in recognition of Earth Day. This means that customers can tear off and add check-out coupons worth $1, $3, or $5 to their total bill to support environmental work in …
C3 Presents Gives APF $2.5M for Zilker Soccer Field Improvements
Today (9/9/08) C3 Presents, Inc., producers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival announced that they’ll donate $2.5 M to the Austin Parks Foundation to pay for Zilker Soccer Field improvements, a 42 acre site where ACLMF takes place. Beginning in January 2009, the City Parks Dept will level the field, install a complete irrigation system and lay down grass …
Support Austin Parks Foundation at H-E-B Stores
At over 220 H-E-B and Central Market stores, you can support the Austin Parks Foundation trail projects by purchasing a $1, $3 or #5 coupon from Earth Share of Texas Tear Pad Display Boards (shown below) at all checkout stands during the month of April.
Tree Planting at Shipe Park
Thanks to Austin Energy, we’re getting some trees planted in two parks as mitigation for Austin Energy projects that resulted in removal of trees close-by. One is Shipe Park, the other is Pease Park. The trees at Shipe have all been planted and here’s a picture of the crew, plus volunteer Jack Nokes and dog Petey. Our thanks to APF …