There is some good news for Trail (@ Lady Bird Lake) users: Completing the Trail with the Riverside Boardwalk is now on the project list for the planned November 2010 bond election.  Please email the Task Force members now at ctf@austinstrategicmobility.com and let them know: It is time to Complete the Trail. The transportation bond package as a whole will reduce …
Thank you Impact Austin
Representatives from Impact Austin, led by Rebecca Powers, founder and CEO as well as Hill Country Conservancy, American Youthworks Environmental Corps, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept and even a several groups of hikers, joined us to accept our grant for the Barton Creek Trail Corps project. Â We’ll officially kick-off the project in January 2011, but planning will …
Reminder: City Budget Open House – 6-9 pm tonight!
6-9 pm tonight (Tuesday, June 15th 2010) – Austin Convention Center. Wear your 2010 It’s My Park Day t-shirt – if you don’t have one (or its dirty, etc.) Charlie have a stack of extras and will be waiting outside the door of the room that we are meeting in…. Here’s the format: 1 – Short presentation/overview on City Budget 2 …
Keep Austin Weird (and help your parks too!)
As we announced a month or so back, we feel lucky being able to work with the organizers of the Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival. Â It’s coming up on June 26th and when you register, you can make a donation to the Austin Parks Foundation as well. Â We’ll have some great prizes donated by our friends at REI for …
We Won An Impact Austin Grant!
Well, we couldn’t be more excited! We won an Impact Austin Grant Tuesday Night! Â 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 …