A few updates to share from Parks around Austin: First, we were out at Pease Park / Shoal Creek the other day with several folks from Parks and Watershed looking at some of the previous experiments that we did with demo plots, rock work, tree planting, etc. in anticipation of the big restoration project coming to that area. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” …
Last Chance: Vote for Parks Unmet Service Demands
The City of Austin Online Poll for Unmet Service Demands closes Friday, July 9th and if you haven’t yet, you can vote for Additional staffing for Downtown Parks, Parks and Pools Maintenance and Neighborhood Park Maintenance. You’ll need to create an account and sign in which gives you 25 votes – up to 3 can be used to for each …
2 Statesman Articles of Note: 6/28/10
Wanted to note in that the Austin American Statesman today (6/28/10) there are two pieces to note: 1) Pam LeBlanc wrote about the challenges of the City Parks Staff to keep up with the trash and maintenance efforts on Barton Creek Greenbelt. (You can help by getting ready for our next big volunteer workday on Barton Creek Greenbelt on September 25th- …
Come and See Us at the Keep Austin Weird Festival & 5K
Look for our tent right at the north end of the South First Street Bridge from 2 to 10 pm today. And 5k participants, look for our educational fun stop near Austin High School. Please thank all of the great volunteers who are helping out to make this event a great success!
2 New Assistant Directors Hired for Austin Parks & Recreation
For immediate release April 28, 2010 Contact: Victor Ovalle, Program Manager, Public Information and Marketing, (512) 974-6745 City names two Parks and Recreation Assistant Directors The City of Austin announced today the appointment of two Assistant Parks and Recreation Directors whose diverse backgrounds will help bolster the programs and operations of Austin’s already nationally recognized department. After a nationwide …
Congratulations to Richard Craig!
Our congratulations to Richard Craig – amazing volunteer and chairperson of the Trees for Pease effort, who has won the Mayor’s 2010 Environmental Awareness Award: Here’s what the press release said about Richard: “Richard Craig’s “Trees For Pease” project is a “grass roots, tree roots” solution to the problem of deforestation and environmental decline in the Pease Park portion of …
Reusing Ligustrum (a common invasive in our parks)
One of our amazing volunteers, Jerry Levenson who has cut down or yanked out tens of thousands of non-native ligustrum, chinaberry and nandina in the past two years, is also a skilled woodworker, so he had some extra ligustrum and brought it into his shop and presto! We’re pretty darned impressed!
Banff Mountain Film Festival April 10 and 11
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Zilker Kite Festival Takes to the Skies
Wow, an amazing day for the annual kite festival. The postponed event really benefited from the one week delay – the weather was great and the crowds tremendous. We rode our bikes down and snapped a few photos in the middle of the afternoon.
Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum at Brush Square Opens!
The sun was out and the grand opening ceremony was well attended this morning out at Brush Square. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Friends of the Museums and descendents of the family of Susanna Dickinson enjoyed the ceremony and ribbon cutting this morning.
