Come on out to a free showing of Raiders of the Lost Ark on Wednesday, Sept 1st at Republic Square. Our thanks to the Downtown Austin Alliance, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Austin Parks and Recreation and Mellow Johnny’s – who will be providing free bicycle valet parking. So, ride your bike instead of driving! (Parking is available on streets surrounding …
Halfway Done With Zilker Tree Mulching
Some of our amazing volunteers We had another great crew of 75 volunteers out at Zilker Park today and we made good progress using up three big piles – with volunteers working on two of them and 4 city forestry staff using the brush truck and carts to spread another big pile. We’re about half way done and we’ll be …
Volunteer Mulching at Zilker – first 100 cubic yards
Wow – over 60 volunteers and four parks forestry staff spread 100 cubic yards of mulch under 75+ trees in an hour and a half at Zilker Park today. Thanks to our great volunteers and staff for their help. But we still have over 450 trees left to do! We’ll be out spreading more mulch with Parks Dept staff next …
Movies at Republic Square – Sept 1: Raiders of the Lost Ark
We’re thrilled to announce the return of free Movies to Republic Square. Thanks the City of Austin Parks and Recreation, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the Downtown Austin Alliance and Mellow Johnny’s, we’re presenting a series of five free movies. Shows begin at dusk, bring lawn chairs, picnics and pets on leash. If you haven’t visited Republic Square since January, please …
Zilker Mulch-o-rama Part 1 this Sat 9-12
We have 53 people signed up for mulching at Zilker this Saturday, from 9 am to noon. We’ll meeting at the first parking lot on the right (enter the road where you go to park for the pool, but bear right (and up) and look for us (lots of tools and wheelbarrows) We need more volunteers and more wheelbarrows too …
$300,000 for Barton Springs Bypass Tunnel
Today at the 5th annual Council Cleans the Pool Day, Senator Kirk Watson, Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Robin Cravey, president of the Friends of Barton Springs Pool, announced the donation of $300,000 to the City of Austin for the forthcoming Barton Springs Pool Bypass Tunnel project. The project, one of the short term projects announced as part of the Barton …
Courtyard at Brush Square Progressing
Here’s some photos from the progress on the Art In Public Places courtyard project from Tuesday evening….
Work at Wooten Playground
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BMX / Skate Park Pre-Construction Photos
The long awaited BMX / Skate Park at the site of the Old Austin Recreation Center and tennis court is being prepared for construction activity. (ACC Rio Grande parking garage is on one side, Shoal Creek Trail across the street, and House Park and the Austin Recreation Center on the north side.) Here’s a few photos of signage and fencing …
We Need Help with Mulching at Zilker
As you may have heard in the news, the Parks Department has removed 50 dead trees in the Zilker Park Polo Fields Area. In efforts to make sure that the remaining 500 plus trees (mostly live oaks) in the area survive, the City is launching the Zilker Tree Rescue Project, which will bring arborists performing tree treatments. The Austin Parks Foundation …