The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department are hosting a community workshop for the proposed enhancement of the pocket park right at Rainey Street and the Trail around Lady Bird Lake. Please join us!
AIPP/APF Project – the Courtyard at Brush Square
Work has begun by AIPP commissioned artists Hawkeye Glenn and Lizzie Martinez on “The Courtyard” which will be nice corner of Brush Square in downtown Austin to enjoy behind the newly restored Susanna Dickinson House. Hawkeye and crew were able to install the first “keystone” pieces of granite and will begin working across the site. He has cut and fit …
Advocate for Completing the Lady Bird Lake Trail!
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 …
Help Mulch Zilker Hillside Theatre Trees on 7/6
Zoila of the Austin Heritage Tree Foundation is looking for 2-3 volunteers for Tue morning 7/6 to help apply compost and mulch to trees around the Zilker Hillside Theatre – contact Zoila at zvega@austin.rr.com to volunteer – thank you!
Inspiration from OKC – The Survivor Tree
On a family trip to Oklahoma City this past weekend, we stopped at the Oklahoma City Memorial. The surivor tree – an American Elm that suffered direct damage from the bombing, having been embedded in a parking lot for years, became the symbol of the memorial and is now surrounded by an amazing deck structure. This design became the basis …
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!
Thanks to our National Trails Day Volunteers
We love our volunteers – Thanks so much! We had 300 people (maybe more, we’re still counting) working at our a dozen projects at Barton Creek Greenbelt – repairing erosion, building rock berms to channel water, rebuilding portions of trail, building steps and a lot more. Our tremendous thanks to our sponsors: The Austonian, REI, Texas Gas Service, the Salt …
Mending Fences at Bull Creek Greenbelt
George, Jerry and Skip repaired portions of cedar (ashe juniper) fence at the northern end of Bull Creek Greenbelt. Great work you guys!
West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt Workday Sat @ 8:30
One more West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt Workday on Sat, 5/22 @ 8:30 am. Join the parks committee and other volunteers and pull out a few more invasive trees and plants before summer really sets in…. West Bouldin Creek Volunteer Workday West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt – S. 6th St entrance Help the Bouldin Creek Parks Committee remove invasive species, plant native …