Thanks to volunteers leadership of John Faulk, Zilker Theatre Productions, The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept and funding from a number of donors, including, yes, the Austin Parks Foundation’s park grants program. the Hillside Theatre is going to be a lot more friendly with better accessible sidewalks and seating areas in front of the stage. Still more work …
Norwood House Work Begins
The first phase of work has begun on the Norwood House. Funded by donations raised by the Norwood Posse, a volunteer group operating under the umbrella of the Austin Parks Foundation, the first phase is asbestos roof shingle removal, being performed by a certified contractor today (April 28) and tomorrow. Once the shingles are safely removed, the subsurface of the …
See you at Republic Square @ 10 am
We’re going ahead with our little celebration of the completion of phase 1 of the Republic Square project this morning at 10 am on the deck at Republic Square, 5th and Guadalupe Sts – please join us!
4/23 Republic Celebration May Be Rescheduled Due to Rain
There’s a good chance of rain Friday @ 10 am when we’re hoping to be thanking all of our supporters for the completion of Phase 1 of Republic Square improvements. If that’s the case, we’re going to reschedule the event to Fri, 4/30 @ 5 pm (which also happens to be Arbor Day!) We’ll make a decision between 8 am …
Nightfall at Republic
Lighting on the deck highlights the 300 year Central Auction Oak on a nice Tuesday evening.
Tonight at Republic: The Album is Dead – 7 to 10 pm
Circulatory System and Monofonus Press propose to present a new collaborative project by twelve video artists from Austin and New York, all commissioned to make a new video for the project, The Album is Dead. In a society where MTV rarely plays actual music videos, the music industry continues to struggle with the fact that fewer and fewer people actually buy …
Wed 4/21 5-7 pm – After work mulch workout at Republic Square!
Why pay a trainer to work out after work? Instead, come out to Republic Square (5th and Guadalupe) on Wed, 4/21 @ 5 pm when you can help Charlie haul the remaining 3 yards of mulch from the pile to the planting area and get a great workout – we could really use your help! If you have an extra …
Republic Phase 1 Celebration – 4/23 @ 10 am
The Austin Parks Foundation would like to invite you to join us for a celebration of the completion of Phase 1 of the revamping of Republic Square Park. On Friday April 23, 2010 @ 10 am, we’ll gather on our new deck at Republic Square to say thank you to our many partners and friends who helped us in this …
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 …
Saturday round-up: West Bouldin, Farmer’s Market, Republic
Busy day in Austin’s parks – in the morning, I went to help out with another volunteer day at West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt. Ingrid, Matt and the rest of Bouldin volunteers were out removing invasives and stacking them into winrows, other volunteers were mulching the trees in and around the BMX area. We tackled the area between the creek and …