Our contractor, SunGrow, is now in full swing out at Republic Square. The four street trees have been removed, with the trunks saved and the rest of the crown and branches about to be turned into mulch for the park. More importantly, the big work of berm removal has begun. We’ve estimated that it will take 180 truckloads to make …
12/01/08: Republic Square Project begins
Day one of Phase 1A of the Republic Square Auction Oaks project began today. Some preliminary removal of irrigation system components began, along with the removal of the four street trees that we originally wanted to transplant, but due to their poor condition, will be replaced with eight native trees of various shapes and sizes in the eastern portion of …
Next Phase of Republic Square Park Restoration Begins Dec 1st
Austin Parks Foundation Tackles Next Phase of Republic Square Park Restoration. Street trees and berms to be removed, new trees planted and pathways installed. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Contact: Charlie McCabe, Austin Parks Foundation, 512.965.1960 or cmccabe@austinparks.org The next phase …
Future Walnut Creek Trail Update
The future Walnut Creek Trail will ultimately be a 16-mile, 12 foot wide concrete trail from Balcones District Park in NW Austin to Govalle Park in East Austin. This runs through and connects to trails in Walnut Creek Metro Park, but doesn’t replace any of those mountain biking trails. Based on a presentation by Parks and Recreation Project Staff on …
Photos from Sat Copperfield & Tarrytown Park workdays
Alice from Copperfield Nature Trails and Elizabeth from Tarrytown Park sent us their photo albums from their successful (and chilly) Saturday morning volunteer workdays. Volunteers at Copperfield (photos here) worked on blazing another portion of their trail while volunteers at Tarrytown planted trees (photos here) with help from the Parks Dept Forestry team. Congrats to both groups on very successful workdays.
Sparky Park Puts Up a Wall (and its great!)
Sparky Park is a former Austin Energy substation that has been converted to a pocket park. The North University Neighborhood Association began work over three years ago to develop concepts for the makeover, which removed all of the towers and equipment, but left the really cool substation building (to be redone in a future phase). Then several wireless phone companies …
Another Successful Project Build A Park
Once again, the Austin Parks Foundation and SEATAG (SE Austin Trails & Greenways) partnered with the office of Student Life at Austin Community College to host the 7th annual Project Build A Park. For the third time, we worked at Country Club Creek Trail in SE Austin inside Guerrero-Colorado River Park to build more of the 1.5 mile trail, remove …
Playtime
Since my husband and I recently added a two-year-old to our household, I’m re-exploring Austin’s parks with a new perspective. One of my favorite neighborhood parks has long been Shipe Park, and it still is. Shipe is a small park, but I find it has everything I want. Here’s what I think makes a good park to bring small children …
ClifBar Greenotes Barton Creek Cleanup & Concert – Nov 1
Our thanks to ClifBar and REI along with Keep Austin Beautiful for helping us host the ClifBar Greenotes Barton Creek Greenbelt clean-up. 95 volunteers turned out to the Zilker Park Polo Fields Picnic Area to sign-in, grab trash bags and then clean-up portions of the Barton Creek greenbelt from a number of trailheads including Zilker, Spyglass, Loop 360, and Twin …
Brush Square @ Cap Metro Station Update: 10/28/08
Work continues to progress along 4th St, as well as portions of Trinity St for improvements to the south side of Brush Square. Sidewalks are being poured and finished, eight of the ten new Oak trees have been planted and crews are working to finish out the remaining sidewalks near the Hilton and installing street lights, a welcome addition to …