Palm Park, also known as Sir Swante Palm Park, in downtown Austin, is an east side of downtown park that was cut off from its neighborhood when 1-35 was built. We at the Austin Park Foundation, together with our great partners, Texas Gas Service (TGS), have been working to start rehabilitating some portions of the park in the last year. …
It’s My Park Day – Friday photo
Nearly a week since It’s My Park Day and we’re receiving more photos and reports of projects. We’re posting all of the photos that we receive to our Flickr collection. Please send us yours at apf@austinparks.org. [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”] …
Best It’s My Park Day Picture So Far
Thanks to Amber Novak for her photo taking expertise for this and a number of other photos…
Statesman Article On Pease Park
Today, Pam LeBlanc wrote a follow-up piece on Pease Park, an area where the Austin Parks Foundation as well as our Adopt-a-park group, Trees for Pease, have put in a lot of work in the past few years and especially, the past few months. Among the new improvements are irrigation, 100 new trees, we also spread dillo dirt and mulch …
Thanks for a Great It’s My Park Day
The 2009 edition of It’s My Park Day is over, but extending our thanks and our appreciation to all who participated is just beginning. Most of all, we’d like to thank our partners at the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, as well as our title sponsor, Wheatsville Food Co-op, who gave us all of those yummy snacks! Thanks …
It’s My Park Day 2009 Photos!
Here are photos of volunteers at Palm Park, Eilers Park, Red Bud Isle and at Barton Creek Greenbelt.
Over 1500 Volunteers Registered for It’s My Park Day
Yesterday we crossed the 1,500 volunteer threshold for sign-ups for Saturday’s It’s My Park Day but we still have a number of projects that need more volunteers. So, far 15 projects are full – but we still have openings at: Gus Garcia Trail Project (NE) Dottie Jordan Park (NE) Joslin Park (S) Guerrero Park / Country Club Creek (SE) Palm …
It’s My Park Day – one week to go!
We’ve had a host of wonderful volunteers at our office in the past three days folding t-shirts and promotional materials, stuffing project leader bags, packing trail mix and rubber banding packs of gloves. We’re in good shape for our supply distribution day next Thursday at REI Downtown, but we still need more volunteers for the big day next Saturday March …
It’s My Park Day – We need 1,000 more volunteers!
It’s My Park Day presented by Wheatsville Food Co-op is rapidly approaching on Sat, March 7, 2009 – we now have 63 projects and we have 1,000 people signed up to volunteer but we need 1,000 more. Please take a look at the projects on our It’s My Park Day page and sign up for one. Here are a few …
100 Trees for Pease!
On Saturday, Feb 21, several hundred volunteers converged on Pease Park to plant the first 100 trees for Pease. It took a village to get them purchased, placed, planted and irrigated! We’d like to thank the following for all of their hard work: • Richard Craig, who formed Trees for Pease, raised the bulk of the funds (nearly $20,000 to …