I was on a trip to Washington DC this past week and opened my NWA WorldTraveler magazine to see if any of the 8 great urban parks profiled in the cover story were in Austin. And number 7 was Zilker Park with a picture of Barton Springs Pool! Here’s the link.
Best in Show – Movie in the Park 5/31
Great News! The Austin Parks Foundation has rescheduled our “MOVIES IN THE PARK” event for this Saturday, May 31st. Thanks to our sponsors Lofty Dog, 2nd Street District, AMLI Downtown and AMLI on 2nd for bringing this movie to you. Same great movie (Best in Show), same great activities (Dog Agility, Dog training, dog adoption info), same great time. If …
New Kiosk Displays at Bull Creek
Over the weekend, Skip Cameron of Bull Creek Foundation, Austin Parks Foundation’s oldest affiliate, worked with an eagle scout candidate to install new kiosk displays (trail map and information) along the Inga VanNynatten Memorial Trail (also known as the Bull Creek Greenbelt Trail) Here’s a photo of the scouts and Skip at the kiosk in front of their work!
Dirty Hands Caravan helps out at Barton Creek Greenbelt
On Thursday, May 1, 150 volunteers traveling on three bio-fueled buses as part of the Dirty Hands Caravan came to Austin and Barton Creek Greenbelt. With the tremendous support of American Youthworks E-Corps, the Parks Dept, the Austin Parks Foundation, the Greenbelt Guardians and Keep Austin Beautiful we had volunteers removing non-native trees and plants from three sites on Barton …
May 1 public Meetings: Input for Parks Director Profile
Parks Advocates: Here’s your chance to give input to the city manager on what you’d like to see in our new Parks director. We’ve (Austin Parks Foundation) sent in our requests of course, and I’ll plan on attending and speaking, but please consider coming and speaking and encouraging others to do so as well. Also, a note that they say …
Starbucks at Red Bud Isle on Earth day!
Earth day, on Tuesday, April 22 was a hot and humid day at Red Bud Isle. We made fantastic progress at this off-leash dog park with over 95 volunteers from Starbucks stores around Austin working a total of 205 hours, with many invasive trees cut and hauled, coffee grounds and mulching in the main field completed and the digging and …
Thanks to our Volunteers for It’s My Park Day 2008
The sixth annual It’s My Park! Day was Saturday, April 12 and we had a record 51 park improvement projects with 1,400 volunteers signed up. We’re getting back reports of actual numbers, but in the meantime, we wanted to begin sharing the many pictures that we are receiving – check them out on our Flickr Page
It’s My Park! Day – Hundreds of Volunteers Needed!
We now have 49 park projects scheduled for our sixth annual It’s My Park! Day on Saturday, April 12 from 9 am to 1 pm. We have over 500 volunteers signed up but we have space for hundreds of more volunteers. We have a variety of projects from planting, painting, trail construction, cutting, pruning and more. See the list of …
Earth Share PSA: Promises
Earth Share of Texas represents over 70 environmental non-profit organizations, including the Austin Parks Foundation across Texas in workplace giving campaigns. They have a great new TV Public Service announcement that we’re pleased to share with you. [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” …
Gus Fruh Trail improvements 2/08
Here’s a photo of the Gus Fruh access trail – part of Barton Creek Greenbelt. This trail was resurfaced over two volunteer workdays, on 2/2 and 2/9 by volunteers from Austin Parks Foundation, Greenbelt Guardians, Austin Ridge Riders, Hash House Harriers and the Austin Parks and Recreation Dept. It looks great!