Neighbors of the greenspace at Emerald Wood and South 1st have been working on improvements to their park for a long time – even though their park didn’t even seem to have a name! At long last, they have a sign officially indicating the area’s status as parkland. In the past few years, neighbors have cleaned tons of trash out …
2nd Annual Nightcrawler attracts over 70 volunteers
On Friday June 6, REI, Austin Parks Foundation, American Youthworks E-Corps, the Austin Ridge Riders and over 70 volunteers gathered to do volunteer work for National Trails Day – the night before. We cleared out and leveled a big berm of soil (and a few big trees) that has been deposited over the years just south of the Lamar Blvd …
Zilker one of 8 Great Urban Parks
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 …