As you may have heard in the news, the Parks Department has removed 50 dead trees in the Zilker Park Polo Fields Area. In efforts to make sure that the remaining 500 plus trees (mostly live oaks) in the area survive, the City is launching the Zilker Tree Rescue Project, which will bring arborists performing tree treatments. The Austin Parks Foundation …
Come to the Rainey St. Pocket Park Workshop
The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department are hosting a community workshop for the proposed enhancement of the pocket park right at Rainey Street and the Trail around Lady Bird Lake. Please join us!
Sunday: 6-9 pm – Mid-Summer Night’s Clean
Join REI, the Austin Ridge Riders and the Austin Parks Foundation for a Mid-Summer Night’s Clean on Shoal Creek Greenbelt on Sunday, 7/25 from 6 pm to 9 pm. We’ll meet at the GSD&M parking on West 6th St just west of Shoal Creek for clean-up and trimming projects and refreshments afterward – Sign up on the REI website.
Help Mulch Zilker Hillside Theatre Trees on 7/6
Zoila of the Austin Heritage Tree Foundation is looking for 2-3 volunteers for Tue morning 7/6 to help apply compost and mulch to trees around the Zilker Hillside Theatre – contact Zoila at zvega@austin.rr.com to volunteer – thank you!
Inspiration from OKC – Emerging Boathouse Row
Sharing another series of photos of the first of what will soon be two boathouses on the channelized Oklahoma River, right near downtown. The Chesapeake boathouse is in continuous use and right next to the mouth of the Bricktown canal which offers hike/bike/boat access into the revitalized Bricktown district. Oklahoma City University is currently building a second boathouse next door …
We Need Volunteers for Keep Austin Weird 5K & Festival
We’re looking for volunteers to help out with the Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival next weekend. Shifts are available Thu, Fri and on the event day on Sat June 26th.
Reminder: City Budget Open House – 6-9 pm tonight!
6-9 pm tonight (Tuesday, June 15th 2010) – Austin Convention Center. Wear your 2010 It’s My Park Day t-shirt – if you don’t have one (or its dirty, etc.) Charlie have a stack of extras and will be waiting outside the door of the room that we are meeting in…. Here’s the format: 1 – Short presentation/overview on City Budget 2 …
Keep Austin Weird (and help your parks too!)
As we announced a month or so back, we feel lucky being able to work with the organizers of the Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival. It’s coming up on June 26th and when you register, you can make a donation to the Austin Parks Foundation as well. We’ll have some great prizes donated by our friends at REI for …
Thanks to our National Trails Day Volunteers
We love our volunteers – Thanks so much! We had 300 people (maybe more, we’re still counting) working at our a dozen projects at Barton Creek Greenbelt – repairing erosion, building rock berms to channel water, rebuilding portions of trail, building steps and a lot more. Our tremendous thanks to our sponsors: The Austonian, REI, Texas Gas Service, the Salt …
Mending Fences at Bull Creek Greenbelt
George, Jerry and Skip repaired portions of cedar (ashe juniper) fence at the northern end of Bull Creek Greenbelt. Great work you guys!
