Palm Park – Thanks Texas Gas Service!

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Beginning back in April, Texas Gas Service (TGS) crews labored to remove an old, hazardous tennis court along with fencing at Palm Park, located at 3rd Sts and SB frontage of I-35 in downtown Austin.  They spread some soil we had delivered but it needed some more fill. Thanks to 10 truckloads of soil from the foundation’s Auction Oaks @ …

Brush Square – 4th St Work Continues

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I must admit that I’m a little surprised at how much the construction of the new curbs, “great streets” sidewalk and tree area is taking out a chunk of Brush Square along 4th St. Cap Metro’s contractor assures us that everything will look better and we’ll end up with a better park. Unfortunately, due to a host of irrigation issues …

REI Shoal Creek Clean-up

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Thanks to Courtney and Beth – Outreach Coordinators at REI for hosting another clean-up on lower Shoal Creek (roughly from 12th to Town Lake Trail) Lots of stuff, but enviro-girl was out there sporting a green wig and a purple cape.  Lots of bags of trash as the picture shows and thanks to REI and their volunteers for continuing to …

Tree Planting at Shipe Park

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Thanks to Austin Energy, we’re getting some trees planted in two parks as mitigation for Austin Energy projects that resulted in removal of trees close-by. One is Shipe Park, the other is Pease Park. The trees at Shipe have all been planted and here’s a picture of the crew, plus volunteer Jack Nokes and dog Petey. Our thanks to APF …