Austin Parks Foundation

Volunteer with us at Austin City Limits Music Festival! From Rock & Recycle and Austin Kiddie Limits to greeters and media team positions, there’s something for everyone🙂 Apply now: https://bit.ly/4cJB09j Learn more about volunteer opportunities at ACL: https://bit.ly/3w36rZA

The City Manager presented the draft budget for fiscal year 2025 on Friday, July 12. This proposed budget is lacking funding to maintain adequate staffing for parks, recreational and cultural centers, and pools. An example of funds needed: Austin Parks and Recreation Department need an additional 20 full-time maintenance employees to keep up with baseline service expectations. The funding for these additional staffers is not in the proposed budget. Make your voice heard. To help ensure that PARD is funded and able to keep Austin’s parks clean: • Email or call your council member • Attend your council member’s budget town hall and insist that you want clean, usable parks • Speak at the public input sessions during budget adoption on July 24 and August 1 For additional information and resources: https://bit.ly/3S96Owl

💚💚💚

Austin Parks Foundation completed a major renovation project at Zilker Hillside Theater to ensure the show will go on this summer theater season! APF invested $150,000 to remove the damaged wood stage and replace it with a new one in time for opening night on July 12th. This project was paid for with funds generated by Austin City Limits Music Festival. Don’t miss Zilker Theatre Productions Legally Blonde the Musical🎶 Opening night is July 12th, production runs through August 17th! Learn more: https://bit.ly/45YrGf7

Rosewood Neighborhood Park: a place to gather, play, learn and celebrate. We had a chance to catch up with park adopters Daniel Thomas and Antony Jackson ahead of the Central Texas Juneteenth Park Festival, which was held this past Saturday! They shared what Rosewood means to them and how they hope to share that with the next generation: https://bit.ly/4c7XJeU

Join our mission to create an inclusive, engaging playground at Onion Creek Metropolitan Park! Our third All Abilities community meeting is this Thursday, June 20! This virtual session will present the final concept design, incorporating community feedback from our May 2 meeting. It's your chance to view the final presentation of the Playground Vision Plan and to learn about next steps. Register: https://bit.ly/3xwkQ3L

We're celebrating 32 years of People Parks🎉 It’s difficult to sum up the work we’ve been able to do (with YOUR help, of course) over the last 32 years, but we tried: https://bit.ly/4bUGcXr

ALL ABOARD: We are thrilled to announce that the Zilker Eagle is NOW OPEN! Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the train depot in Zilker Park. For more information about planning your visit, head to our website at bit.ly/3z0CEEM. We hope to see you on the train soon!

It's happening: the train is leaving the station! We are thrilled to share that the Zilker Eagle will officially open to the public THIS WEDNESDAY, June 12 at 10 a.m. Train tickets can be purchased (day of) at the depot, which is located at 2131 1/2 William Barton Drive in Zilker Park. Due to ongoing construction in the park, guests are encouraged to park at the playscape lot or the rugby field lot. For more information on planning your visit, please head to zilkertrain.org🚂

We're baaaaaaack! Mark your calendars: Party for the Parks is coming back to Zilker Park for its tenth year on October 9, 2024. Save the date and join us for a night of revelry, live music (band to be announced soon!) food and fun in the heart of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Stay tuned for more details, and head to party.austinparks.org to sign up for our early bird email list and to learn more about becoming a sponsor!