Thanks to Volunteer Kyle who worked with the City of Austin Parks Department staff and some volunteers on a workday last Saturday at Red Bud Isle. Here’s a before, during, and after photo set showing their work:
Each month, City Parks Alliance recognizes a “Frontline Park” to promote and highlight inspiring examples of urban park excellence, innovation, and stewardship across the country. The program also seeks to highlight examples of the challenges facing our cities’ parks as a result of shrinking municipal budgets, land use pressures, and urban neighborhood decay […]
How many people in your city live within walking distance of the nearest park? In what neighborhoods should park improvements or additions be targeted to maximize impact? How well is your city’s park system serving the needs of its residents? Are there disparities between the inner-city core and the lower-density urban fringe, or between different [...]
Sunday marked the beginning of the first-ever National Urban Biodiversity Week, a seven-city collaboration to bring urban dwellers into contact with local flora and fauna, from fungi to salamanders to old growth forests. The week-long series boasts dozens of events including lectures, nature walks, art projects, and children’s programs, in New York, Los Ange […]