Austin Parks Foundation Blog

Many may not know that the nation’s only World War One museum is located in Kansas City. MinnPost visited the museum and and its accompanying memorial tower, and explains its roots: The original memorial was a local idea, and the complex is still a locally run point of civic pride. Congress gave it the “national” designation [...]

Cities undertaking waterfront planning and development will be interested in an EPA publication released this past September on coastal and waterfront smart growth. Waterfronts are natural locations for parks and public spaces, for environmental, economic and social reasons. This book is a great guide as to how this and other issues such as walkability, hist […]

We’ve been looking into what can make healthy cities, and how park systems can better be a part of this. One feature that’s come up several cities is the pedestrian/bike bridge. Cities across the country are adding these bridges as part of their trail and park networks – including the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis, the [...]