Thank you to everyone who attended our community meeting on the Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan on Sept. 13. We had a productive discussion of the various projects that could meet the community priorities identified in the 2016 survey. You can see the survey results here: http://bit.ly/pattersonsurveyresultshttp://bit.ly/pattersonsurveyresults. The draft Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan is forthcoming. Patterson … Continue reading Community Priorities and Potential Projects with Comments
The Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Plan was adopted in August of 2002 by the City Council. The section on Parks, Open Space & the Environment (see p. 67) deals with Patterson Park. The plan states that one of the neighborhood's objectives is to "raise the quality of Patterson Park to the level of other major … Continue reading Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Plan and Patterson Park
Part of the Neighborhood Park Plan series of posts. One of the community priorities for Patterson Park identified in the 2016 survey conducted by FoPP was improvements to the skate ramp. The ramp was designed and built by the Austin Public Skatepark Action Committee and Lonestar Skateparks in 2006. It is a popular park feature, … Continue reading Proposed project: skate ramp improvements
Part of the Neighborhood Park Plan series of posts. One of the community priorities for Patterson Park identified in the 2016 survey conducted by FoPP was improvements to the playground. The most common requests were for 1) a natural play area, 2) a piece of climbing equipment, and 3) additional seating. The natural play area … Continue reading Proposed project: addition to playground
Work on the Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan will be guided by the community priorities identified in the 2016 survey we conducted. The results of the survey are reported in full here: Patterson Community Survey Results (download the PDF). priorities are listed below, with potential projects. Please join us at the September 13 community meeting to … Continue reading Community Priorities and Potential Projects
Friends of Patterson Park is leading a community effort to develop a Neighborhood Park Plan that will guide our work over the next five years. We will be driven by the Survey of Community Priorities, which was completed by 255 park users in 2016. Join us for the second of two community meetings on Wednesday, … Continue reading Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan: Community Meeting #2
By Jennifer Potter-Miller On Thursday, August 31, I joined the Austin Parks Foundation and other park adopters to advocate for parks funding at a public hearing at City Hall on the City of Austin's 2018 budget. I hope that the new budget makes progress on addressing the huge shortfalls in funding for park maintenance and … Continue reading Advocating for Playground Safety Funds in the City of Austin’s 2018 Budget
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