Please join Friends of Patterson Park and the City of Austin’s Neighborhood Partnering Program this Saturday to celebrate updates to our sports facilities, including a new shade over the basketball court! We'll be at the basketball court with refreshments, basketball games, face painting, PARD’s loose parts play kit, and fun giveaways! Saturday, December 210:30 AM … Continue reading Ribbon Cutting at Patterson Basketball Court
Category: park improvements
April 2023
PATTERSON PARK NEWSThe permit for the basketball shade structure was approved faster than expected and installation is planned for the week of April 17. Hurray! Note: A tree will be removed at one corner of the court to make room for the structure, and we will plant replacements in the fall. Save the date for … Continue reading April 2023
New Public Art at Pharr Tennis Center
Local artists Rakhee Jain Desai and Melissa Knight will be creating a permanent public artwork as part of the upcoming renovation of the Pharr Tennis Center at Patterson Park. Neighbors and users of the center are invited to join the artists for a discussion and help inform the artwork design. Learn more about the renovation … Continue reading New Public Art at Pharr Tennis Center
City of Austin Awards 134K Grant to FoPP
We are thrilled to share the news that the City of Austin's Neighborhood Partnering Program has approved our 2019 grant application and awarded our group $134,741 for improvements to the athletic facilities at Patterson Park! The objective of the project is to increase opportunities for residents of all ages to engage in play and physical activity at Patterson Park. … Continue reading City of Austin Awards 134K Grant to FoPP
Cherrywood Bikeways Project
Austin Transportation has finalized plans for the Cherrywood Neighborhood Bikeways project proposed some time ago, and is ready to begin implementing it in Spring 2021. This project will improve connectivity to Patterson Park, including pedestrian crossing islands on Cherrywood Rd and Schieffer Ave. It is a continuation of the project which brought an improved crossing at Schieffer and … Continue reading Cherrywood Bikeways Project
New Backstop for Baseball Field
We are thrilled to announce that Friends of Patterson park has received a $5,000 ACL Music Festival Grant from the Austin Parks Foundation to replace the baseball field backstop. The new backstop will have a clamshell to protect neighbors, walkers, and cars in the Genesis Parking lot. This is part of the improvements to the park's athletic facilities that our … Continue reading New Backstop for Baseball Field
Pharr Tennis Center Renovation
The Pharr Tennis Center is scheduled for a major renovation this year, with $4 million dollars allocated from the 2018 PARD bond. Construction is anticipated to begin in mid 2021. The project includes a new piece of art for the tennis center, and Art in Public Places has selected the team Rakhee Jain and Melissa Knight to create one. They … Continue reading Pharr Tennis Center Renovation
FOPP Raises $14,940
A team of Friends of Patterson Park worked together during the 2020 Amplify Austin campaign, and raised a total of $7,470. We had 65+ individual donors and sponsorships from seven neighborhood businesses and organizations. To top it all off, the Austin Parks Foundation generously matched our total raised 100%, so that we bringing home $14,940 … Continue reading FOPP Raises $14,940
Amplify Patterson Today!
WOW! Thanks to support from our neighbors and community sponsors, we have already raised over 90% of our $5,000 Amplify Patterson goal! Let’s see if we can make our stretch goal of $7,000 by 6 p.m., when Amplify Austin Day wraps up. Your tax-deductible gift to Friends of Patterson Park will have TWICE the impact … Continue reading Amplify Patterson Today!
One Week to Amplify Patterson Park
Amplify Austin starts in one week! This 24 hour fundraiser showers TLC on more than 700 amazing organizations working in Central Texas. Will you make a pledge to amplify our neighborhood park? You can help Friends of Patterson Park make it into an even more welcoming destination for East Austin neighbors to play, exercise, and … Continue reading One Week to Amplify Patterson Park
