Our park offers lots of opportunities to enjoy the fresh air and beautiful weather and we ❤️ seeing so many people enjoying it. Let’s remember to keep the recommended six feet of social distancing to stay healthy during Austin's stay-at-home orders. The playground and picnic areas are closed, but trails, open spaces, and the community … Continue reading Patterson Park Open with Restrictions
Please join Friends of Patterson Park at the pavilion on Monday, June 17 at 6pm for a community meeting to discuss next steps on our Neighborhood Park Plan. We will have pizza delivered, please feel free to bring a side dish to share. AGENDA 1. Updates New sidewalk connections to Patterson by Public Works. Volunteers needed to water … Continue reading June 17 Community Meeting to Plan Park Improvements
Please join Friends of Patterson Park at the pavilion on Saturday, January 20 for a community meeting to discuss projects planned for 2018. We can order pizza for dinner afterward! AGENDA 4-4:30 pm Tree planting Guest speakers: Bill Stout, Austin Parks Foundation and Suzannah DesRoches, TreeFolks Finalize project plans, including location of new grove, selection … Continue reading Community Meeting Saturday, Jan. 20
Friends of Patterson Park voted by a strong majority to support the proposed Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan. The poll was held online September 29–October 2, and 63 members participated. The final tally was 61 in favor and 2 against. The next steps will be to submit the plan to the City of Austin Parks and … Continue reading Neighborhood Park Plan Approved by FoPP
Part of the Neighborhood Park Plan series of posts. Austin Parks Foundation and TreeFolks, in partnership with the Urban Forestry Division at PARD, have proposed a partnership with Friends of Patterson Park in order to plant two small groves of trees at the park this October. The objective is to increase the diversity of tree … Continue reading Proposed Project: Tree Planting
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
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
Part of the Neighborhood Park Plan series of posts. FoPP held the first Community Meeting on the Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan at Servant Church on June 21, 2017. Participants discussed their vision of the park and goals for the next 5, 10 and 20 years. Vision for Patterson Park We want a multi-use, multi-generational space … Continue reading Vision and Goals for Patterson Park
Amplify Austin Day is coming up March 2-3, and Friends of Patterson Park is planning to participate in the city-wide fundraiser for the second time. FoPP has been working to improve and beautify our neighborhood park since 2002, and we have big dreams for 2017. Our Amplify goal is to raise $3,000 to purchase and … Continue reading Let’s Amplify Patterson Park in 2017!
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