Get ready to celebrate fall and everything that makes this the best season of the year. Start your Halloween weekend at PATTERSONPALOOZA! Come explore one of Austin’s most beloved neighborhood parks. Friends of Patterson Park welcomes our community to celebrate trees and pollinators, play baseball and tennis games, and join a marching band parade. Come … Continue reading PATTERSONPALOOZA IS OCTOBER 28
FRIENDS OF PATTERSON PARK CELEBRATES RENOVATION PROJECTS WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND CELEBRATION Community members invited for breakfast tacos, face painting, kite flying and more on September 7 at 9 a.m. WHAT: In partnership with the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department and Austin Parks Foundation, Friends of Patterson Park is hosting a ribbon … Continue reading Celebration of Patterson Projects in September
The Patterson Neighborhood Park Plan developed over the last two years has been submitted to they City of Austin's Department of Parks and Recreation for final review and adoption. The plan was based on the Survey of Community Priorities for Patterson Park conducted in 2016 and community meetings held in 2017. Friends of Patterson Park … Continue reading Park Plan Submitted to City for Review
The City of Austin's Parks and Recreation Department did extensive work on the park’s trails over the last two weeks, reconditioning the existing granite path and adding two new sections. There is a new connection from the roundabout to Schieffer Ave., and another one from the roundabout to Airport Blvd., going past the basketball court … Continue reading Patterson Trails Refreshed and Extended
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
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
On Thursday night, the City Council held the first of two public budget hearings leading to the adoption of the upcoming fiscal year's budget in September. Austin Parks Foundation is advocating for an additional 5 million dollars to be allocated to the Parks and Recreation Department, and FoPP and other park groups were invited to support … Continue reading APF and FoPP Advocating for Parks Funding in City Budget
The Parks and Recreation Department has released the final draft of their Aquatics Master Plan. The Executive Summary is worth reading in full, and this is what the report says about the Patterson Pool (see Appendix E-Improvements by Pool). Patterson Pool Recommendations * If this pool is to continue in operation, a new bathhouse will … Continue reading City of Austin Releases Aquatics Master Plan, Plans for Patterson Pool
Friends of Patterson Park will lead a community effort to develop a Neighborhood Park Plan to guide our work over the next five years. We will be guided by the Survey of Community Priorities, which was completed by 255 park users in 2016. Join us for the first of two community meetings on Wednesday, June … Continue reading June 21: Creating a Neighborhood Park Plan
Join Friends of Patterson Park for a celebration of our community garden and new sculpture, Dance of the Cosmos, this Saturday, May 27! There will be tacos, ice cream, a bouncy house, music, and screen printing of Friends of Patterson Park t-shirts by Bibliographia. The event is 10 a.m.-12 p.m., with a formal program from … Continue reading Celebration of Patterson Community Garden & Dance of the Cosmos to be Held May 27
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