Parks get cash
Monday, April 23, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
St. David’s Foundation has announced a series of more than $1 million in grants to encourage access and health activities in Austin’s parks. In a partnership with the Austin Parks Foundation and the Trust for Public Land, the grants will pay for improvements at a variety of Austin parks locations, with individual projects coordinated through recipient nonprofits or community organizations. Among them:
- Austin Parks Foundation will make improvements at Butler Park, Edward Rendon Sr. Park at Festival Beach, Martin Neighborhood Pool and Parque Zaragoza
- Barton Springs Conservancy will renovate the bathhouse at Barton Springs Pool
- Downtown Austin Alliance and Austin Parks Foundation will begin programming events at Republic Square Park
- Pease District Conservancy will install equipment at Pease Park
- Shoal Creek Conservancy will implement a connectivity plan for Shoal Creek Trail
- Trail Foundation will install bilingual signage and maps on Butler Trail
- Waller Creek Conservancy will create physical activity training at Palm Park
- Keep Austin Beautiful will create recreation space at LBJ High School
- The Trust for Public Land will implement the Health Parks Plan for Travis, Bastrop and Caldwell counties
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