Category Archives: Environmental Awareness
Save the date and sign up here for It’s My Park Day – Sat. March 1st at 9am
Join neighbors and fellow park lovers to clean up and care for Balcones Park! There will be projects for all ages including: 1- Cleanup litter in Balcones Park, along trails and in creek greenbelt. 2- Trail maintenance/erosion repairs – Creekside … Continue reading
Sat. Nov. 5th – Help us Beautify Balcones Park on It’s My Park Day!
If you love spending time at Balcones Park, please consider joining other volunteers as we clean up the park, mulch trees, distribute seed balls full of wildflowers and repair trails. Click here to sign up – Balcones-Beautification to join us … Continue reading
Walnut Creek Trail – Replace the Base!
02-02-2020 update – The Parks Board has taken an active interest in the proper completion of the trail project and we can report limited success in some areas following our presentation to the Board on Nov. 22, 2019. Several Parks Board … Continue reading
Batteries, Oil, Paint & Antifreeze Collection Event – Sat. June 8, 8-10am
Make sure you use a little time this weekend to gather those leftover paint cans, used oil and oil filters, and dead batteries plus clean/dry styrofoam and plastic film! Then bring it by on Saturday, June 8th, from 8:00-9:45am to … Continue reading
Balcones Park Trail Closures and Trail Construction Update
The City project to extend the Northern Walnut Creek Trail to Amherst is underway. Construction is expected to last approximately 6 months. This work has closed several trails so we have put together a map to help navigate around the … Continue reading
April 7, 9am-1pm: Pool Landscape and Trail Workday – Help Needed!
We need about 20 volunteers to help finish the pool landscaping and restore the newly repaired Creekside Trail (see details below). Here is a link to sign up: https://austinparks.givepulse.com/event/73493-Balcones-District-Park-Friends-of-Balcones-Work-Day%21
Creekside Trail Repairs Complete!
Thanks to the grant obtained by the Friends of Balcones through the City’s NPP Program, the City-hired Contractor has completed* repairs to the “Creekside Trail” in Balcones Park. This is a great win for the neighborhood and park supporters. We … Continue reading
