Donate to Balcones Park on or before Fri, March 3rd at 6pm!
And Grow Your Donation!
APF will match 25% of every donation to our park up to the first $2,500! AND Many Big Austin Employers will also match their employee’s donations by 100% so it is a great time to donate and help us reach the needed $9,302!
Click HERE to donate or read more.
It’s never too early to sign-up for the Neighborhood-wide Garage Sale on Saturday, April 1st. Make sure you sign-up to be listed on the website which received more than 760+ views last garage sale.
MNA will take care of purchasing an ad in the Statesman, posting general garage sale signs, marketing, craigslist postings, website and facebook listings. You just gather your stuff and get ready to make some extra cash. Though we have heard your traffic grows if you do an individual Craigslist post and Signs for your own sale.
It is free to all current dues paying MNA members so pay your dues and get listed or $5 for all others, simply complete the form below and we will let you know if you are current:
CLICK HERE for the list and map of Garage Sales.
https://goo.gl/forms/nuKcmeYoRbHmsDp13
Our NPP Grant to repair the trail along the creek was APPROVED!!!
Click HERE to join the email list to get updates.
This means the Neighborhood Partnering Program will help us make much needed repairs to our trail! See Details HERE
The current paved trail is getting worse rapidly. In addition there is a endangered Jollyville Salamander’s habitat along the trail and continued erosion might cause the habitat and salamander some problems. We proposed that we fix these issues which would make the trail bike and stroller worthy and once the Connector Trail to Walnut Metro Creek Park is complete it will make for a very nice loop around the edge of Balcones Park.
In order to win this grant we promised to provide 1,522 volunteer hours in the next 2 years and $9,302 in the next 1 year!
Please help us by joining the email list above to follow the trails progress and help us with possibly needed volunteer hours or cash donations.
The Creekside Trail Repairs raised $1,900 in funds during Amplify Austin but still have a little ways to go. If you would like to help us reach our goal and see a beautiful 1+ mile loop be completed around Balcones Park! Click HERE to Donate TODAY!
Or Volunteer Saturday, March 11th from 10am to 2pm at the rescheduled It’s My Park Day!
It takes about 10-20 minutes but we hope you find the time as the decision will work to define our park moving forward. Simply review the details of the schemes HERE then click on the below to vote:
We have a fun list of projects for It’s My Park Day – Sat. March 4th, 10am-2pm!
Come join MNA, your neighbors, friends and family for It’s My Park Day as we clean up the park and greenbelt trail from Balcones to Mopac to Metric.
We will remove invasive species, mulch trees, landscape near the pool bathroom with native plants, remove debris from trails, playscape gravel recovery, and possibly be installing PVC pipe border around volleyball court. Projects and fun for all ages!
We hope to see you there!
Register to get a free shirt and swag at the event: Click HERE
Mark your calendars for March 4, 10 AM to give Balcones Park and Greenbelt a spring cleaning. We will be cleaning trash, clearing debris from trails, managing invasive plants, installing a border around the volleyball court and retrieving gravel from the playscape (kid friendly – bring a bucket). Sign up at
https://austinparks.givepulse.com/event/36553-Balcones-Park-and-Greenbelt-Beautification Hope to see you in the park!
Our dedicated landscape designers have been working hard using your feedback to come up with two potential site layouts for our new playground and pavilion. Two meetings will be held to discuss in detail both concept plans and gather final feedback on which option our community prefers along with other details. We hope you can join us!
– Thurs., Feb. 9 at 7pm at Milwood Baptist Church
– Sat., Feb. 11 at 10am at Milwood Baptist Church**
RSVP here
If you cannot make one of the meetings, we hope to also make voting available online & at the library, but the meetings do allow for more details viewings, questions and feedback so we highly recommend trying to attend one of the meetings if you can. If you can’t attend, sign up here to get notified about an online survey.
Special thanks to our three amazing designers, Kristy Street, Neal Charles, & Kim Gilbertson, for all of their hard work and dedication to this project. It is very much appreciated!!
**There is a chance that we will be able to provide childcare if needed at the Saturday, Feb 11th meeting so please let us know if you need it and would attend by RSVPing.
For those who love the numbers and feedback like we do and want to see the data that drove the designers’ decisions… Here is the compiled data from the Park Survey that was circulated in 2016 regarding improvements to Balcones Park!
Compiled Data based on Survey Monkey
Data straight from Survey Monkey
