By Luz Moreno-Lozano, KUT News Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department plans to stop running some adult sports leagues, and find an outside company to run them. But that won’t happen as quickly as they thought. After the adoption of the city’s $6.6 billion budget last month, the parks department announced it would cancel city-led adult indoor basketball […]
Parks
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Without bond funding, park advocates warn Austin pools could close. Council votes Tuesday.
Austin City Council will likely decide Tuesday whether to call a bond election as parks advocates warn more funding is needed to address aging facilities.
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Growth & Development
Who gets remembered? East Austin fights Palm Park donor naming plan
Palm Park renovations call for naming park features after donors. Park advocates call it erasure of the Mexican Americans who kept the park alive.
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Community
Austin’s giant troll in Pease Park burns down
The troll that once resided on the south side of Pease Park has burned to the ground. The cause of the fire, which likely started between 1:30 and 5:30 a.m. Thursday, is not yet known, the Pease Park Conservancy said. “We received a call just before 5:30 a.m. reporting flames at Pease Park,” the Austin […]
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Government
‘There’s just so much need’: Austin inches towards calling bond election
On Monday, Austin will be closer to deciding whether to put a bond before voters, the first property tax-funded proposal since Prop Q’s defeat last fall.
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Government
Austin owns millions in parkland. Much of it sits unused
Though Austin has made headway in acquiring parkland in pursuit of green space goals, hundreds of acres sit untouched due to budget and time constraints.
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Education
Austin moves to protect parkland as AISD eyes school property sales
City sets new rules as AISD weighs selling jointly owned school sites amid closures and budget strain.
