When was the last time you visited Palm Park? Is your answer, “what is Palm Park?” If you have never been, Palm Park is the area between the frontage road of IH 35 and Waller Creek, next to the historic Palm School building. While the park is small, it is a site full of potential. MVVA’s […]
Whenever someone asks what we do at the Waller Creek Conservancy, I inevitably hear, “oh, is that what all of that construction near Lady Bird Lake is about?” It can be difficult to give a brief, “elevator pitch” about the conservancy because the answer to this question is both “yes,” and “no.” The Waller Creek […]
Right in the middle of all of the design competition excitement this fall, we also hosted our inaugural benefit concert. On October 10th a crowd of almost 2,000 packed Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater to listen to great music and support the conservancy. Our inaugural concert, featuring Gary Clark Jr. and the Wheeler Brothers, was a terrific […]
While you can “like” a facebook post or re-tweet from the comfort of your home or office, it is another thing to brave traffic, parking, and sometimes the weather to come out in support of the conservancy. We have been inspired by all of the Austinites who have attended our design competition events this year. […]
Life has been busy at the Waller Creek Conservancy this fall. To sum up: we unveiled the four final design concepts, displayed their design boards around the city for two weeks, witnessed presentations by the design teams to the jury at City Hall, hosted our inaugural benefit concert featuring Gary Clark Jr. at Stubb’s, […]