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Thank You for Visiting Creek Show!

This weekend, we wrapped up another amazing Creek Show, with a record-breaking 50,000 Austinites enjoying locally produced light-based art along Waller Creek! Featuring family-friendly fun for all ages, the event offered a glimpse into the future of Waller Creek and what an active and inclusive green space will mean our community. Visitors experienced innovative installations […]

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Creek Show 2018: Nov. 9-17

When: Friday, November 9 – Saturday, November 17 | 6 PM – 10 PM | Nightly Where: *NEW LOCATION*: 9th-11th Streets | Public Entrance at 700 E 9th Street Creek Show returns November 9-17, 2018, for nine-nights of free light-based, site-specific art installations along Waller Creek. This year’s Creek Show returns in a slightly different […]

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Waller Creek Pop-Up Picnic

Huge thank you to the 1,500 Austinites who joined us at the Waller Creek Picnic! During this special pop-up event, we celebrated the future of Waller Creek with our community, sharing good food, while enjoying the sunset! This year, we welcomed the largest crowd ever at Palm Park and sold a record-breaking number of baskets. […]

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Creek Show 2017 Open Nov. 10-18!

Celebrate the fourth year of Creek Show, open Nov. 10-18! It’s back for nine nights of free light-based, site-specific installations along Waller Creek, between 5th and 8th Streets. Featuring a series of special events between Nov. 10 and Nov. 18, there will be something for everyone to enjoy! This year, enjoy a one-of-a-kind Waller Creek […]

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Waller Creek Conservancy, City of Austin Break Ground at Waterloo Park

Today, Waller Creek Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Austin, celebrated the official groundbreaking of the Waller Creek project at Waterloo Park. The Waller Creek project is a chain of urban parks around a restored Waller Creek in downtown Austin, running one-and-a-half miles from Lady Bird Lake to 15th Street between Trinity Street and […]

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Generation Waller Q&A with Michelle Bright, Volunteer Committee Chair

Michelle Bright, GenWaller Volunteer Committee Chair, shares her experience with the Conservancy and why she supports a restored Waller Creek. How did you first learn about Waller Creek? I had just started the Master of Landscape Architecture program at the University of Texas School of Architecture in 2010. That fall, I noticed the 2nd year […]

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Explore, learn, network, and volunteer with GenWaller!

This summer, our young leaders group––Generation Waller––is hosting a variety of activities. Come join us and support a new vision for Waller Creek. GenWaller Happy Hour + Waller Creek Kayak Tour July 28 Waller Creek Kayak Tour August 17 GenWaller Kickball Tourney August 27 Waller Creek Clean-Up on National Public Lands Day September 24 And, […]

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Learn more about our young leaders group, GenWaller

About three years ago, when I first learned about the Waller Creek transformation, my first question was: “Why don’t more of my peers know about this incredible project?” Generation Waller, or GenWaller as we’ve dubbed it, is part of the answer to that question. Now at the onset of our second year as an organized […]

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