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Free Día de los Muertos Celebration Returns to Waterloo Park on November 1

 Waterloo Greenway presents Día de los Muertos at Waterloo Park, with a free evening celebration including community altars, cultural activations, live music, and dance performances on November 1 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, long observed in Mexico, is a holiday now embraced globally with vibrant festivities […]

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Volunteer Opportunity: Monarch Butterfly Tagging at Waterloo Park

Join us for an unforgettable experience as we tag monarch butterflies at Waterloo Park during their annual migration!

This event is perfect for nature enthusiasts (ages 12+) who want to learn more about these beautiful creatures and their incredible journey. Kids 11 and under can still lend a helping hand with their parent or guardian.

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Just Announced: Creek Show 2023 Live Music and Programming Schedule

Waterloo Greenway announced the nightly live music and programming schedule for Creek Show, the nonprofit organization’s signature event featuring light based art along Waller Creek.

A variety of concerts and special events will take place at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park this November 10-18, 2023, including a ticketed Opening Night Celebration featuring Bidi Bidi Banda & Friends, and a FREE Creek Show Concert Series. The full music and programming lineup is available now at creekshow.com.

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Join our Palm Park Small Group Conversations

This month, we will be hosting small group conversations to dive deeper into the design of Palm Park. We have a wide range of dates and locations available and hope you will join us for one of the sessions. You can sign up to participate by phone, email, or online through the link below. Snacks […]

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Waterloo Greenway’s Integrated Strategic Plan 2023 – 2028

Over the course of eight months, Waterloo Greenway engaged its full board and staff in an iterative strategic planning process that established bold and impactful priorities for the organization’s future. This plan will help establish clear roles and responsibilities for Waterloo Greenway’s staff and board, and determine realistic timelines and metrics for park, program, and […]

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Palm Park Conversations – Event Recap & Online Survey

We’d like to thank everyone who participated in our recent Palm Park Conversations and our generous partners at Wells Fargo for funding our community engagement series through their Community Grant program! There’s still time to share your feedback! Take our online survey below and let us know what a vibrant Palm Park looks like to […]

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The Confluence Update: Water Outage & Long-term Lane Closure on E. 3rd St.

This is an update regarding upcoming impacts from the ongoing construction of The Confluence. Water Outage The City of Austin will briefly turn off water service at 9 a.m. on Friday, September 8, for approximately an hour. Residents and businesses from 601 to 699 E. 3rd St. will potentially be affected. This process is known […]

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In Memory of Chris Sanders

Waterloo Greenway will be forever grateful for the 11 years of thoughtful, kind, and visionary leadership that Chris Sanders extended to us. His incredible design work emanates throughout the Waterloo Greenway park system. The Austin community will experience the impact of Chris’s talent and generosity for generations to come in both the projects he worked […]

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Wild Wednesdays Recap – Summer 2023

Thank you to all the families who joined us for Wild Wednesdays at Waterloo Park this summer! We’re proud to have presented this weekly event series with our partners at Families in Nature, a local nonprofit whose vision is to inspire ALL families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of […]

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