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 […]
Construction Interest – Discover Phase 2 of Waterloo Greenway, The Confluence
We invite you to learn more about Waterloo Greenway and our vision for a 1.5-mile vibrant park system, connecting Waterloo Park at 15th Street to Lady Bird Lake, with community gathering spaces, gardens, and trails around a restored Waller Creek.
Austin Monuments: Past, Present, Future
Panel discussion presented in partnership with Preservation Austin and the Austin History Center. Free; registration required. Refreshments will be available. Interactive panel discussion exploring themes and issues raised in “New Monuments for New Cities,” hosted by Waller Creek Conservancy, Preservation Austin, and the Austin History Center. Based in the Austin experience, dynamic guest speakers will […]
History of Palm School
On the corner of Cesar Chavez and the I-35 frontage road stands the old Palm School building, the current home of the Travis County Health and Human Services and Veteran Services building, but the building is best known as the elementary school that stood in service to the communities of East Austin for 84 years […]
Waller Creek Conversations Road Trip
This summer and fall, we’re taking our public meetings to you! We want to know what you like to do in Austin, what you wish there was more of, and how our new parks can fulfill our mission for Waller Creek: to be for the benefit of all. Waller Creek Conservancy staff is undergoing a […]
Waller Creek Conversations: Food in Our Future Parks
Starting this year, Waller Creek Conservancy is hosting quarterly community conversations on topics relevant to our future parks. In February, we kicked off this engagement series by asking our community about your preferences for food in Waller Creek Parks. After hosting two public meetings on Feb. 22 and 24, and an online survey during the […]
Food In Future Waller Creek Parks
Waller Creek Conservancy, together with the City of Austin, broke ground in Sept. 2017 on the Waller Creek chain of parks. The parks will be active places for all of Austin to enjoy and that includes food. Two public feedback sessions will be held next month on Thursday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 24 to […]
Austin City Council Advances Downtown Puzzle
On Sept. 28, the Austin City Council unanimously (10-0) passed Item 52 on their agenda regarding the “Downtown Puzzle”, requesting that staff pursue further analysis on the various projects, including Waller Creek. While this does not finalize any funding decisions, it does represent a significant step forward in this effort. The Puzzle looks to advance […]
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 […]
Waller Creek Conversations: What We Heard
Thank you to the many Austinites that shared their feedback with us in May during the Waller Creek Conversations! Our future Waller Creeks Parks will be a reflection of our entire community, so we value your thoughts and comments. Our presentation focused on design updates for the Waller Creek district, including Waterloo Park, the Moody […]