A Newsletter from the Free Zilker Coalition
– August 2024
While it’s been a while since we published a Free Zilker Zephyr, you will see that we’ve been quite busy advocating for parks all over Austin! We are arguing against raising pool fees, recommending qualities for a new Parks and Recreation Director, fighting a non-profit trying to build a private boat dock in Rendon Park on Lady Bird Lake, studying the evolution of Non-Profits in Austin Parks, and advocating for green space in the face of the recent up-zoning that’s occurred all across Austin! Read on to catch up!
Table of Contents
Pool Fees to Go Up
Park Allies Meet with City Manager Broadnax
Fight Expedition School Takeover of Chicano Park
Zilker Park is “Loved to Death” by Austin Parks Foundation, etc.
Excessive Impervious Cover Limit Threatens Holly Shores/Edward Rendon Park
—Cedar Stevens, Chair of The Free Zilker Coalition
WE WON! Pool Fees to NOT Increase Dramatically in Current Budget
Make Your Voice Heard Before Thursday, August 14th! ANOTHER VICTORY WON BY FREE ZILKER AND FRIENDS! City officials cited “some question and concern” as the ultimate factors leading to the rescinded proposal. “We realize there has been some question and concern about...
Free Zilker and Allies Meet with City Manager Broadnax Regarding Hiring of New Parks Director
The Free Zilker Coalition representatives, along with East Town Lake Citizens Neighborhood Association and Deep Holly Advocates, met with our new City Manager T.C. Broadnax on June 24th. Our mission was twofold: introduce the new City Manager to parks issues dear to...
Free Zilker and Allies Fight Expedition School Takeover of Chicano Park
Although The Expedition School (TES) proposal to build a boating concession on the Chicano Park Lagoon has been presented as a “done deal,” Free Zilker Coalition and allies are exposing it as an illegal “dirty deal.” This is a developing story. We ask that you read...
Zilker Park is being “Loved to Death” by The Austin Parks Foundation, ACL Festival, and Friends
Zilker Park is being “Loved to Death” by The Austin Parks Foundation, ACL Festival and Friends The Fleecing of Austin Tax-payer and the 10-Years Long “Venue Vision Plan” and Why You Should Care Editor’s Note: the following article is long and extensively...
Excessive Impervious Cover Limit Threatens Holly Shores/Edward Rendon Park
In late 2016, while researching a neighborhood property, East Town Lake Citizens Neighborhood Association (ETLCNA) members encountered a surprising proposed amendment to the city’s Waterfront Overlay. We soon discovered it had bypassed proper channels and was ready to...