by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Apr 24, 2025 | General News
Free Zilker opposes the wasteful $40 million project to needlessly renovate the Austin Convention Center. Send that money, instead, to PARD to manage our parks. Watch the short investigative documentary by local filmmaker Steve Mims, The Magic Hole. The Save...
by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Mar 28, 2025 | General News
Great news: Our voices were here. City Council on April 10, 2025, approved the appointment of Ted Eubanks on the Pars & Rec Board. , Dear Council Member ____, The delay in Ted Eubanks’ appointment to the Parks and Recreation Board is surprising and rather...
by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Mar 22, 2025 | General News
Dear Free Zilkers, we fought this and lost. The Hill Country Conservancy won a huge contracting deal to build a big pavilion, as if the trailhead needed that. We are so sorry and, as always, we will try to prevent this sort of boondoggle on parkland. Just east of...
by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Mar 20, 2025 | General News
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department’s new director, Jesús Aguirre, invites community members to share their thoughts and perspectives on what the Parks and Recreation Department does well and what opportunities there are for improvement. The director will...
by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Feb 28, 2025 | Free Zilker
One January day we held a small social at our East Austin residence. It was the first time since the national elections that Free Zilker met, and some people brought crafts to help relax. My husband and I were planning a Mardi Gras dinner party, and I was decorating...
