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Free Zilker and Allies Meet with City Manager Broadnax Regarding Hiring of New Parks Director

Free Zilker and Allies Meet with City Manager Broadnax Regarding Hiring of New Parks Director

by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Aug 12, 2024 | The Free Zilker Zephyr Newsletter

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

Free Zilker and Allies Fight Expedition School Takeover of Chicano Park

by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Aug 12, 2024 | The Free Zilker Zephyr Newsletter

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

by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Aug 12, 2024 | The Free Zilker Zephyr Newsletter

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

Excessive Impervious Cover Limit Threatens Holly Shores/Edward Rendon Park

by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Aug 12, 2024 | The Free Zilker Zephyr Newsletter

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...
Parks board to ask Council to explain why it bypassed public input on a Lady Bird Lake boat rental concession

Parks board to ask Council to explain why it bypassed public input on a Lady Bird Lake boat rental concession

by KarenKreps@netingenuity.com | Jul 26, 2024 | General News

Free Zilker Coalition members stood with Chicano Park stakeholders in their quest to keep their park tranquil. Members of the Parks and Recreation Board said Monday they will ask City Council to reexamine a 2019 ordinance that circumvented public input to allow an...
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