Free Zilker Blog
Women Swimmers are Unhappy with Plans for Bathhouse Renovation
Despite protests and letters sent to City Council, these renovations have begun.
The Hijacked Park at Festival Beach
Introduction by the Free Zilker Coalition Members of the Deep Holly Advocates and the East Town Lake Citizens Neighborhood Association recently reached out to us to ask for help. We felt we had to assist them because their cause mirrors our own: to stop moneyed...
Save Flo, the Leaning Tree
PARD Director Kimberly McNeely announces a temporary reprieve for the leaning tree, "Flo." We are happy to repost here the Action Alert sent out this week by the SOS Alliance resulted in a call coming tonight, Monday, from PARD Director Kimberly McNeely to SOS's Bill...
The Parks Board Regroups
Elizabeth Pagano of The Austin Monitor reports that the Parks board is to take an (ever-so-brief) pause on Zilker Park plan. Photo by Photo by Trey Perry made available through a Creative Commons license.
The Blessing of the Commons and the Prosperity Gospel of Public Private Partnerships
C3 opened the back gate for LiveNation/Ticketmaster. They joined forces with Moody, and the patrician class from NY and CA that have been steadily filing in—not to mention those born here and Dallas and Houston. Not to say everyone from those places wants to pump...
Teri Adams at the Carousel Lounge
Free Zilker coordinating chair Teri Adams addresses the crowd at the Carousel Lounge on July 8th.
Mayor Kirk Watson on the Zilker Vision Plan
Liz and I moved to Austin 42 years ago, and people constantly told us, “You’ll never want to leave”. It was so frequent that we laughed about it — until, of course, we decided we never wanted to leave. That took all of about 3 months. Zilker Park was one of the places...
When Construction Closed Stacy Pool
In 2019, a construction project on the nearby MoPac Expressway caused damage to the springs that feed Big Stacy Pool. The project involved the construction of a new bridge over the springs, and during the construction, some of the springs were diverted and...
The Edwards Aquifer
The Edwards Aquifer is a vital source of drinking water for millions of people in central Texas. It is a karstic aquifer, which means that it is made up of limestone that has been dissolved by groundwater, creating a network of underground caves and springs. The...
Conflicts of Interest
On July 19, 2023, at 6 pm, the City of Austin Ethics Review Commission will hold a preliminary hearing of Tina Renaldi, a member of the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Board for having failed to recuse herself from the Parks and Recreation agenda item pertaining...