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As we near the end of Park and Recreation Month, the Parks and Recreation Department and the National Recreation and Park Association encourage the community to reflect on what makes the City of Austin's 355 parks, 20,000+ acres of green space, 269 miles of trail, and multitude of public centers and cultural spaces special to them.
This year's Park and Recreation Month theme – Where You Belong – encourages everyone to reflect on how parks and recreation spaces across the country…
The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department partnered with the Downtown Austin Alliance and Austin Parks Foundation to add a new mural on the south-facing wall of the Old Bakery and Artisan Emporium, initiating a shift towards more programming and activities in the public plaza.
Named "Generational Ties," the mural is a testament to the area's rich cultural tapestry. Created by local Austin-born artist Ruben Esquivel, who recently was voted Austin Chronicle’s Best Muralist 2024, t…
July is Park and Recreation Month, so the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) would like to remind people that there are numerous opportunities to unwind with local parks and recreation, whether th…
Austin Parks and Recreation is celebrating Park and Recreation Month this July by highlighting all the ways parks and recreation builds belonging in communities across the country. This year’s Park and Recreation Month theme – “Where You Belong” – celebrates the many ways park and recreation professionals across the country foster a sense of belonging in their community by providing welcoming and inclusive programs, essential services for all ages and abilities, and safe, accessible spaces to build meaningf…
Karl Downs was an influential minister and educator who affected the lives of many children and young adults in his work with his community, his church, and as president of Samuel Huston College.
With degrees from Samuel Huston College (now Huston-Tillotson College); Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia; and from Boston University. He later received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Gammon Theological Seminary, and at the time of his death he was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California.
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Dr. John Quill Taylor King, Sr. was initially born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1921.
After his mother remarried following his father’s passing in 1923, his family moved to Austin and opened the King Funeral Home, which was later merged with the Tears Mortuary in 1955.
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A devoted elementary school teacher who would eventually have an elementary school named after her, Lalla Odom was born in 1874 and earned her B.A. degree at the age of seventeen in 1891. She continued her education at Waco Female College and Baylor University before she enrolled in the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Her degree from the Conservatory led directly to a position as a teacher of music and mathematics at Willie Halsell College in Vineta, Oklahoma.
After meeting and marrying her husband, Edgar Odom, they moved around and lived all ove…
Con 25 campos de fútbol exclusivos, 70 campos multiusos y un número creciente de minicanchas, el Departamento de Parques y Recreación anima a las personas de todas las edades a unirse a la escena local del fútbol.…
Boasting 25 dedicated soccer fields, 70 multipurpose fields, and a growing number of mini-pitches, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department encou…
Episode 11 of the "In The Parks" video series features Park Rangers Melissa Hand and Jimmy Evans who explain why it is reckless and illegal to jump off bridges. Bridge jumpers can land on rocks, rebar, swimmers, boaters or animal life injuring themselves or innocent bystanders. Jumping from bridges can also impact the environment and negatively affect the aquatic ecosystem.
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