Pease Park Conservancy trabaja en colaboración con la ciudad de Austin para establecer el estándar de gestión de parques de clase mundial -enfatizando la excelencia medioambiental- para mejorar y cuidar este preciado espacio verde para el disfrute de todos.

Nuestra misión

Pease Park Conservancy celebra la diversa ecología e historia que hacen que el primer parque público de Austin sea valioso y único. La Conservación trabaja para restaurar, mejorar y mantener este espacio verde público de 84 acres para el uso sostenible y el disfrute de todos.

NUESTRA VISIÓN

Pease Park will be known as an accessible urban green space for all, where land stewardship, environmental innovation and inclusive programming embrace the community's history and inspire its future.

las prioridades de la conservación en el parque pease

Pease Park Conservancy and the City of Austin have worked closely together to sustain and enhance the 74 acres of Pease Park beginning with the development of the Pease Park Vision Plan in 2014.

In accordance with the first phase of the Vision Plan, the Conservancy fundraised for and invested $10 million in the renovation of Kingsbury Commons, the southernmost 7 acres of the park. Upon completion of that project, Pease Park Conservancy is now responsible for Operations, Maintenance, and Programming within Kingsbury Commons according to the signed Park Operations and Maintenance Agreement (POMA).

Since the Vision Plan was created, priorities for future projects in Pease Park have changed based on community feedback. The community appreciates the exceptional standard of care shown by the Conservancy in Kingsbury Commons and would value that same level of daily operations and maintenance throughout the entire park. The Conservancy is now working with the City of Austin on a plan to expand its work to all of the contiguous 74-acres of Pease Park. In addition to the Conservancy’s daily presence in Kingsbury Commons, future work and projects for all of Pease Park could include:

  • Removing invasive plants and planting native species

  • Horticulture care throughout the park

  • Emptying the 18 trash bins throughout the park and picking up litter

  • Implementing recycling north of Live Oak Meadow

  • Improving the 2 miles of trails along Shoal Creek to 31st Street

  • Installing hydration stations for park visitors and dogs north of Kingsbury Commons

  • Improving access points for park visitors crossing Shoal Creek

  • Reducing mowed areas and replacing with native landscaping

Lo que hemos conseguido

  • Planted more than 4500 trees throughout Pease Park

  • Leveraged more than $15M to enhance this public green space

  • Oversee ~1500 volunteers per year to restore and maintain the park’s ecological well-being

  • Completó el premiado y aprobado por unanimidad Plan de Visión del Parque Pease en 2014

  • Brought art installations to the park through Pease Park Conservancy’s Art in the Park initiatives, including internationally-acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty’s Stickwork and Pease Park’s very own Thomas Dambo Troll

  • Se han añadido 3 millas de senderos de mantillo que serpentean a través de la ladera boscosa

  • Established Kingsbury Commons as a Monarch Waystation

  • Restauración de las históricas mesas de picnic de la época del New Deal, el muro de Janet Fish y la cabaña Tudor de los años 20

  • Managed the spread of ecologically harmful plant species throughout Pease Park

  • Se han plantado cientos de plantas autóctonas que prosperarán en el centro de Texas, ayudando a prevenir la erosión y apoyando la ecología local

  • Created programming around 4 essential pillars (Art, Wellness, Learning, Conservation) which engage over 12,000 community members in free programs annually

  • Launched the educational program, Peasecology, and facilitated field trips with over 19 different schools

Our Impact in 2022

Premios y reconocimientos

The Kingsbury Commons renovation project was awarded Gold under the Sustainable SITES Initiative rating system.

The Conservancy received a Preservation Austin Merit Award for the rehabilitation of the Tudor Cottage.

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects and Pease Park Conservancy were awarded an Honor Award in recognition of outstanding professional achievement from American Society of Landscape Architects in April of 2022.

Clayton Korte was awarded the 2022 Design Award of Merit by AIA Austin for their work on the Tudor Cottage & Terrace, restroom building, and volunteer hub in Kingsbury Commons.

Mell Lawrence Architects was awarded the 2022 Design Award of Excellence by AIA Austin for his work on the Pease Park Treehouse.

The Pease Park Treehouse was named Best of Austin: Kids & Family Wildcard in The Austin Chronicle in 2022.

Pease Park received the Texas Travel Award at the Statewide level for best park in 2023

Clayton Korte won an AIA 2023 Small Project Award for their design work at Kingsbury Commons.

 

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