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Summer Pet Safety
Summer Pet Safety Tips for the Trail Soaring summer temperatures are here, and while we may be able to withstand them, the same can’t be said for our furry friends. Over-exercising a dog during hot weather often causes heat exhaustion. Our furry friends are more susceptible to heat stroke, which can result in brain damage, […]
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Holly Neighborhood Storytelling Project
Holly Neighborhood Storytelling Project Nestled along the northeast shores of Lady Bird Lake, the Holly neighborhood is known for its rich history and culture. The Trail Conservancy is working on improving the Trail and its connections in the neighborhood by implementing elements proposed in PARD’s Holly Shores/Edward Rendon Sr. Park Vision...
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TEMPO Project Announces Selected Artists
All Blog Austin’s Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail Transformed: TEMPO Project Announces Selected Artists Austin, TX – Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – The Trail Conservancy, in collaboration with the City of Austin Economic Development Department’s Art in Public Places Program (AIPP), is pleased to announce the artists selected to participate...
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TTC Announces Leadership Change
For Immediate Release: Media Contact Megan Paul megan@gwpr.com 646.943.4600 The Trail Conservancy Announces Leadership Change Celebrating Heidi Anderson’s Tenure AUSTIN, TEXAS – November 2, 2023 – The Trail Conservancy (TTC) announced today that Heidi Anderson will step down as Chief Executive Officer of the organization at the end of December...
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The Current Underneath
As a part of the launch of The Trail Conservancy’s Arts + Culture plan in May of 2023, TTC teamed up with local art collective dadaLab to create a site-specific laser installation, The Current Underneath. The piece was installed inside the former water intake facility of the Seaholm Power Plant, future site of the Seaholm Waterfront...
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Arts + Culture Plan
Arts + Culture Plan In 2022, The Trail Conservancy (TTC) partnered with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) and the City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program to create an Arts + Culture Plan for the Butler Trail that would contribute to the space and elevate the user experience, while not overwhelming, […]
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The Trail Conservancy’s Austin City Limits Music Festival Ticket Giveaway
We’re giving away a pair of 3-day (sold out) VIP passes to a lucky set of Trail users this year. Follow @ACLfestival and @TheTrailConservancy on Instagram or Facebook and tag your favorite Trail buddy who you’d like to go to ACL with this year for a chance to win these 2 VIP passes plus a […]
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Trail Conservancy takes over full-time management of Austin hike-and-bike trail
Michael Barnes Austin American-Statesman Returning the trail around Lady Bird Lake, one of Austin’s defining features, back to its grassroots origins, the city’s parks and recreation department has conferred primary stewardship of the Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail to a newly renamed nonprofit, the Trail Conservancy. Created as the...
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With new lakeside access, Austin’s Lady Bird Lake trail is ‘finally fully complete’
Published by KUTX By Mose Buchele Published September 14, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT The City of Austin has officially opened a new section of the hike and bike trail along Lady Bird Lake. The quarter-mile stretch of trail connects what officials said was the last remaining gap in the 10-mile lakeside loop. Before Wednesday, […]
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Restoring Lady Bird Lake Through the Girl Scout Gold Award
Hi TTF Community! My name is Anna, and I am an Ambassador Girl Scout in 12th grade working on my Gold Award! The Gold Award is the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of USA and is essentially a service project in which a girl scout strives to help solve an issue near and dear […]
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