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Pease District ParkLocation: 1100 Kingsbury St. 78703 MapPhone Number: This park has 2 reservable area(s). Size: 42.00 Acres Amenities: |
 Splash Pad at Pease Park |
Description: Part of the Shoal Creek Greenbelt, Pease is a great place to hold a really big BBQ, host a birthday party, or play some disc golf (scheduled to close in late 2010).
The park has extensive playground equipment and a new sprayground (opened May 2010). It is also a popular site for various Austin festivals; both the Jazz Festival and Eeyore's Birthday Party are held at Pease Park.As of Spring 2010, over 330 new trees plus irrigation have been added to the park through the efforts of Trees for Pease. In addition, the old restroom building has a new roof and repainted trim, the area near the picnic tables on Kingbury has higher utility poles (thank you Austin Energy) so taller trees can be planted, sod has been installed, and a new trail end with driveway was added by the city Parks Dept's in-house construction crew. Plans are shaping up for phase 3 of Trees for Pease planting, repair of retaining walls in front of the old restroom building, and much more.
The Parks Department announced in late May that it intends to close the disc golf at end of 2010 as part of a big city effort to restore large portions of Shoal Creek and Pease Park. The following is a letter written by the Parks department and being sent out to all who write or call into the parks department:
Thank you for contacting our department about Pease District Park. The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is currently assessing the deteriorating conditions of this historic park and the potential for its recovery as a lasting public asset for future generations. Pease District Park experiences heavy use from neighborhood trail users, disc golf and volleyball players, as well as school field drips and dog owners attracted to the off lease areas. Unfortunately, all these activities have taken a serious toll on the landscape and jeopardize its ultimate survival. The alarming conditions were confirmed by and ecological site assessment conducted by The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in 2006. [You can download a report on the state of Pease Park/Shoal Creek's ecology, prepared by the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in 2008.] This site visit confirmed that the park is suffering from soil compaction and trampling of vegetation; invasion by non-native plant species; and reduction of the capacity of the soil to absorb floodwaters. Our department is also concerned that there are few young trees growing in the remnant woodlands to take the place of the older and, in many cases, dying trees.
As stewards of our public lands, the Parks Department is responsible to both today’s park users and the future generations that rely on us to manage and preserve our precious green spaces for our children and grandchildren. As Austin grows, balancing these two important needs with limited resources becomes more and more of a challenge Unfortunately, hindsight has shown us that the rocky slopes and narrow configuration of Pease Park is not an ideal location from a management standpoint for a heavily used disk golf course. The park must rest if it is to survive. We want to assure you that we are making it one of our top departmental priorities to to replace the disk course at Pease with a well-designed and more sustainably managed course in a different central location,at the earliest possible date. We are proud to say that PARD has been collaborating for the past three years with neighbors and park advocates in a restoration program at Pease that has resulted in the planting of over 300 trees, along with other park projects aimed at bringing the park back to life. Likewise, we look forward to futher collaboration with disk golf clubs to provide and maintain a new course we can all be proud of and enjoy.
A Pease Park capital improvement initiative will be taking place in 2011 to improve the water quality in Shoal Creek, repair significant stream bank erosion, and restore healthy soil and vegetation on the creek. The project area encompasses the creek and its floodplain in the parkland adjacent to Shoal Creek from a point just south of Gaston Avenue to 15th Street.
The department has been in dialogue with all Pease Park stakeholders through a series of community meetings held over the last 12 months. The public process efforts have focused on listening to concerns and ideas, and informing stakeholders about the upcoming work in Shoal Creek and how it affects park users and our plans to locate a new disc golf course.
The Department will hold a another public meeting on Thursday, June 17th at the Lamar Senior Activity Center located at 2874 Shoal Crest (off Lamar/29th Street). We invite you to join our staff for a discussion on about Pease Park and disc golf.
Thank you once again for contacting us and for sharing your concerns.
Upcoming Events
No events currently listed for this park.Partners and Links
Trees for Pease Richard Craig 477-0737 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trees-For-Pease/186471811945
City of Austin Park DirectoryTrees for Pease has raised over $100,000 so far thanks to many, many donors and 330 trees, irrigation, grass and a shingled and repainted historic structure are among the many impro
City of Austin Pool Schedule
Picnic Area Reservation Information
More Shoal Creek information
Gallery:
New Trees at Pease Park
Scraping the Restroom Building at Pease
This page is a work in progress. Do you have pictures, stories, or additional information about this park you would like to share? We'd love to hear from you. Email Rosie or call 477-1566.
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