Pease & Bartholomew Public Meetings, June 2010

The Pease Park disc golf course will be closing by the end of this year according to a news broadcast by parks director Sara Hensley on Tuesday, May 25th (Fox, ch.7). The closure is due to The Lower Shoal Creek Channel Stabilization Project, but she did not say whether this will be a temporary or permanent removal of the course nor did she make any suggestion as to the future of disc golf at Austin’s most central disc golf course, Pease Park.

(http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/top_stories/Pease-Park-Disc-Golf-Course-Moving-20100525-ktbcw)

Please join us for a public meeting on the Pease disc golf course on Tuesday, June 17th at 6:30 pm at the Senior Activity Center at 2874 Shoal Crest Ave (by West 29th & North Lamar Blvd).

Comments about the closure of the disc golf course should be directed to Sara Hensley at sara.hensley @ ci.austin.tx.us or (512) 974-6700.

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There is a also a public input meeting for the master planning of Bartholomew Park on Tuesday, June 23rd at 6:00 pm at the Dottie Jordan Recreation Center at 2803 Loyola Ln.

The Master Planning process along with your public input will determine the future of the disc golf course at Bartholomew Park, please join us and let your voice be heard!

Sorry for the errors, but the "days" in the original posting/email were wrong:

The Pease meeting is on THURSDAY June 17th (not Tuesday).

The Bart meeting is on WEDNESDAY June 23rd (not Tuesday).

And from Lou Moreno...


Here's another Pease Park disc golf story that ran on KVUE.
www.kvue.com/news/City...69514.html

Anyone that gives a rat's butt about the disc golf course at Pease Park needs to be at the meeting on Thursday, June 17th. This will probably be the last chance to let the parks department know what this park means to you.

Just a reminder that tomorrow evening, Wednesday June 23rd, there is a very important Public Meeting about the future of Bartholomew Park. Disc golfers NEED to attend this meeting to voice support for keeping a disc golf course in Bartholomew.

The situation is not as dire as at Pease. They have not threatened to pull the course out. HOWEVER, if disc golf is not seen as a need or desire of the park users and residents, then it is likely it won’t remain a feature of the park.

We need you to show up at this meeting and say that disc golf is an appropriate activity and a desired activity for the park.

It would be especially helpful for disc golfers who live in one of the neighborhoods near the park to show up and voice your support (or if you have friends who live near there, bring them).



Public Input Meeting for the
Master Planning of
Bartholomew District Park
and the adjacent new parkland (4 acres)

Weds June 23, 2010
6:00 – 8:00 pm
bartholomewmasterplan @ ci.austin.tx.us

Dottie Jordan Recreation Center
2803 Loyola Ln
512.928.8926
www.ci.austin.tx.us/pa...jordan.htm

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