Palm School Steering Committee Welcoming Party

You’re invited to our welcoming party for the Palm School Steering Committee!  Meet the committee tasked with reimagining the historic Palm School property and share your ideas for the future. This will be a family-friendly event with activities for children and food.

More info about the Palm School planning process:

On October 29, 2019, Travis County Commissioners Court (Commissioners Court) approved final restrictive covenants for the Palm School site that are meant to guide any future restoration of the building and/or development on the parcel. On January 24, 2023, Commissioners Court approved the following:

Move forward with the Palm School concept planning process to include community engagement and a steering committee as outlined in the staff presentation, with the additional direction that the redesign efforts should be focused on preserving the Palm School property, in a manner consistent with its identity as a historic resource, that the space and reactivating the building to serve community-focused purposes, such as cultural spaces, youth programs, high-quality childcare, and community meeting spaces; be consistent with Waterloo Greenway’s mission to improve and reactivate Palm Park and enable that space to become again a community gathering place with recreational activities for people of all ages and abilities; and enhances and restores a seamless, historic connection between Palm School and Palm Park, with improvements that support such connection, so that the two adjacent public lands remain together within the same historic and cultural context and provide a gateway to the Palm District.

To accomplish these goals and help facilitate decision making for the restoration and reimagining of the parcel, the County is undertaking a Concept Planning process that will be informed by community input. (Note: Travis County owns Palm School; the City of Austin owns Palm Park, which is adjacent to the parcel on which Palm School is located.)