Join us for a free outdoor screening of Best in Show at Waterloo Park! Enjoy audience contests, live music, and family-friendly activities! The party includes an ice cream and pup cup vendor, a doggie costume contest, a photo booth, local pet vendors, and a special...
Where do your property taxes go? How much does the City of Austin spend on parks, libraries, police, firefighters, and more? How can you influence the future of the city's budget? We'll be going over all the basics in the first session of our Civic...
Daniela Silva, of Equity Action, will be joining us to talk all about the Community Investment Budget campaign. This is an effort being led by 40 local organizations to encourage City Council to prioritize making investments in community health, affordability, sustainability, & equity in their...
The Texas Legislature impacts local budgets in lots of ways. In the past few years, the Legislature has passed several laws that limit how cities can spend their money & how much money they can raise in property taxes. And just last month, the Legislature...
Make emergency preparedness your superpower! The City of Austin is hosting monthly Pop-Up events all over town throughout 2023. These events are open to the public and designed to help equip Austinites with the info, tools, and resources needed to prepare for an emergency. The...
For this session, we're bringing in Lynn Boswell (an AISD school board member) to answer all of your burning questions about the biggest portion of your property tax bill (schools), how the state funds public education, and how the heck recapture works. She'll also fill...
Dozens of foster kittens will be at the shelter ready to be adopted. Austin Animal Center's 14th annual KittyPalooza is happening this Saturday! Dozens of foster kittens will be making their debut appearance at the musical festival-themed adoption event. All adoption fees are waived. You...
Join us throughout the summer for our family-fun Listening Sessions with interactive activities, free food, and a mini resource fair. Share your vision for what you want to see for the Austin/Travis County food plan. Our next sessions will be held on the following dates:...
Come join us for our 2nd annual Taste of Plant Based sampling fair. Hundreds of you joined us last year and now we are going even bigger! • Free Samples from over 25 Plant based vendors. Including Nadamoo, GoodPop, Credo and many others. • Vegan...
The Austin City Council will be in session throughout the month of August to propose amendments to and adopt a final budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The office of Council Member Zo Qadri is hosting this district-wide town hall to give D9 constituents the...
