My husband has been showing up A LOT lately. He is working tirelessly to help improve one of Austin's most important jewels: Auditorium Shores. He is working with the City Parks Dept. to help renovate this park and make it not only people-friendly but also dog-friendly.
He got started several months ago when he got fed up with people not picking up after their pooches. After recruiting some neighbor kids, he "flagged the turds" -- they placed 700 flags where poop had been left behind in the park.
Getting the attention of the City was easy. Now the hard part...working with all the different interests to clean up and beautify the park, coming up with some new dog rules for dog owners so they can continue to use the park but be mindful of their responsibilities, and raising funds to do all of this.
Kate Weidaw of KXAN did a follow up story today. You can watch it here: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/off_leash_dog_park_changes_in_talks
And for more information about how to get involved, go to www.auditoriumshoresaustin.com.
Just show up.
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