2011 Neighborhood Beautification Grant Recipients

• Austin Heritage Tree Foundation (2100 Barton Springs Road, 78746) – Extreme drought conditions and ground compaction necessitate extra care for some of Austin’s oldest residents, our heritage trees. The grant will enable volunteers to mulch 4 large heritage trees in Zilker Park’s Rock Gardens with 108 cubic yards of high quality mulch. Click here for tips on mulching and caring for trees during the drought. 
• Bowie High School Student Council (4103 West Slaughter Lane, 78748) – Bowie High School’s Student Council is committed to making their school more beautiful and every Thursday students volunteer in the gardens for 3-4 hours. Funding will be used to eliminate invasive jasmine in a courtyard and transform it into a Karesansui Japanese rock garden with gravel, boulders, and native plants.KAB is proud to support these young leaders. 
• Del Valle Independent School District Child Development Center (5301 G Ross Road, 78617) - The Del Valle ISD Child Development Center has been in operation for approximately 20 years and serves children of teen parents, children of staff, young children with special needs and impoverished children through a Head Start program. The Center moved two years ago and the new location has no landscaping. The grant supports the planting of 18-25 native Redbud, Anacacho Orchid, Desert Willow, & Yaupon Holly trees. 
• Friends & Lovers of Willowbrook Reach (FLoWR) (1991 & ½ Sycamore Drive, 78722) - Willowbrook Reach is a neighborhood green belt in the Cherrywood Neighborhood with a portion of Upper Boggy Creek running through it. The neighborhood has been promoting native wildflowers along the creek since 1998 and has also held several workdays to plant native grasses, shrubs, and trees. The grant will provide fifteen native trees to aid restoration efforts.
• Heritage Hills-Woodbridge Neighborhood Association (Furness Drive and Hermitage Drive, 78753) - Neighborhood volunteers contribute approximately 150 hours of labor to care for the Little Walnut Creek Greenbelt each year. Volunteers have removed invasive ligustrum and chinaberry, planted native aquatic plants, and held many cleanups. Funding will support the restoration efforts by allowing neighbors to hire professionals to remove invasive species that are too large for volunteers to safely remove. 
• New Day Community Garden (2215 E. M. Franklin, 78723) – New Day Community Garden volunteers broke ground in March of 2011 and has seventeen 10’ x 10’ garden plots, a toolshed, and an undeveloped, flat, grassy field. Funding will create a shaded pavilion areatobe the first structure in a series of sustainable structures for a meeting groundand resting place for gardeners and the surrounding community.
• Northfield Neighborhood Association (Western corners of Chesterfield Avenue and North Loop, Franklin, Nelray, and 55th – 78751) - Today, Waller Creek is little more than a drainage ditch as it borders Chesterfield Avenue in the Northfield neighborhood. Funding for shade trees and native grasses to provide shelter while preventing erosion, and benches for neighbors to relax will create a community gathering space. By showing extra care for these corners neighbors also hope to encourage pet owners to “scoop the poop”.
• Pease Park Conservancy (2100 North Lamar – 78705) – The Conservancy has a strong track record of advocacy and hands-on volunteering to improve Pease Park. The KAB grant will provide 225 cubic yards of high quality mulch to cool and stabilize the soil, as well as, funding for 40 pounds of native wildflower seed mix. 
• Travis Country Community Service Association-Ground Committee (4504 Travis Country Circle – 78735) - Travis Country subdivision was developed in 1972 as one of Austin’s first environmentally planned neighborhoods. The focal point of the neighborhood is a beautiful area called the Blue Valley Recreational Area that was once full of beautiful live oak but many of the live oaks have been lost to Oak Wilt Disease. Volunteers will plant 25 native trees to add diversity and more shade to the greenbelt. 
• West Point Society of Central Texas (3800 Mt. Bonnell Road, 78731) - Mt. Bonnell is an iconic Austin destination visited by thousands of Austinites and tourists each year. The West Point Society of Central Texas has adopted the park and held several workdays to remove trash and care for the gardens. Funding will assist with the creation of a kiosk by the pavilion to educate and create community awareness by providing visitors with information on flora, fauna, geology, history and upcoming events. 
• Windsor Park Neighborhood Association (6800 block of Berkman Drive, 78723) Spurred on by individual residents' interest in upgrading and beautifying the neighborhood, volunteers have completed projects focused on responsible stewardship of this NE Austin neighborhood. Recently 60 residences became certified wildlife habitats and neighbors also landscaped around Bartholomew Park’s splash pads with native plants. KAB’s proud to support the next focus of the neighborhood’s attention, landscaping a median at the entrance to their neighborhood with native plants.