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Austin proclamation names June 2025 Parks and Recreation Month; city highlights new all‑abilities playground
Summary
Austin City Council recognized June 2025 as Parks and Recreation Month and highlighted a planned first all‑abilities playground at Onion Creek amid concerns after the city fell 10 places in the Trust for Public Land park score.
Vanessa Fuentes, Austin mayor pro tem and council member for District 2, opened the June 5 council session by proclaiming June 2025 as Parks and Recreation Month for the city of Austin.
Fuentes said the proclamation was intended to “celebrate the incredible impact of that our parks have on the lives of Austinites,” noting both neighborhood parks and the city’s greenbelt. She added that a recent Trust for Public Land ranking showed Austin “dropped 10 spots,” and said the result should be “a call to action to continue…
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