Focus Group 1 - North

Austin Voices (Spanish)

Focus Group 1 - North

Austin Voices (English)

Focus Group 2 - South

Pleasant Hill Library

Focus Group 3 - East -

Carver Museum

BARRIERS & NEEDS

Accessibility:

More Walking and Bike trails x x x

Better Public Transportation to Parks x

More and Improved Sidewalks x x x

More parks space in their neighborhood x x x

Amenities:

Art Integration x

More Bathrooms x x

Diverse and engaging activities for all ages x x x

More playground Equipment x x

More Interactive playground Equipment x x

More Splash Pads x x

More Shade x

More Park Maintaence x

More water fountains x x

More picnic tables x

Soccer fields x

More lighting at the parks x x

Communications

People don't understand the importance of being outside x x

Need an easier way to get information about outdoor spaces in

neighborhoods x x x

Would like to use an interactive map of park space / paper map x x

Send kids home with flyers about parks space and events x

Community Activities

More neighborhood based activities like movies in the park, etc. x x

Programming

More nature based prorgams for kids x

More structured programming in parks x x

Safety

Parks need more lighting, brush makes people feel vulnerable x

Too much traffic to be able to travel safely x x

We don't know/trust our neighbors x

We feel unsafe in our neighborhood x x

Afraid of homeless people / people doing drugs x

Technology

It's hard to get children to get off their phone and be motivated

to play outside x x x

Time

Working parents don't have enough time to take kids outside x x

Kids have too much homework x x

Other:

Outdoor activties can be expensive x

Too hot in the Summer x x x