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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