WFAD Public Input Meeting

The “Walk-For-A-Day” (WFAD) regional trail vision that is being proposed by Hill Country Conservancy and other partners will someday become “reality” as a 35+ mile multi-use trail extending from Zilker Park/Barton Springs through the Barton Creek Greenbelt, the City of Sunset Valley and City of Austin Water-Quality Lands south of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, ending at the Onion Creek Natural Area west of Kyle.

Discussions among key stakeholders have evolved during the past few months from “big picture planning” to consideration of several alternative designs and routes through which the trail might traverse.

Public Meeting: July 15th, 2009

So here’s your chance to help us plan and design the trail! In preparation for more specific planning – and creation of a Trail Master Plan this fall, the trail planners want to hear from you at a Public “Open House” Meeting Wednesday, July 15th (6:30 – 8:30 pm) at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Please plan to attend this “Open House” to learn more about the proposed trail and provide input that will be used to guide the trail planners as they prepare to bring this trail vision to reality.

The conceptual map for WFAD Phase I

Chuck Flink, President of Greenways, Inc., one of America’s premier trail planning companies, and the trail planning team comprised of staff from the City of Austin, Hill Country Conservancy and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center will host the July 15th Public Open House and present proposed trail route maps and other information about the trail proposal – and be ready to listen to your suggestions. Y’all come!

You can also download a comment form at the City of Austin’s “Walk For A Day” website or email your comments to email hidden; JavaScript is required. Also check out the HCC Walk For A Day webpage and the City of Austin WFAD page.