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Texture the City: Austin History Tours Texture the City offers innovate and exciting walking and biking tours of Austin's environmental history.
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Led by a resident scholar and environmentalist, the tours explore the ways that water has shaped Austin's development and identity. Led by a resident scholar and environmentalist, the tours explore the many ways that water, from freshwater springs to flash floods, has shaped Austin's history. Informative, thought-provoking and fun, they are a great way for visitors and residents alike to experience this special city.

02/11/2018
21/09/2018

We're looking forward to this day-long event of hands on activities, lectures, an interactive community fair and training by leading academics, professionals, and policy makers on central Texas water science, public policy, history and sustainable. living.https://bartonspringsuniversity.org

Maybe we'll start seeing otters on some of Austin's creeks. https://www.chron.com/news/article/Otters-making-a-welcome-r...
19/02/2018

Maybe we'll start seeing otters on some of Austin's creeks. https://www.chron.com/news/article/Otters-making-a-welcome-return-to-Texas-waterways-12615001.php -85307-tbla-5

Don Greene was sick and weak, dying of pancreatic cancer. But that late-winter morning four years ago, my long-time friend fairly vibrated and glowed with excitement, wonder and just plain joy. "You're not going to believe what we've seen on the bayou," gushed Greene. It was understood he spoke of H...

As a small business that cares about the lives and dignity of Austin's working-class families and communities, we are so...
16/02/2018

As a small business that cares about the lives and dignity of Austin's working-class families and communities, we are so pleased that City Council voted last night to mandate paid sick leave for all private employees, and we are grateful to the individuals and organizations who worked tirelessly to make this vote happen. You can learn more about the new paid sick leave ordinance here: http://kut.org/post/austin-city-council-mandates-six-eight-paid-sick-days-all-private-employees

Austin City Council members voted early Friday to require all private employers in the city to provide at least six to eight days of paid sick leave,

There are a few more spaces left on our pay-as-you-wish tour of the Red River music district this Saturday at 4pm. We'd ...
16/02/2018

There are a few more spaces left on our pay-as-you-wish tour of the Red River music district this Saturday at 4pm. We'd love to see you there! For more information and to sign up for the tour, visit https://texturethecity.org/red-river-cultural-district-walking-tour and scroll down to the pay-what-you-wish section.

Texture the City offers walking and biking tours that take locals and tourists on innovative and exciting tours of Austin, Texas.

This promises to be super cool. The one and only Patrick Dougherty has come to Austin and is building a massive sculptur...
04/02/2018

This promises to be super cool. The one and only Patrick Dougherty has come to Austin and is building a massive sculptural installation made entirely out of sticks. The installation opens February 10 at Pease Park and will be up until mother nature sees fit to take it down. http://austin.culturemap.com/news/arts/01-25-18-pease-park-art-installation-sticks-stickwork-patrick-dougherty/

Artists toil over their work for months, years, sometimes entire lifetimes, so it's only natural that they would want their pieces carefully preserved. Not so for world-renowned artist Patrick Dougherty. ...

02/03/2017

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Discover Austin’s Rich Environmental History

Texture the City offers innovate and exciting walking and biking tours of Austin's environmental history. Led by a resident scholar and environmentalist, the tours explore the many ways that water has shaped Austin's history and identity. Informative, thought-provoking and fun, they are a great way for visitors and residents alike to experience this special city.