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Austin Parks Attract Tourists Get Outside! If you live for the outdoors, you’ll find Austin has plenty to offer. Get out there an explore our top picks. The Butler Trail @ Lady Bird Lake Austin Helicopter Tours Barton Creek Greenbelt Barton Springs Pool Deep Eddy Pool Zilker Park Mount Bonnell McKinney Falls Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Other Hill Country Ideas ACVB Uses Austin Parks to Attract Tourists Zilker Metropolitan Park is considered "Austin's most-loved park." This 351-acre park is home to a variety of recreation opportunities and special events for individuals and families. Austin City Limits Festival at(cid:1)Zilker Park. Credit Charles Reagan Hackleman, courtesy ACL.ACVB Uses Austin Parks to Attract Tourists Barton Springs Pool is always at or near the top lists of things to do in Austin. Locals and visitors hang out all summer long to socialize, swim, relax and most importantly, cool off from the hot Texas sun. The man-made pool is a three acre controlled reservoir, fed by a natural spring that keeps the water at a cool 68 degrees temperature. This is the best place in Austin to stay cool through the hot summers. Barton Springs Pool. Courtesy of Austin Parks and Recreation DepartmentACVB Uses Austin Parks to Attract Tourists Austin City Limits Festival alone brings over 325,000 guests to the City with nearly all participants enjoying our parkland “PARD estimates that more than 80,000 non-residents visited Barton Springs Pool in 2016 based on point of sale data.” (cid:29)(cid:33)(cid:30)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:25)(cid:26)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:11)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:15)(cid:21)(cid:11)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:17)(cid:1)(cid:29)(cid:33)(cid:31)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:24)(cid:26)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:22)(cid:24)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:14)(cid:25)(cid:1)(cid:7)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:26)(cid:15)(cid:15)(cid:21)(cid:27)(cid:25)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:26)(cid:21)(cid:24)(cid:16)(cid:12)(cid:1)(cid:4)(cid:21)(cid:28)(cid:20)(cid:26)(cid:21)(cid:28)(cid:20)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:24)(cid:27)(cid:25)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:23)(cid:27)(cid:11)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:24)(cid:26)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:22)(cid:24)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:14)(cid:25)(cid:1)(cid:7)(cid:21)(cid:21)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:6)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:13)(cid:25)(cid:1)Austin Parks Need Help (cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:24)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:17)(cid:1)(cid:11)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:7)(cid:11)(cid:18)(cid:19)(cid:1)(cid:7)(cid:11)(cid:24)(cid:17)(cid:1)DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SQUARES(cid:1)Austin Parks: Sample Repair & Improvement Projects TUDOR COTTAGE & RESTROOM AT PEASE PARK(cid:1)REHABILITATION OF BARTON SPRINGS BATHHOUSE Austin Parks: Sample Repair & Improvement Projects AUDITORIUM SHORES IMPROVEMENTS(cid:1)AND MORE...(cid:1)BUTLER TRAIL AT LADY BIRD LAKE IMPROVEMENTS(cid:1)Austin Parks Need at Least $100 Million in Repairs and Improvements (cid:29)(cid:33)(cid:30)(cid:32)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:25)(cid:26)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:11)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:15)(cid:21)(cid:11)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:17)(cid:1)VISITOR EDUCATION CENTER FOR ZILKER PARK NEW PUBLIC PLAZA AT 1927 TRESTLE, SHOAL CREEK & LIBRARY(cid:1)Austin Parks: Sample New & Enhancement Projects CHAIN OF PARKS ALONG WALLER CREEK(cid:1)ZILKER PARK TRAILHEAD & VIOLET CROWN TRAIL(cid:1)Austin Parks: Sample New & Enhancement Projects EXPANSION & ADDITIONS TO THE UMLAUF SCULPTURE GARDEN(cid:1)AND MORE...(cid:1)Please Support the Following Hotel Occupancy Tax Use Recommendations to the Austin City Council (Per the VITF charge in Resolution No. 20160818-075)) 1. Create a new “Parks & Historic Preservation Tourism Fund” to repair and improve qualifying city park and historic assets 2. Continue to fully fund the Tourism/Promotion Fund (for the ACVB) 3. Remove the Heritage Grant Program from the ACVB fund and transfer it to the new Parks & Historic Preservation Tourism Fund 4. Continue to fully fund the Cultural Arts Fund We believe the City of Austin can do all of the above and maintain the financial capacity to expand the Convention Center. THANK YOU!