Little Walnut Creek Green Belt Update from Andrea Beleno Harrington

1. The rezoning of the park is complete! It was approved by city council on December 7!  We had over 30 letters of support for the park.  Way to go everyone!
2. We have begun work on implementing the planning process for the creation of the master plan with assistance from the NPS and the Neighbor's Program of Asakura Robinson, and have been assigned a contact person with the planning department of Austin Parks and Rec. I attended a meeting with our National Park Service contact, and he laid out the volunteer needs we will have:
   1. volunteers to get on and give talks at neighborhood association meetings, PTA meetings, do outreach at the YMCA, etc. in the park vicinity (in Jan)
   2. volunteers to staff public meetings (at least 3 meetings, 5 volunteers per meeting)
3. We will need to organize volunteers to assist with the community outreach that is necessary for the creation of the master plan. I think its clear that this is not my strong suit - I would love to hand this piece of it to someone who would be better at it!
4. We need to work up and implement a fundraising plan to do our match. Our minimum fundraising target is $5,000.
5. We also have our ongoing monthly group hikes and social media presence activities.Little