Island Community Earth Day Clean & Green 2024
On Earth Day 2024 (April 22) The Island community came together for a collaborative clean and green event.
How the Island is Reactivating Their Public Spaces
This summer, the Island Civic Association worked with young people in the Island neighborhood of Austin to reactivate a playlot owned by G. R. Clark Elementary School as a public space.
Island Youth ambassador program gave summer community service opportunities to local kids
Six kids were paid to hand out flyers, help with events, attend workshops
Connecting neighbors in the Island, goal of Taco y Tamale Fest
Festival funded through violence prevention grant
Island Community Earth Day Clean & Green 2023
On Earth Day 2023 (April 21) The Island community came together for a collaborative clean and green event.
Austin residents unite to push playground expansion
Residents in the Island are mobilized, pushing to turn abandoned parking lot into school lot for Clark, so kids can have more playground space
Island Community Earth Day Clean & Green 2022
On May 20, 2022 The Island community came together for a collaborative clean and green event.
Island Oasis Nature Play Garden Held September Grand Opening
The 1100 South Mason Block Club, NeighborSpace, and Human Scale united to unveil The Island Oasis Nature Play Garden
A garden oasis materializes in Austin
Former Mason Community Garden in Austin’s Island neighborhood reopens as the Island Oasis