Billboard Reading “Ideas Wanted!” for Austin Parks and Recreation: Master Plan, 1980

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Title

Billboard Reading “Ideas Wanted!” for Austin Parks and Recreation: Master Plan, 1980

Subject

Austin Parks and Recreation Department; parks planning; citizen participation; neighborhood outreach; public input; recreation planning; Austin, Texas

Description

Black-and-white photograph of a billboard asking residents to share ideas for neighborhood needs, printed in Austin Parks and Recreation: Master Plan in 1980. The billboard was part of the department’s public outreach for the master planning process, which used neighborhood meetings, citizen surveys, and community review to gather input on parks, recreation programs, and public facilities.

Creator

Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Source

Austin Parks and Recreation: Master Plan, 1980. Betty Brown Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Box 2.325/P56 [SRH1230002248].

Publisher

Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Date

1980

Contributor

Maya Perez

Rights

This material from the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin is made available for education and research purposes only. The creator of this exhibit does not own the rights to this item and cannot grant or deny permission to use it. Copyright law protects unpublished as well as published materials. It is the user’s responsibility to determine the rights status and secure whatever permission may be needed for the use of any item. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information may be incomplete or out of date. We welcome updates or corrections. Upon request, we will remove material from public view while we address a rights issue.

Format

Black-and-white photograph of a street billboard printed in planning report

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Austin, Texas

Citation

Austin Parks and Recreation Department, “Billboard Reading “Ideas Wanted!” for Austin Parks and Recreation: Master Plan, 1980,” Hidden Histories at the University of Texas at Austin, accessed September 16, 2026, https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/items/show/772.

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