9th Street BMX: Austin Parks Foundation (APF) Golden Shovel Award - Best Adopt a Park group 2019

9th Street BMX was awarded the Austin Parks Foundation Golden Shovel Award for best Adopt a Park group 2019 at the annual APF Funraiser on 10/2/2019.

This award was such an amazing accolade. We would like to thank everyone who has ever lifted a shovel at 9th or supported us in anyway. This award would not be possible without everyone's ongoing help and commitment.

The event was excellent and we were so fortunate to be nominated. After 25 years of volunteer manual labor we have been recognized for all our efforts to make 9th Street BMX what it is today.

We would like to thank our Group board for all their behind the scenes hard work with the APF, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (COA PARD) , COA Art In Public Places (AIPP) and all our city stakeholders; Tina & Tom Williams & Taylor Brown of Empire BMX, Aron Hoag, Mike Esparza and Marty Christman.

Gerald Mohollon for his volunteer coordination and passion for digging, he is the 2019 Trail Boss.

 All the people at APF who have made our grant for park improvements possible and all their hard work:
APF STAFF
  • Allison Watkins
  • Barry Rivera
  • Carolyn Miles
  • Colin Walls
  • Cynthia Rodriguez
  • Grant Ausbury
  • Isabella Teran
  • Jayna Burgdorf
  • Jennifer Patterson
  • John Rooney
  • Kathleen Mannello
  • Katie Robillard
  • Ladye Anne Wofford
  • Liz Rush-Smyth
  • Rachel Vallejo Carneglia
  • Sue Fletcher
APF BOARD MEMBERS
  • Ford Alexander
  • Rich Garza
  • Monica Fernandes
  • Stuart Laves
  • Barbara Austin
  • Bryan Barksdale
  • Laura Cortez
  • Bobby Garza
  • Matthew Dow
  • Luke Ellis
  • Ryan Gravelle
  • Rashed Islam
All the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) staff who have helped us over the years:
  • Sara Hensley
  • Joe Diaz
  • Darrell Dawson
  • Christine Canul-Chute
  • Charles Mabry
  • John McKennis
  • Charles Vaclavik
Ted Siff of Shoal Creek Conservancy and the Original Austin Neighborhood Association (OANA) for his 25 years of support and guidance.

Frank Wick of AIPP.

We want to congratulate the other APF 2019 Golden Shovel Award Winners:
PARTNER OF THE YEAR
St. David’s Foundation
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Sally Baulch
2019 TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Dalton Young











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