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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Travis County public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Renaming East Metropolitan Park for Commissioner Ron Davis
The park many east Austin families use — with its only public pool in the area — now carries the name of the late commissioner who fought to create it. The Historical Commission also wants Sandy Hayden, the formerly enslaved blacksmith who originally owned the land, honored there too.
Federal Appropriations Priority Projects
The county approved submitting three major project requests for federal funding, including $2 million for the Southeast Metro Park playground expansion, $1 million for emergency department peer support, and $1 million for a youth transformation program.
Park Springs Cemetery Historic Preservation
Volunteers from Save Austin Cemeteries asked the county for assistance in cleaning up brush and obtaining dumpsters for Park Springs Cemetery in Manor, the largest historical African-American cemetery in the county.