This indicator measures the percent of citizens living within one-quarter mile walking distance of a park or accessible open space if inside the urban core or half-mile walking distance of a park or accessible opens space if outside the urban core.

This data set supports HE.C.1. of SD23.

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List of Austin Parks and Recreation Department's nature-based centers.

The total percentage of available facility reservations at parks and recreation museum and cultural programs segmented by site breakdown.

Data Source: RecTrac, a Recreation Systems Management Software that captures all transactions for all programs, events and facility rentals.

This metric tracks the number of facility rentals offered by the Parks and Recreation Department. The Department offers two types of facility rentals, one with a fee for individual/private use, and the second type of facility rental is an approved use of the space at no charge or a waived fee for a community organization or non-profit that offers cultural, history and arts programming.

The data used for this outcome excludes the free programs offered by the department because free programs are either co-sponsored by the Parks & Recreation Department or are approved by council and logged as fee waivers, meaning that the fee is waived in order to support a community initiative or City of Austin priority.

Updated October 2020

Number of City park acres per 1,000 population. Tracked by fiscal year and calculated by taking the number of park acres divided by total population and multiplied by 1000.

Contains data from the Trust for Public Land annual ScoreCard survey and the resultant ranking among 100 American cities.

For this metric, a lower rank is better.

List of City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department golf courses.

For more information, please visit PARD Golf's website:
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/golf-atx

This dataset includes the Fiscal Year actuals for PARD's eCOMBS measure #3033 - Number of City park acres per 1,000 population.

"Number of city park acres per 1,000 population" is a crucial metric that quantifies the availability of green spaces relative to the size of our community. Prioritizing this metric shows PARD's commitment to providing residents with access to recreational areas, promoting physical and mental well-being, and enhancing the overall quality of life.

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This metric is part of the Culture & Lifelong Learning Outcome Category. The data represented is from the Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) and consists of the total number of participants who attended a special event hosted by PARD or visited a museum or cultural facility owned by PARD.

The Austin Parks and Recreation System's ranking on the Trust for Public Land ParkScore Index. This index ranks the park systems of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. based on park acreage, park size, park funding, park access, and a variety of other factors.

This data set supports HE.C.2 of SD23.

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This metric is part of the Culture & Lifelong Learning Outcome Category. The data represented is from the Parks and Recreation Department (PARD), and represents city offered lifelong learning events, activities and resources. Aggregate data was provided by PARD and Austin Public Library. Site data is provided by PARD.