Transforming communities during Steps Forward Day 

 AUSTIN, Texas – More than 750 Lower Colorado River Authority employees spread out across Texas to tackle more than 45 community improvement projects during LCRA’s annual Steps Forward Day. 

Now in its 11th year, the volunteer initiative brought teams to parks, trails and public spaces throughout the LCRA service area, painting fences, planting gardens, clearing brush and refreshing playgrounds. 

The day of service builds on LCRA’s long tradition of hands-on community engagement. 

Community projects completed on April 10: 

• Austin – Restoring Johnson Creek Trailhead. 

• Bastrop – Spreading mulch in downtown planter beds. 

• Bay City – Planting garden beds at Le Tulle Park. 

• Brady – Painting gates and bollards at Richards Park. 

• Buchanan Dam – Painting the exterior of the Buchanan Art Gallery. 

• Cuero – Installing wood fiber at the playgrounds at Daule and Alexander parks. 

• Dripping Springs – Adding edging, mulch and plants and improving the firepit at Ranch House; adding mulch to the playground and painting a storage shed at Sports & Recreation Park; and adding mulch to the playgrounds at Founders Memorial and Neighborhood parks. 

• Flatonia – Planting trees and painting light poles at McWhirter Park. 

• Fredericksburg – Painting the interior of the Pioneer Pavilion. Central Texas Electric Co-op volunteers joined LCRA on this project.  

• Giddings – Painting pipe fencing at the municipal golf course. 

• Goldthwaite – Spreading crushed granite on paths at Texas Botanical Gardens; and assembling shelving and organizing seasonal items in storage for the Mills County Area Go Texan project. 

• Granite Shoals – Painting the community center and Veterans Park pavilion. Pedernales Electric Co-op volunteers joined LCRA on the community center project. 

• Kerrville – Clearing debris and painting picnic tables and shade structures at the Schreiner Park trailhead. Kerrville Public Utility Board volunteers joined LCRA on this project. 

• La Grange – Painting livestock pens at the Fayette County fairgrounds.  

• Lockhart – Installing landscaping and split-rail fencing at Brock Cabin in Lions Park. 

• Marble Falls – Laying drought-tolerant sod at Johnson Park; adding plants and rock to a water catchment garden at Lakeside Park; and replanting flowerbeds at the Marble Falls/Highland Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. 

• McCamey – Picking up litter around town. 

• Oakalla – Installing a Little Free Library, spreading mulch, cleaning up garden beds and painting at the library. Pedernales Electric Co-op volunteers joined LCRA on this project. 

• Pflugerville – Removing invasive trees in Pfluger Park. 

• Round Rock – Laying sod and planting flower beds at Centennial Plaza. 

• San Angelo – Painting the Kids Kingdom Playground downtown. 

• San Marcos – Adding plants, mulch and compost to the gardens at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos; and removing brush along the Presa Grande Trail parking area. 

• San Saba – Removing brush and spreading gravel along the nature trail and laying sod at Mill Pond Park. 

• Waelder – Replacing landscaping timbers, adding mulch to flowerbeds and repainting parking stripes at City Hall; and painting the interior and exterior of restrooms at City Park. 

• Weimar – Clearing brush at Hill Memorial Park. 

     Additionally, projects in Columbus, Cottonwood Shores, Eagle Lake, Hempstead, Kyle, La Grange, Lampasas, Lexington, San Marcos, Schulenburg, Smithville and Wimberley are expected to be completed on April 17. 

    Since launching Steps Forward in 2015, LCRA has worked with customers to identify community service projects and provides both the labor and materials to complete them. For more information, visit www.lcra.org/stepsforward. 

About LCRA

     The Lower Colorado River Authority serves communities across Texas by managing the lower Colorado River, generating and transmitting wholesale electric power, providing clean water supplies, operating telecommunications infrastructure, and owning parks for outdoor recreation. LCRA delivers power, water and infrastructure that support the region’s growth and quality of life. LCRA and its employees are committed to fulfilling our mission to enhance the quality of life of the Texans we serve through water stewardship, energy and community service. Created by the Texas Legislature in 1934, LCRA receives no state appropriations. For more information, visit www.lcra.org.