Corridor Sweeps
Walk your block, clear sidewalks and gutters, keep the gateway presentable.
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East Zilker · Austin, TX
Keep the Gateway to Zilker Park Clean & Safe
No meetings. No schedules. No sign-up sheets. Volunteer on your own time, on the block you already walk.
- ✓Pick Up Litter
- ✓Remove Graffiti
- ✓Report Criminal / Suspicious Activity
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Neighborhood volunteers
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Pounds of litter removed
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Tags cleaned or painted
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Self-guided, on your schedule
Where we operate
Our Service Area
Park Watch covers the corridor between Barton Springs Road, Toomey Road and South Lamar — the gateway blocks that carry most of the foot traffic into Zilker Park.
Pick any street inside the purple boundary. If you live or work here, you already know your route.
Barton Springs Rd
Toomey Rd
S Lamar Blvd
East Zilker
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How it works
Three steps. No coordinator required.
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Choose your route
Claim a block inside the service area — the one by your door, your gym, your coffee stop.
02
Bring your gear
Grabber, bags, gloves. Need supplies? Pick up a starter kit from a Park Watch ambassador.
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Clean & report
Log what you cleared, flag anything that needs the city, and we handle the follow-up.
Choose your mission
Pick one. Or all three.
Graffiti Removal
Paint over or wash tags around nearby buildings, fences and utility boxes.
Kit & paint provided
Neighborhood Watch
Eyes open on your route. Report camping, dumping or suspicious activity — never intervene.
Observe & report onlyVolunteer registration
Become a Volunteer
Two fields and a street. We’ll send your kit details and add you to the neighborhood report list — nothing else.
- ✓No shifts, no minimum hours, no attendance tracking.
- ✓Volunteer solo, with your family, or with your building.
- ✓Questions? Call (512) 710-6753.
From the neighborhood
This is what a Saturday looks like
“I show a lot of properties near Zilker Park. Thanks to Park Watch, the neighborhood is cleaner and safer than ever.”
Joanne GamelRealtor, South Austin
“I walk my dog on Toomey every morning anyway. Now I come back with a bag full. It takes ten extra minutes.”
Marcus BellVolunteer since 2024
“Our building adopted the block out front. Residents actually ask to be on the paint crew now.”
Dana OrtizProperty manager, Barton Springs Rd
Can’t volunteer? Support someone who can.
Every donation buys grabbers, bags, gloves and paint for a neighbor who has the time but not the gear.
DonateReport violations
Who to call, and when
Volunteers observe and report. These are the numbers we use.