Join SBCA, SOS Alliance, the Sierra Club and the Austin Environmental Community in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Famous Barton Creek PUD all-night hearing of June 7, 1990. On that night, more than 1000 citizens signed up to speak to Austin city council in opposition to the planned 4,000-acre Barton Creek PUD. After an all-night meeting, council unanimously rejected the PUD, and a movement began to strengthen the 1986 Comprehensive Watersheds ordinance. In the words of SBCA’s Jackie Goodman, “June 7, 1990 was the day that awareness and unified commitment became a visible political movement that couldn’t be downplayed anymore. ”
Many events are planned over the next week. We hope to see a great turnout as we honor our past and look towards our shared future.
TONIGHT, Tues. June 1: Blue grass at Barton Springs poolside with The Lost Pines from 8-10pm
Thursday, June 3: View Alan Pogue’s photos of June 7, 1990 from 5:30pm – 8:30pm