Free to be? Austin, Texas
The Austin Parks & Recreation department would like feedback on the use of park land for commercial services. Should personal trainers, dog trainers, yoga instructors, etc… be permitted to instruct on park land? If so, should they pay a fee? Should only certain parks be utilized? They are seeking approval of “activity spaces” with certain organizations assigned to each one. If you are not assigned, you may not use ANY park space in Austin. Only designated “activity spaces” may be used and only the organization assigned to that space may use it.
I think the parks & rec. dept might want to survey how Austin-ites feel about their public liberties being taken away. Pretty sure that less regulation (not more) is the spirit of this town. Is something dangerous going on? Are people getting hurt? If not, why bust the bubble of a fit city? I thought we were proud of the fact that people are out and about all over town, utilizing public parks and getting fit. Why would we inhibit that?
Here’s the link. Be careful with your responses. It is poorly written and biased in such a way to yield a favorable result for them.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/commercialusesurvey.htm
