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Above left: John Hofmann, LCRA executive vice president of water, paints metal fence posts at ballfields in Galloway Hammond Park in Burnet during LCRA’s Steps Forward Day on April 9. During the annual day of service, employees worked on more than 30 community projects throughout the LCRA service territory. -
Above right: LCRA employees plant and add mulch to a downtown flower bed in Marble Falls. Photos contributed/LCRA -
Left: LCRA employees paint the railing at an outdoor pavilion at Johnson Park in Marble Falls.
More than 500 Lower Colorado River Authority employees spent Friday, April 9, working on dozens of community projects that included painting, planting and sprucing up parks and playgrounds during LCRA’s annual day of service, Steps Forward Day.
In Burnet and Llano counties, LCRA employees worked on several projects, including:
• Painting metal fence posts at ballfields at Galloway Hammond Park in Burnet;
• Adding plants and mulch to 10 downtown flower beds in Marble Falls;
• Painting bleachers, a concession stand and a restroom at the Johnson Park softball field in Marble Falls;
• Painting outdoor pavilions and an amphitheater at Johnson Park;
• Painting a retaining wall at Falls Creek Park Skatepark in Marble Falls; and
• Replacing landscaping, painting an entryway gate and repairing a fence at the Llano River Golf Course.
Other Steps Forward Day projects ranged from laying sod at a park in San Saba to refreshing landscaping in downtown San Marcos to painting the public library in Waelder.
“Steps Forward Day is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve across Texas,” LCRA General Manager Phil Wilson said. “We know the pandemic has slowed or sidelined many projects, but through Steps Forward Day we’re able to mobilize hundreds of volunteers to help get these projects completed in a single day. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve these communities on Steps Forward Day and every day during the year.”
This year, LCRA employees volunteered to work on more than 30 projects throughout the LCRA service territory. Participating cities included Austin, Brenham, Burnet, Fredericksburg, Goldthwaite, Gonzales, Hempstead, Jonestown, Kempner, La Grange, Lampasas, Lexington, Llano, Lockhart, Luling, Marble Falls, Pflugerville, Rockne, Round Rock, San Angelo, San Marcos, San Saba, Schulenburg, Smithville, Waelder, Weimar and Wharton.
LCRA launched its Steps Forward employee volunteer program in 2015, and has held a Steps Forward Day every year since then but 2020, when the event had to be canceled because of the pandemic. LCRA works with its customers to identify service projects in their communities and supplies the labor and materials needed to complete the projects. For more information, visit lcra.org/ stepsforward.