Norwood Park Foundation

Norwood Park Foundation NPF was engaged in a 10-yr.+ nonprofit effort to restore & repurpose the 1922 Norwood House overlooking Lady Bird Lake. Our town is no exception.

NPF raised $4.3m and reached shovel-ready before the project was halted by the pandemic. Please see the adapted website for more info. Austin’s historic Norwood House is located on City parkland with one of the best views in town. However, a viable plan to repurpose it to serve the people was never developed after the City acquired it in 1985. In a perfect world all such park assets would be fully

funded and well cared for, but in today’s world, cities struggle to make ends meet. The nonprofit Norwood Park Foundation was formed because there is no money in PARD's budget - now or in the foreseeable future - to restore and maintain this remarkable but very needy property. Since the will to save Norwood has been demonstrated for decades, and the needs of the house were urgent, we joined with the City of Austin in a public/private partnership to:

1. restore the house and grounds,
2. operate the property in a revenue-generating, self-sustaining fashion, and
3. ensure its future protection. In this way, we are saving the Norwood house while modeling a citizen-initiated, volunteer-based civic project that promotes an even greater mission to preserve our town’s historic, special places. The end result: a natural and cultural treasure..returned to the people of Austin, at little cost to the taxpayer.

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House Location: 1012 Edgecliff Terrace
Austin, TX
78704

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Austin’s historic Norwood House is located on City parkland with one of the best views in town. However, a viable plan to repurpose it to serve the people was never developed after the City acquired it in 1985. In a perfect world all such park assets would be fully funded and well cared for, but in today’s world, cities struggle to make ends meet. Our town is no exception. The nonprofit Norwood Park Foundation was formed because there is no money in PARD's budget - now or in the foreseeable future - to restore and maintain this remarkable but very needy property. Since the will to save Norwood has been demonstrated for decades, and the needs of the house were urgent, we joined with the City of Austin in a public/private partnership to: 1. restore the house and grounds, 2. operate the property in a revenue-generating, self-sustaining fashion, and 3. ensure its future protection. In this way, we are saving the Norwood house while modeling a citizen-initiated, volunteer-based civic project that promotes an even greater mission to preserve our town’s historic, special places. The end result: a natural and cultural treasure..returned to the people of Austin, at minimal cost to the taxpayer.