The Williamson County Parks Department and I would like to invite you to attend the 3rd Annual Dinosaur Day at Champion Park.  The event will be held on Saturday, May 7^th from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.  

We will have light refreshments, live music, a moonwalk/bouncy house shaped liked a dinosaur and other activities for the children.  All activities will be free and open to the public. 

Champion Park is a unique playground for children of all ages to have fun and make new discoveries.  The park, which opened in the fall of 2007, features a covered children’s play area with stone casts of dinosaur bones, a large blue whale that spurts water, and specially designed boulders for climbing.  It has a large picnic pavilion with built-in grills, a fishing area, and a scenic bridge across the Brushy Creek.  In 2010 we added a new unique park feature for climbing that goes along with the theme of the park which is an exploration of the area’s archeological past. This is a large play area with life size replicas of the bones of a dinosaur. Funds for the parks came from bonds approved by Williamson County voters in 2000.   Champion Park is named after the Champion family, whose cemetery is located near the park. John Champion, a former Williamson County sheriff, is buried on the site along with several relatives.  The 33-acre park sits along the award winning Brushy Creek Regional Trail, approximately half way between the trailhead at Brushy Creek Road and Great Oaks Drive and the City of Cedar Park’s Brushy Creek Lake Park.  A bridge across the creek connects the park to the Avery Ranch subdivision.  Champion Park is open from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. 

For more information on this and other county parks and activities, go to www.wilco.org or contact me at 733-5380, lbirkman@wilco.org.

Commissioner Lisa Birkman cordially invites you to attend Coffee with the Commissioner & Artist Reception on Wednesday, August 17th  from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the J. B. and Hallie Jester Williamson County Annex 1801 E. Old Settlers, Round Rock, TX 78664 Information on Williamson County’s Budget will be available. Attendees are encouraged to comment on the budget or any other county issue. We will also have the new “Texas” themed art show on display and you will have an opportunity to meet some of the artists. Light refreshments and coffee (ice tea) will be served. For more information, please contact Mary Clark at 244-8610 or mclark@wilco.org

Below is a sample of some of the artwork currently on display at the Jester Annex

"The Heroes and Victors of the Alamo" by Jerrel Crider

"Cowboy with the Red Bandana" by Jean Hestand

"Cowgirl Cook-off" by Mary Beth Martin

Commissioner Birkman will be hosting Coffee with the Commissioner  on Wed., Feb. 23th at 7:30 a.m. in the Community Room at the J.B. & Hallie Jester Williamson County Annex, located at 1801 E. Old Settlers Blvd., Round Rock, TX.  Please check back for details.

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