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Voices From Wooldridge Square: As Park Closes, Homeless Austinites Wonder What's Next
By Filipa Rodrigues and Mario Jacinto

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Landscape and irrigation improvements will close Wooldridge Park for several months.

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Bruce also spends much of his time at Wooldridge Park, and is unhappy about the park closure.

Credit Filipa Rodrigues / for KUT News
Park regulars KUT News spoke with relayed chatter that the improvements will raise Wooldridge's sunken areas.
The City of Austin is planning to temporarily close Wooldridge Square Park downtown for landscape renovations. The measure will affect several homeless people who call the park home.
KUT News recently spoke with a few Wooldridge regulars who spend most of their days there.
You can listen to interviews with "Ken," "Bruce" and "Michael" by KUT News interns Mario Jacinto and Filipa Rodrigues above.
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