Austin begins $5.7 million improvements around Asian American Resource Center

The yearlong effort will restore a damaged watershed while adding trails, bridges and outdoor spaces as separate plans for the center's broader expansion continue.

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Construction is set to begin this month on a $5.7 million project that will restore part of the Little Walnut Creek watershed and remake the grounds behind Austin’s Asian American Resource Center.

Over the next year, crews will build wetlands, a rain garden, a new stream channel, two pedestrian bridges and an urban trail across t…