The Funky Chicken Coop Tour® Milestones Fact Sheet

Milestones for the Austin Funky Chicken Coop Tour

  • The Funky Chicken Coop Tour® is staffed entirely by volunteers, who organize a self-guided chicken coop tour every Spring in the city of Austin, Texas. The purpose of this tour is to encourage city residents to raise chickens at home by demonstrating the many ways that chicken (and other poultry) housing can be incorporated into a city residence without violating city ordinances or creating a nuisance. 
·   The Funky Chicken Coop Tour® began in 2009 and it hosted 1,000 visitors and featured 18 coops.  In that first year, the focus was on displaying coops and developing an online presence using a Blogspot page for the official website. Twitter was used for marketing and tour photos were posted through Picasa. Maps were available for download on the website as a Google map link.

  • In 2010, The Funky Chicken Coop Tour® grew to 1,500 visitors and included 17 coops. The second year, t-shirts were added, an information center, and a coop raffle. Online outreach was expanded to include social media outlet Facebook, as well as pre-tour video previews on a new Tour YouTube Channel. A downloadable PDF map was also made available online on the Blogspot page. Also in that second year, a partnership was established for the first time with The Sustainable Food Center (SFC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit that focuses on cultivating “a healthy community by strengthening the local food system and improving access to nutritious, affordable food.” 
  • The third year of the Tour continued to grow with more visitors and a larger local business presence.  In 2011, commemorative posters were introduced as well as more formal sponsorship options.  The partnership with the SFC continued along with other added fundraising efforts with all proceeds, after expenses, going to the SFC. That year the Tour raised $1,500.00 for the SFC. 
  • In the Fall of 2011, the Urban Poultry Association of Texas, Inc. was formed to provide support, training and guidance in an effort to promote urban poultry and help those who strive to work with poultry in an urban setting. All future Funky Chicken Coop Tours will operate under this umbrella.



August 11, 2011 | |

 

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