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The Daily Hustle: 11/29/10
News Blog  November 29, 2010
Description: Urban rail pulls into town. Sorta.

"...Below the fold, we get up to speed on various and sundry city initiatives: urban rail boosterism, the Imagine Austin comp plan, and more...."

Top 10 City Council Stories
News Story  January 6, 2012
Description: Dais and months

"...10) Best-Laid Plans The Downtown Austin Plan was adopted at long last, amid simmering questions over density in the urban core, redevelopment in the Warehouse District, and the future of the Red River music scene. The Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan keeps working – along with a last-minute scrub dumped upon the beleaguered Planning Commission...."

Civics 101
News Column  December 16, 2011
Description: This week, save a dog, talk Occupy, and learn about the proposed rate increase


Civics 101
News Column  December 9, 2011
Description: Activate your civics calendar, Dec. 8-15

"...IMAGINE AUSTIN INPUT EX­TEND­ED until Dec. 15..."

Civics 101
News Column  December 2, 2011
Description: This week's opportunities for public engagement

"...IMAGINE AUSTIN INPUT EX­TEND­ED Public input for the draft version of the city's Com­prehensive Plan is extended until Dec. 15..."

Civics 101
News Column  November 25, 2011
Description: Want to make a difference? Here's a good place to start.

"...IMAGINE AUSTIN INPUT EXTEND­ED Public input for the draft version of the city's Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan has been extended until Dec. 15..."

City Hall Hustle: Downtown CUREs
News Column  November 4, 2011
Description: Epic Downtown plan continues, and the devil's always in the zoning details

"...OK, that's a little bit of a stretch, but as the Hustle's readers know, the amount of time spent on the Downtown Austin Plan has stretched out for quite some time. It began in 2005 and has therefore taken longer to draft and adopt than the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, which lays out a vision for the entire city...."

Preparing for Takeoff
News Story  October 21, 2011
Description: Plans under way for major redo of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall

"...26. Plans for Airport Boulevard were presented at the Imagine Austin Release Party at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday, Oct..."

City Hall Hustle: Got an App for That?
News Column  October 21, 2011
Description: From the lobby to the parks, council has an item for you

"...Reappearing after a recent postponement, Item 58 from Morrison and Tovo seeks more input on the draft Imagine Austin Com­pre­hensive Plan, specifically looking for any compatibility issues between the draft doc and other city plans, while giving the plan an overall scrubbing. One notable change in the revised document is the inclusion of the Planning Commission in the undertaking, along with the Comprehensive Plan Citi­zens Advisory Task Force; the initial proposal put the onus on the citizens' group (with staff support)..."

City Hall Hustle: Agreeing To Disagree
News Column  October 7, 2011
Description: Outside City Hall, crowds gather; inside City Hall, clouds form

"...One item that won't take much time is Item 80, adoption of the Downtown Austin Plan, in the works longer than the citywide Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan. Surprise – it ain't ready yet..."

Point Austin: Imagine Affordability
News Column  October 7, 2011
Description: Imagine an Austin in which everyone can afford to live

"...Last Saturday, under bright-blue skies and a kinder, gentler sun, hundreds of residents walked through the doors of the Carver Museum & Cultural Center in East Austin to catch a glimpse of what Austin might look like 10 to 30 years down the road. The indoor-outdoor event, billed as a "release party" for the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, included musical entertainment, promotional swag, food trailers, and – everyone's favorite – face painting...."

Headlines
News Story  September 30, 2011

"...› After years of writing and wrangling, the city has unveiled a draft of the Imagine Austin Compre­hensive Plan. The first complete overhaul of planning policy since 1979's Austin Tomorrow document, the 197-page plan is available for download at www.imagineaustin.net..."

Civics 101
News Column  September 30, 2011
Description: Calendar of civic events, Sept. 29-Oct. 6

"...IMAGINING AUSTIN The Imagine Austin Release Party unveils a community-driven vision for how the city wants to grow. 10am-2pm..."

TDH: 7/12/11
News Blog  July 12, 2011
Description: City soliciting people powered input

"...… In other outreach news, we see while we were away, City Manager Marc Ott got his blog on, welcoming Kathie Tovo to the council, thanking Randi Shade for her service, and touting a few community projects himself. First up is Code for America, which he bills as “a sort of AmeriCorps for techies – you give a year of paid service toward developing technology solutions for local government, and those innovations are in turn shared with governments around the country.” He also touts CityWorks Academy, the citywide, cross-department educational program, in its third year and currently accepting applications; and the ongoing Imagine Austin comprehensive plan, the draft version of which will be further revised in the late summer and early fall...."

The Action's in Place 3
News Story  April 29, 2011
Description: Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...Tovo points to "family-friendly recommendations" that she was able, while on the Plan­ning Commission, to incorporate into the Imagine Austin Comprehen-sive Plan's vision statement, and that were then forwarded to the plan's working groups for further development – "considering particular safety needs of families with children" when contemplating street design, calls to increase the availability of quality education and child care, and, echoing Tovo's campaign call, a proposal to "create complete neighborhoods across Austin with a mix of housing types and land uses, affordable housing and transportation options, and access to schools, retail, employment, community services, and parks and recreation options."..."

The Daily Hustle: 3/11/11
News Blog  March 11, 2011
Description: What's next for the Comp Plan?

"...The Working Groups (who have already started forming and getting up to speed on Imagine Austin) have their Kick-Off meetings March 26 and April 2. If you're interested in joining one, please sign up in advance -- we need folks to hit the ground running at the Kick-Off..."

Comp Plan Framework Goes to Council
News Story  March 11, 2011
Description: Framework thus far avoids controversy

"...The Austin Comprehensive Plan comes to City Council this week, clearing another hurdle in its long-running development. A 4pm time-certain public hearing is scheduled Thursday, March 17, on endorsing the Imagine Austin plan framework, encompassing seven "building blocks" providing direction in the following areas: land use and transportation, housing and neighborhoods, economy, conservation and environmental resources, city facilities and services, society, and culture..."

The Daily Hustle: 3/7/11
News Blog  March 7, 2011
Description: SoCo parking, PSH, comp plans: Your City Council preview

"...Item 41: The day's biggest item – public hearing and possible action on approving the Imagine Austin Plan Framework, which, if approved, would be forwarded to working groups for refinement along with the plan's Preferred Growth Scenario...."

The Daily Hustle: 2/28/11
News Blog  February 28, 2011
Description: Council preview: Of parking, PUDs, and Project Recovery

"...Items 43, 44: 10:30 am briefings include an update on urban parks, and a briefing on the “Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan Preferred Growth Scenario and Plan Framework.”..."

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories
News Story  January 7, 2011
Description: From the dais to the streets

"...5) BEST-LAID PLANS City planning efforts gobbled time and tracts: the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, a form-based code pilot program, the Waller Creek master plan, preliminary urban rail planning, and the unveiling of the years-in-progress Downtown Plan. But as Audit and Finance Committee Chair Sheryl Cole asked, what are they worth if we can't fund them?..."

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