Will Villa Muse Amuse?

If all this election stuff is getting old, and you miss the heady days of urban planning being the big story around Austin, good news! Villa Muse Studios, the proposed film studio-cum-multimedia hub-cum-master plan development, will be holding a town hall-style meeting 6pm on Wednesday Feb. 27 at the Scottish Rite Theater. It's a part of a PR push to get locals on-board with the planned 1,100 acre development (almost four times the size of The Domain on Burnet) they want to build half-an-hour east of downtown, near SH 130.

They may have a job on their hands: the developers want the city to move the land out of their "future growth zone" and put it under the much loser zoning and planning process of Travis County. Villa Muse says that's essential, because they need to fast-track it to stay competitive, and the city's process takes too long: the council is worried that taking this area out of its extended territorial jurisdiction (and signing a non-annexation agreement) would mean sacrificing tax revenue for a deal that may not be mutually beneficial.

Oh, and one very important note about tonight: Refreshments included.