SCIPing Through Hoops

Council Stalls on SCIP II Housing Program

"...the Scattered Cooperative Infill Project (SCIP II) and the Austin Revitalization Authority (ARA) - into hand-to-hand combat. SCIP II,..."

April 17, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, Act 3

Why is it so hard to make actual progress on housing?

"...These included directives to: formalize a partnership with the Austin Economic Develop­ment Corporation to evaluate city-owned land for city..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council Looks at Homelessness, Climate Change, and Gun Violence

Post-summer Council hits the dais running with 149-Item agenda

"...City Council returns today (Thu., Aug. 8) for its..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council: 'All Free Men ... Have Equal Rights'

Gay rights, public school finance, cab franchises, endangered species, and more

"...people – and should be recommended reading for all Austinites...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Not So Cool

Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort

"...Asked what they think of the Austin Climate Protection Program, most Austinites respond with a befuddled..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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Our readers talk back.

"...rest assured, at least once and possibly twice the Austin American-Statesman filed open-record requests with the city for all..."

April 14, 2006 Column

No Place Like Home

The new Garden Terrace development takes a small but serious step toward housing Austin's homeless.

"...Garden Terrace, at William Cannon and Emerald Forest, is Austin's only permanent "supportive housing" facility for homeless or low-income..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

Sad songs for local choral companies -- Austin ProChorus ends its song and Chorus Austin lets go its executive director -- but a sweet tune for Arts Center Stage: a million-dollar donation from Southwestern Bell.

"...The week has been an especially tough one for Austin's vocal ensembles. An ambitious experiment on the city's choral..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Boats, Planes, and 'Dillos

"...watch as the cliche "the best kept secret in Austin" blossoms into reality on Fridays and Sundays, 5-7pm. That's..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Something for Nothing?

"...Okay, old-timers, let'sget one thing straight right now. The Austin Convention Center is a wonderful place and a great..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...column, The New York Times' Bob Herbert laced into Austin police and Travis County prosecutors, sharply criticizing their handling..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...accept it. These propositions will cripple the city of Austin. Funny enough, it will never stop under-the-table deals and..."

April 21, 2006 Column

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"...Lost Austin?..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

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"...version of the "Barton Creek PUD," Jim Bob Moffett's development scheme that triggered an all-night citizen uprising in June..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

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Interfaith's Socialist Agenda

"...am ashamed at the actions of the leaders of Austin Interfaith. These so-called leaders are preaching socialism in the..."

April 23, 1999 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...a "hysterical and venomous personal attack." Clark-Madison works for TateAustin, which represents many large corporate interests that might have..."

May 19, 2006 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...have no real differences with Jackie Goodman ["Governing Post-Boom Austin," April 12]. Jackie Goodman is a good woman, who..."

May 3, 2002 Column

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We're sorry you feel that way.

"...rail and give ourselves more choices for getting around Austin, or we can stick with getting stuck in traffic...."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

Mixed-Income, Mixed-Use Travis Flats Open in North Loop

County-backed development combines offices with affordable housing

"...grand opening of Travis Flats Apartments, a mixed-use, mixed-income development at 5310 Helen St., at 53½ St. and Airport..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Naked City

Developers float a proposal to reduce the size of the Green Water Treatment Plant on Town Lake and build something more profitable there, but they'll have to get in line -- the city already sees the site as a prime location for the new central library.

"...Is Austin's favorite little downtown utility, the Green Water Treatment Plant,..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Reining in the Mother of All Big Boxes

Local activists seek community-wide benefits analyses of big-box proposals

"...Wal-Mart has set its sights on Austin in a big way. There are 10 in the..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...are gearing up to fend off the rowdy Republicans. Austin attorney Jay Brim is slated to be the next..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature

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Muddying the Waters

"...service from Pedernales Electric Coop., not the City of Austin...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...The Day Job is a hidden fact of economic and psychosocial life here in Austin, the City of..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...well as tens of millions of dollars in new economic activity. But it will not be built unless Pilgrim..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Transportation and trash are heavy on the minds of readers this week.

"...are entirely separate. The SOS Alliance is a non-profit corporation which engages in advocacy and educational activities to protect..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column

Kerry Is So Very...

Not Just a Torture Chamber Any More

"...thinking, but 1996 might be the year the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce rumbles out of its trenches to..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Developing Stories: Rent & Roll

French capitalism meets community bicycling

"...every city and neighborhood offered a thought-provoking contrast with Austin. In England and France, public transportation of every mode..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Six months after its well ran dry, Northridge Acres gets a begrudging promise of water from the Austin City Council.

"...water service to the tiny neighborhood just north of Austin's city limits. The proposal to extend the pipeline was..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

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Nonprofit Needs

"...27]. Depthful coverage of area nonprofits is rare in Austin. Yet, this coverage is vital to expose faulty practices..."

March 19, 1999 Column

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