Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...gig ushered him south into the warm civic embrace Austin offers its South by Southwest guests. Like all major..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...As the ongoing hullabaloo over the Austin sound ordinance in regards to live outdoor music at..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"..."The Big Picture Map" to locate Town Lake Corridor development projects...."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

There Goes the Sun

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

"...In politics, especially in Austin politics, nobody really gets to vote for Mom and..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...the City Address before the Real Estate Council of Austin today. Reprinted below is the full text...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...In go-go Austin, displacement is the rule. A video store seems to..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...City of Austin employees took center stage July 15 at the Montopolis..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: City on the Fence Regarding Red River’s Homeless Problem

Red River merchants push to finally enclose dangerous alley with 10-foot fence, electro-pop diva p1nkstar touches down at Fuego ATX, and more

"...On Jan. 16, Nicole Klepadlo from the city's Economic Development Department and Red River Cultural District Merchants Association..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: What Goes Around ...

This week's news sounds suspiciously familiar

"...Last Week: The city Aviation Department announces that it has reached an agreement with Lyft..."

March 20, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Pays 73 Venues

Ongoing funding under Phase 2 to begin in March.

"...Phase 1 of the Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund distributed checks to 73..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...Conventional wisdom: An economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Musical Chairs

Re-shuffling the Deck at the City's Enviro Department

"...the rationale of city managers when it comes to Austin's environmental personnel. One environmental worker who has been with..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Co-Op Conversions "Best Bet for Cultural Preservation"

Local businesses find strength in cooperation

"...to retire led to the demise of some of Austin's most beloved businesses. The Austin Cooperative Business Association responded..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...seriously starting to do -- then the health of Austin's actors, painters, musicians, dancers, sculptors, singers, directors, and designers..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...a "seat of Empire") in this Waterloo place. And Austin was born...."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

In the Name of Innovation

Council considers institutional racism, a suitor for Brackenridge Hospital

"...institutions, and the private sector. (For more, see "Point Austin: Race Matters," April 7, and "City's Racism Task Force..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...While it sounds like a parody of an Austin utopia, the development is real, and the first phase..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...Austin has begun to wise up about how much developers..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Meanwhile, at City Hall, the Austin Music Network once again took up far more civic..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All Aboard

New ARA Board Swells With Inclusion

"...`we' now," muses Mark Rogers on the Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation's (GNDC) new status as a member of the..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

News Roundup: PDRD Splits; Bill Filing Ends

Council carries on

"...In this week's News Roundup, the Planning and Development Review Department splits in two, Council gets through a..."

March 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...the Capitol to the Texas Disposal Systems landfill, where Austin's city-collected residential trash goes to be forever entombed. From..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"..."Live music in Austin is facing a life-or-death crisis."..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Playback: Agent of Change Returns

New hope and typical bureaucracy precede Council vote on sound dispute resolution

"...Austin not only deserves a progressive music policy when it..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Why Venues Are Struggling to Stay Open in the Live Music Capital of the World

As Hot Summer Nights descends, Austin’s live music epicenter campaigns for city support

"...This is the case every evening in Austin, Texas, but especially during Hot Summer Nights, the Red..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Public Notice: Waitin' for the Money

Budget, bond drama overshadows all else

"...rollout of curbside compost collection, with service reaching all Austin Resource Recovery customers by 2020. That's currently in this..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...Austin has an established agreement with the city of Galveston..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Off Beat: Music Commission Passes Recommendation to Support Texas Music Museum

Commish suggests Council direct $850,000 in aid to Eastside gallery

"...very strongly that this is about the future of Austin, and I feel like this is about the future..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Council Carefully Moves Closer to a HealthSouth Deal

HealthSouth redevelopment takes center stage in negotiations

"...on one of the last city-controlled properties in Downtown Austin...."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal

Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.

"...as Nayome by utilizing beats off YouTube. Moving to Austin in January, the 23-year-old singer searched for producers to..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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