Austin Tomorrow

Building on the Past

"...November bonds runs along the border between different cities: Austin Tomorrow, the paradisiacal product of future Smart Growth, and..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"..."If we do our jobs right, we'll create a plan that has a profound influence on our generation and..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...As our 2010 comprehensive planning effort bumps and grinds, it lends perspective to realize..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

What’s on the Agenda for Tomorrow's City Council Meeting

A new shelter strategy, Cap Metro’s Red Line expansion, and more

"...City Council meets tomorrow, Nov. 14, to wrestle with a 100-item agenda...."

Nov. 13, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Comp Plan Combo Platter

The comp plan process reaches critical density

"...After a year of public outreach, the city's comprehensive planning effort has now entered the third round of community..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Thoughts on land use, social justice, and making Austin look, feel, and work better.

"...consumed by land-use quarrels -- the staple food of Austin politicos and at times the crux for great change..."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Is "neighborhood planning" the tool for the job Austin needs done?

"...The usual disclosure: I can't write "objectively" about neighborhood planning, because I chaired the Central East Austin Neighborhood Planning..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin At Large: Say Farewell to Greg Guernsey

An exit interview with Austin’s longtime planning chief

"...– that I'm leaving," says Greg Guernsey, director of Austin's Planning and Zoning Department since 2006 and a city-staff..."

July 12, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...over Stratus -- although I've found that sitting through Austin public hearings paralyzes my facial muscles quite effectively.) But..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...1839: Judge Edwin Waller, later Austin's first mayor, lays out the original city of Austin..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...city council hearing on the recommended Outer Southeast Community Plan. In its current form, three years in the making,..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Trump’s Personal 2025 Project

The Heritage Foundation supplies the blueprint

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

Oct. 1, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Parks Board Recommends Zilker Plan Despite Misinformation-Fueled Outrage

Stakeholders respond to 5,000-seat amphitheater concerns

"...The Zilker Park Vision Plan has cleared its last hurdle before heading to City..."

May 26, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom...."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...15 to make appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine on Austin Public Health's webpage were kicked out of the sign-up..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Little Big Plan

The Austin Creative Alliance proves it can think big by thinking small

"...been serving on the board of directors of the Austin Creative Alliance, an agency that aspires to nothing less..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Master Plan of Encroachment

"...Dear Editor, So now we have CodeNEXT to plan new developments that Austin needs ["CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...fact is, most of us support something -- neighborhood planning, corner stores, destination parks, conservation easements -- that has..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Postponing the Code

CodeNEXT rewrite generating inexplicable panic

"...larger question of the entire project: of entirely rewriting Austin's land use code...."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Downtown Plan: Town Hall Meeting Tonight

Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Plan

"...Don't miss the Downtown Austin Plan Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Public Town Hall..."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Envision Central Texas project is an opportunity for the citizens to plan our own destiny.

"...Nothing is ever really settled in Austin, even the obvious. The fact that metro Austin will..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Bold Tells PETA to Go Kick a Chicken

"Farmer in the Del Valle" promotion raises animal activists' hackles

"...Sorry, PETA, but Austin Bold FC does not plan to cancel its upcoming..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: City Hall’s Game of Threes

Spencer Cronk quizzes the Council to win a new land use code!

"...fair of Cronk to ask Council, and by extension Austin, to make that same choice again, knowing what we..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Unfinished Business

Working Austin's weirding ways to New Year's resolutions

"...to do today what can be put off until tomorrow – or until next week. It's not entirely intentional;..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For regional planning, it's a great day to go back to the future

"...a pretty good week for Will Wynn after all. Austin ISD has signed up its campuses for green power;..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Don Hertzfeldt and His “World of Tomorrow”

Austin animator screens his acclaimed shorts

"...The Austin-based filmmaker premiered “World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden..."

Nov. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...two groups of men near Rundberg Lane in North Austin. Both groups drew guns and shot. A 32-year-old man..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...Austin Chronicle: You've emphasized in your campaign that you're "a..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

UT's Master Plan Disaster?

So Far, School's New Buildings Receive Low Marks

"...ugly interiors -- is where the university's Campus Master Plan was born...."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...tree limbs took out power lines. Those events prompted Austin city officials to begin holding ongoing preparedness training classes..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

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