The Road to Somewhere

Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map

"...the world. Or at least the small world of Austin. That's the goal of the Citizens' Planning Committee, a..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...Lucia Athens is the City of Austin's Chief Sustainability Officer. Hired in 2010, Athens became the..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Pearce To Reopen

Education Commissioner Scott approves repurposing plan for middle school

"...AISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the campus repurposing plan, Education Commissioner Robert Scott gave it the nod. In..."

Aug. 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...Staring down a deepening recession, what's an Austin small-business owner to do? The consensus advice: Get out..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...at 3am worrying about work. As general manager of Austin Energy, with ultimate responsibility for keeping the city's lights..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Warning to Citizens

"...be warned. Don't be duped by the city Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department. Participating in a neighborhood plan is..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Postmarks

Liveblogging the Northcross Hearing…

"...Tammy Williamson will be "walking us through the site plan," says Laura Huffman. For now, Huffman is going through..."

Dec. 14, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...So say the city's Downtown Austin Design Guidelines, echoing more than a decade's worth of..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Something Short of Miraculous

Months in the making, the city's plan to maintain reproductive services at Brack still raises questions.

"...Brackenridge Hospital to the headquarters of the Diocese of Austin, carrying signs that expressed "keep your rosaries off my..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Would You, Could You Be My Neighbor?

The new incarnation of neighborhood planning and the latest handicapping of the mayoral candidates

"...relinquishing my post as chair of the Central East Austin Neighborhood Planning Team, I cannot crow about how our..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

This Land Is Our Land

News From the Fronts of State-City Land War

"...said, "why didn't anyone tell me?" "This" was the Planning Commission's rejection of the proposed Triangle Square shopping complex,..."

April 24, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...neighborly audience from the Lakewood Homeowners' Association in Northwest Austin. They are fielding questions that touch the heart of..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Council Recap: Stay Home, Go Slow, Be Resilient, Ask for Help

City Hall extends eviction freeze, earmarks relief funds, and more

"...Austin renters are protected from eviction proceedings until at least..."

May 8, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?

Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?

"...and into the next round of the ongoing city planning drama which, for now, we'll call CodeWHAT?...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Hurry Up Please, It’s Time

We're late, we're late, for a very important date ...

"...that commissioners have had pending for months now, after planning department staffer Jerry Rusthoven had finally made his way..."

March 9, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Then There's This: A Double Whammy for CodeNEXT

An ethics complaint and a vote against the first major part of the Imagine Austin plan

"...a good many neighborhood associations and their umbrella group Austin Neigh­borhoods Council have not been terribly trusting of how..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...Texas' highest environmental official until last spring, moved to Austin this summer to join the Sierra Club as its..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Slow Burn

City's climate protection plan sputters in 2010

"...Austin Climate Protection Program Director Ester Matthews was briefly summarizing..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Climate Protection: City in No Hurry To Cool It

Checking in on the Climate Protection Program's progress – or lack thereof

"...Any day now, the city's annual report on the Austin Climate Protection Program is due for release. (It's late,..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"...the confusion, a few weeks ago the city of Austin hosted a meeting in an East Austin community center..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

An S-O-S for SOS

What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?

"...Barton Springs salamander -- one need only consider the Austin Tomorrow Plan of 1979: a comprehensive, citizen-inspired blueprint for..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Council Gets Its Head in the Game

With only one first-term Trump-era vet and several rookies, Council squares up

"...him to reelection – how much appetite remains in Austin for progressive politics?..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...and in some areas around under-enrolled schools in East Austin. We continue to have analyses, but the metrics keep..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...New Year's resolution to "be done with this place," Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Ryan Burger took a..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Community and Committee Back Johns Hopkins as Eastside Partner

AISD Trustees to vote tonight, but deal still needs TEA approval

"...Austin ISD trustees are poised to vote tonight on a..."

May 6, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...city, which will guarantee their proper disposal. That's the plan being put into action by a coterie of local..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Riding the Riverside Rail

Which comes first, the train or the passengers?

"...furthest-reaching implications: approval of the East Riverside Corridor Master Plan. An addition to the currently being reworked Austin Tomorrow..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...about affordable housing and the East Riverside Corridor Master Plan may be happy to hear of recent suggested refinements...."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature

Council Watch

Business as Usual: After Bradley, Council Moves on to Other Things

"...week discombobulated a group of Southpark Meadows neighbors who planned to storm the LCRA building and oppose the project..."

April 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

S.o.s. 101

"...1993 was a year a lotof people came to Austin. It was the year they split the phone books..."

April 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

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