Point Austin: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Sustainability Project snap-shoots our present, future

"...information necessary to support a regional effort at "sustainable development," a term the authors define as "providing for current..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Saying 'No' to AMD

As the company moves forward, the culprits are wiping away their fingerprints

"...Advanced Micro Devices and its announced move to Southwest Austin, since those deep thinkers down at the Statesman declared..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Samsung's Domain

The city eagerly raises the corporate incentive flag, and we're all expected to salute

"...a chance to read and review the proposed "Economic Development Agreement" between the city of Austin and Samsung Austin..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Keeping Austin Wild

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space

"...to 40 years. No matter how one feels about Austin's current supply of hiking trails, parks, and pools, that..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin Stories

"...-- specifically the 246-acre Tract 110, slated for office development. Perhaps he could pick up some extra cash from..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Austin's Chambermaid

"...excise Chamber member Gary Bradley's Circle C subdivision from Austin's extra-territorial jurisdiction, the Chamber of Commerce Executive Board voted..."

June 16, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

City Council and Staff Push and Pull Over Campsites and Transit Oriented Development

OK, how about here?

"...prepare for forthcoming updates to the city's Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy, in partnership with Capital Metro. The transit..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Is a New Austin Land Development Code Done Yet?

Council: Stick a pin in that!

"...will allow city staff to resume rewriting the Land Development Code. In asking for that guidance, City Manager Spencer..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meeting Highlights Opposition to Riverside Development

Audience decries the "sham" public hearing and many aspects of the plan

"...city staff hosted a “community meeting” concerning the major redevelopment proposed for Riverside Drive/South Pleasant Valley Road. The event,..."

March 29, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

City Hall begins budget prep with a fair-to-middling forecast

"...little less than 99% of the projected budget, and Development Services revenue (a "growth bonus"?) was about $2.9 million..."

April 6, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Spencer To Head Neighborhood Housing and Community Development

"...Spencer to head the city's Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Office. The move comes at a time when the..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Crestview Neighborhood Development Buzz

North Lamar Transit-Oriented Development Zone changes and proposals abound at North-Central neighborhood meeting

"...Blizzard, a spokesman for Crestview Station LLC (a mixed-use development on the former Huntsman site, centered around the planned..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Getting Into Bonds

When the wish lists are written, will the money follow the speeches?

"...will never realize our vision of dense, mixed-use urban development as an alternative to never-ending suburban sprawl."..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...There are plenty of reasons to love Austin and the enormous, unique state it’s part of...."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Council Slashes Parking Requirements, Ushering in New Era of Development Rules

City expresses optimism that eliminating parking minimums will lower the cost of building housing

"...One of the drivers of Austin's housing affordability crisis – perhaps the biggest driver –..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...Every year since 1982 (The Austin Chronicle's second year in print), the Halloween issue has..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Austin at Large: HealthSouth – Headed South?

A seemingly straightforward P3 deal instead brings Council’s tensions to the fore

"...there was Brackenridge Hospital, an actual city department like Austin Energy, that, after some urban renewal, landed on 15th..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Who Pays $278 Million: Austin Taxpayers or Private Developers?

Council should not vote to divert city tax dollars to the south shore property owners

"...city's General Fund to pay for infrastructure for their development. If approved, this diverted revenue would no longer be..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Column by Bill Bunch

Austin at Large: It's a Season, Not Just a Day

Showdown at the Batcave, Part 2: Isn’t this just lining the developers’ pockets?

"...of Armbrust and Brown, perhaps this town's most successful development lawyer. Both have a checkered past when it comes..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Brightness on the Edge of Town

Samsung’s Taylor expansion lights up needs, opportunities in the Eastern Crescent

"...semiconductor ecosystem, infrastructure stability, local government support and community development opportunities. In particular, the proximity to Samsung's current manufacturing..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...trader named Daniel H. Caswell found his way to Austin from Tennessee. Five years later, he built himself a..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

A Path Toward Permanent Housing in North Austin

Council approves funding for Espero at Rutland

"...of permanent supportive housing to a site in North Austin at 1934 Rutland Drive...."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Transition Areas & Zones of the Land Development Code Revision

The debate over density and gentrification continues

"...centers and transit priority networks, as defined in Imagine Austin and the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan. Between those centers..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature

Public Notice: Motherless Austin

Building a better city, but at what cost?

"...– and to anyone who's been following the Land Development Code discussion for the last decade, the issues and..."

Nov. 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...This summer, Austin firefighter Randy Denzer hosted two California firefighters who were..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Council Previews Fall's Main Event: A Land Development Code Revision

A code, foretold

"...two months, mostly on the dais, to shape Land Development Code revision (what was once CodeNEXT). At its special..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Time for the Bonus Round!

Trusting ourselves to allow the housing that will change the city

"...wrote several weeks ago, lead to new, dense infill development in places where people aren't really expecting it and..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: A Tale of Two Crises

The question before Council has apparently become, not how much affordability can we afford, but "who's paying?"

"...you? – along came the Pilot Knob planned unit development to gobble up all the headlines. I won't be..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...and Men, and not just because he's conducting the Austin Opera production that runs Jan. 23-31 at the Long..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Keeping Austin Green

The Parks budget finally got a boost, but the real job has just begun

"...Every tree and trail in Austin let out a collective sigh of relief Sept. 10,..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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