Point Austin: Beside the Point

As another protracted legal battle looms, council lends tentative rezoning approval to three tracts of land at 360 and 2222

"...11,000 car trips a day to a proposed mixed-use development still in the design stages. Yet with hurdles to..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Disclosure Review

"...folks' minds, what with everything else going on, but Austin@Large had an eminently logical suggestion for process improvement in..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Opinion: Transforming Boggy Creek – Sustainable Light Rail for a Greener, Safer Austin

What if we transformed flood-prone land into a light rail corridor?

"...Road and took a little walk by the Govalle Austin Police Department. As I walked over a large concrete..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Column by Philip Romike

Public Notice: The Ghosts of Austin’s Future

Two different City Councils; four different land use results

"...Austin City Council races are nominally nonpartisan, but make no..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

East Austin Doesn’t Get the Same Shade, and Consequences Ripple for Health and Equity

Beating the heat

"...Austinites have been facing a record-hot summer, having just endured..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal

City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action

"...gases to 2040 – 10 years earlier than when Austin's net-zero emissions goal was adopted in 2014...."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...of dollars remain designated, but the money to sustain Austin's live music venues never arrives. For venue owners and..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...As the city of Austin continues to divvy COVID-19 relief, music advocates are making..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin At Large: Let Me Make Things Clear

Yes, we need to move ahead quickly – but not recklessly – with a new land code

"...last column from readers: "His position on the Land Development Code rewrite is unclear" and "He needs to be..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Adler Offers Olive Branch After Second Reading of Land Development Code

Code compromise?

"...of debate, City Council advanced its effort to rewrite Austin's Land Development Code to the third-and-final stage late on..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Story of Twin Sisters, Austin Real Estate, and Salad Dressing

SASS (Season All Stuff Sauce) forced to start over after their rent increased 350%

"...SASS (Season All Stuff Sauce) was born in Austin 31 years ago, the same year as Lauri's son..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Roxy Bonafont

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...Page was at an appointment with a medic from Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services' Community Health team when the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Exploring Diverse Foodways at the Austin Food & Wine Festival

Plant pioneers, wines, and more to satisfy your culinary cravings

"...Now in its eighth year, the Austin Food & Wine Festival has settled into a recognizable..."

April 26, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Austin FC's New Charitable Arm Backs Affordable Housing Project

Meanwhile, Senate Bill 1771 seeks to jeopardize the Major League Soccer team

"...held a symbolic "groundbreaking" on a forthcoming affordable housing development in Northwest Austin on Wednesday morning, with financial backing..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Local Control Now in Chains

State clamps down on cities' right to govern themselves

"...set a fixed time limit on city review of development plans, or grant approval by default; a couple of..."

April 26, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Why Is Austin Such a Promised Land for Food Entrepreneurs?

The land of milk and honey and consumer packaged goods

"...It's not the picturesque Hill Country views, or Austinites' penchant for patio cocktails, or even the gushing venture..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...Welcome to Austin! It hasn't always been like this. Will it always..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Soccer in Austin? Three Interests Now Vying for McKalla Place

Welcome to the group stage

"...our last chance ever" for an MLS team in Austin. [inset-1-right]..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...it's chrome frames here and starburst patterns there. Even Austin-Bergstrom International Air­port is getting in on the act: Midcentury..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...breakout LPs by Spoon and Trail of Dead. Yes, Austin, Mike McCarthy's moved his operation to Nashville...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

While Austin Slept

City Council passes major bond package – & lots of other stuff

"...City Council adjourned just before 3am this morning, and..."

June 24, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Cheer Ups Cheerless Over Development

Construction of parking garage threatens rock wall

"...begrudgingly hosting – their landlord agreed to accommodate the development of a Hyatt hotel parking structure that will butt..."

June 24, 2015 News Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...college campus. Based at Huston-Tillotson University in central East Austin, the group holds events, raises funds, and advocates for..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Reconnect Austin: Part One

The Great Depression

"...The YouTube video is displayed by advocates of "Reconnect Austin" – the proposal to send I-35 underground and unite..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Point Austin: Questions for Visa

A few things we might ask before we provide corporate welfare

"...the next 10 years) to Visa Inc. The "economic development grant," of course, is not exactly charity. Under the..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see the front of..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Point Austin: Race-off

Tovo's Place 3 council campaign gets off to a dubious start

"..."oversized" for F1 purposes and for pass-through to subsequent development and is being built (by the racetrack owners to..."

May 6, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin

A week in the life of local government

"...hitting the fan this week. From the Chamber of Concrete/Austin American-Statesman war on public education to the eternal shell..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

A Capitol Idea? The Capitol Complex Meets the Downtown Austin Plan.

Texas Facilities Commission takes another look at Capitol redevelopment

"...the Texas Facilities Commission, the dullest swath of Downtown Austin – the state Capit­ol complex – could become a..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Is Austin Getting Left Behind on the 'Livability' Front?

'Sustainability' is much more than a 14-letter word

"...and communities for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, strongly urged Austin and Central Texas to get better..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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