On a Short Lease

"...the current rate of amnesia, a whole generation of Austinites will have forgotten -- or will have never learned..."

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

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...Salazar from the Ending Community Home­lessness Coalition, and East Austin Advocates founder Natasha Harper-Madison. Houston also introduced former Travis..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Insinuations & Lies

"...has nothing to report but insinuations and lies ["Point Austin: The Amazon Invasion," News, Oct. 20]. He is a..."

Oct. 22, 2017 Postmarks

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...council members found themselves embroiled in a debate over Austin's terrible traffic and hapless solutions, with one audience member..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

CodeNEXT Is Coming

Special called CodeNEXT meeting signals new day forward for land development

"...urban growth and champions of the city's traditional single-family neighborhoods...."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...glamorous limo-laden life at their new company ... in Austin, Texas...."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Road to 10-1

The City Council districting destination is settled. Is anybody driving the bus?

"...victory of a ballot proposition that would ultimately redesign Austin city politics. The passage of Prop. 3 – to..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

In-Comprehensible? ANC Balks at Comp Plan.

ANC fears Imagine Austin will unravel neighborhood planning efforts

"...The Austin Comprehensive Plan is well into its third phase of..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive

To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all

"...if it does, the discussions in Denver will affect Austin, shaping the region's neighborhoods, Downtown plans, rail lines, and..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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

Artists as Developers

A symposium gives creative types a new role in rebuilding neighborhoods

"...signs. With population density returning to city centers, low-income neighborhoods with local histories and identities are vanishing under the..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

City Hall Hustle: Political Drought Withers SMD ... Again

'Gentleman's agreement' stays intact after unsuccessful effort to change Austin's system of electing council members

"...serve in a geographically defined area – would provide neighborhoods with greater accountability, while also delivering more equitable representation..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Watershed Redo

How redevelopment can save the springs ... or not

"...Austin, we still have a problem – the continued commercial..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

RG4N's 11th-Hour Gamble

RG4n wants a third party to reconcile their Northcross plans with the developer's.

"...and Outside Counsel Fail to Move Northcross Negotiations Forward AUSTIN, Texas, March 26, 2007 Responsible Growth for Northcross (RG4N),..."

March 27, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Mixed Use Meeting Tonight

"...Ordinance, and its centerpiece, the Vertical Mixed Use provision. Neighborhoods can decide to opt-in or opt-out of the zoning..."

Dec. 13, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...Rutledge Spur Road at the far northern tip of Austin, it's hard to believe the crazy-quilt urban sprawl of..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...the woman herself. The former city staffer, a lifelong Austinite who rose steadily through the ranks from stenographer to..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Best-Case Scenario

After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.

"...featuring leaders (elected and otherwise) from throughout the five-county Austin metro area but no official authority -- has staged..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"..."split" between our organizations ["Off the Desk," Feb. 25]. Austin's neighborhood and environmental groups have been deeply allied for..."

March 3, 2000 Column

Withering on the Vine

One Gardening Group Struggles While Another Thrives

"...Austin Community Gardens' Sunshine Gadens suffers from neglect due to..."

July 31, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the new $1.375 billion operating budget to support the Austin Music Network. The budget made its long-awaited debut Wednesday,..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature

The ARA Clubhouse

Mitchell's Very Exclusive Board

"...battle last month to force the board of the Austin Revitalization Authority (ARA) to add representatives from the Eastside..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Column

Urban Removal?

East 11th and 12th Get Plowed

"...tenant of a slightly run-down house in Central East Austin, got a phone call that would terrify some of..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent

Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work

"...of systems that allow the growing urban hub of Austin, Texas, to function as well as it usually does:..."

June 11, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Rumble at Bunny Run Heads to Council

Neighbors say school reneged on promise of no apartments

"...a tight bend in the Colorado River in northwest Austin. The signs are white, and in blood-red letters they..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

It's Toby Time!

"...agenda is the expected hiring of Toby Futrell as Austin's real, official, non-interim city manager. Expect much applause. With..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Raul Alvarez and Rafael Quintanilla head into a runoff for the Place 2 seat June 3.

"...came from the city's northeast side, in the settled neighborhoods surrounding Reagan and Lanier high schools, where Quintanilla tended..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Arts-Park Plan

"...whole complex into the bête noire of the adjacent neighborhoods. Then, on top of that, the University of Texas..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature

A Look at the City Council Races for Districts 2, 4, & 7

As Garza moves on, Pool and Casar seek to stay put

"...other three – an open seat, and two North Austin incumbents. D2: The Lone Open Seat..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...In the ongoing debate about Austin's Land Development Code rewrite, there's usually a point when..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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