Hitting the Trails

City Trails Vision Provokes Suburban Wrath

"...than 400 miles of new hike- and-bike trails along creeks throughout Travis, Hays, and Williamson Counties. City dwellers could..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

Money's Green, Too

The Nature Conservancy & Big Bidness Makes Cents

"...Uplands, an ecologically sensitive tract of land above the Barton Springs Contributing Zone owned by FM Properties. By the..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Down to the Wire

SOS, Bradley, and the city try to work out their differences and come to an agreement they all can live with on the Bradley Settlement.

"...last week's council meeting, George Cofer of the Save Barton Creek Association, accompanied by Rather, was overheard on his..."

March 10, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...measures designed to influence the planning process in the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer. The LCRA board..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Curtains Closing on Stratus Deal?

The Stratus Properties development deal heads for a third and final City Council vote, just as environmental and neighborhood opponents step up demands for a referendum.

"...tip sheet to keep up with the mutating Stratus Properties agreement -- not to mention the curve balls thrown..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Circular Logic

Stratus forgets to tell Circle C residents about their zoning requests.

"...Stratus Properties hit a snag on its way to City Council..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Turning Points

"...2,200 acres of the Barnes-Connally development, the Estates of Barton Creek, which include the Barton Creek Country Club and..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Whole Truce

Gary Bradley ponders the significance of his proposed settlement agreement with the city of Austin.

"...Jim Bob Moffett ever considered mining the banks of Barton Creek for real estate riches. And there have been..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Moneybags Moffett

Another Fine Pay Day for Jim Bob

"...which fathered FMCG and FMRP, as well as FM Properties, developer of the Barton Creek PUD and Circle C..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Few Questions for a Newcomer

Got a Problem With Salamanders, Bare Feet, and One Algae Tie?

"...on those who care about the fate of the Barton Springs salamander, and stated in no uncertain terms his..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Chamber of Avarice

Developers Costing City Its Future

"...the city limits, like Circle C and the proposed Barton Creek PUD, benefit the poor...."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Suburbanites Opt to Leave Austin, While Voters Keep Austin Blue in Weekend Election

Turnout was about 6% for the historic election

"...After years of costly struggle, residents of the Lost Creek neighborhood in Southwest Austin finally got their wish: They..."

May 10, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...of Jefferson Street, off of West 35th and Bull Creek Road in Central Austin, a park runs along Shoal..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Enemies

"...The Stratus Properties controversy has generated strong emotions on every side, and..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Aquifer Angst

Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?

"...irrigate treated sewage in the recharge zone of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...plan is up to snuff. Both Gunn, of Sweetwat­er Properties (aka Lazy Nine municipal utility district), and SOS Executive..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Three East Austin/African-American properties were recently added to the National Register of Historic..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

Saving what we can of Barton Springs -- most recently threatened by a proposed development deal between the city and Stratus Properties -- requires pragmatism and compromise.

"...urges you to rally at the council to save Barton Springs, they're lying...."

July 19, 2002 Column by Louis Black

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...it. I particularly didn't like intense development in the Barton Springs Zone and the drinking water supply watersheds. I..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall

The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans

"...the aquifer, the T-I headquarters campus at MoPac and Barton Skyway has no grandfathered claims that would allow for..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

FWS Approves Stratus-pheric Development

"...A plan by Stratus Properties to develop its Circle C property has received the..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Signed and Sealed

With Bradley Out of the Way, Council Turns Attention to Stratus

"...9.) The pro-settlement side, which notably included the Save Barton Creek Association, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District and,..."

March 31, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Going, Going, Gone?

Gary Bradley agrees to sell 1,000 acres of land to the city

"...SOS Alliance's Robin Rather and John Scanlan, the Save Barton Creek Association's George Cofer, and Council Member Daryl Slusher,..."

March 17, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"...criminal trespassing charges for entering land owned by FM Properties, now known as Stratus Properties, has been delayed until..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature

Revenge Is Sweet

Slusher Crashes, Burns on the Southwest Parkway

"...the almost deserted road serves one key landowner: FM Properties Operating Company, spin-off of global polluter Freeport McMoRan. Because..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

It's A Gas, Gas, Gas For Longhorn

Looks like the Longhorn Pipeline is about to begin pumping gas.

"...by the city of Austin, two landowners, and the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District that called for a closer..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Green Acres

Prop. 2 Seeks to Protect Water Quality - but at a Price

"...to safeguard the quality of rainwater runoff into the Barton Springs zone of the Edwards Aquifer. For years, property..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Unsettling Settlement

"...at Circle C, which is now controlled by FM Properties, a subsidiary of New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan and Phoenix Holdings,..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...from Lady Bird Lake on the north side, through Barton Hills, and southward around Sunset Valley, incorporating Onion Creek..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...19, in connection with a pair of assaults outside Barton Creek Square Mall on May 21, according to an..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

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