Central Austin Plan: Love Is All Around!

Shocking scenes of consensus unfold right before the City Council's eyes

"...into last week's proceedings, it fell to North University Neighborhood Association co-president Jerry Roemisch to actually utter the K..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: A Healthy Heart

Central Austin neighborhoods should embrace UT, not fight it.

"...-- or at least was -- the most "urban" neighborhood in Austin. It has high residential densities, lots of..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Fall Season

Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?

"...It's back to real work, sort of, for the Austin City Council this week, after a curious summer much..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Mueller in the Middle

Whatever disasters City Hall hath wrought, the old airport isn't one of them

"...Council voted unanimously last month to move forward with Plan A – selling the Mueller land as part of..."

June 18, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...next door to his house in the Deep Eddy neighborhood had been cleared of its previous, modestly sized house..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...city council hearing on the recommended Outer Southeast Community Plan. In its current form, three years in the making,..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...the "compact and connected" city idealized in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. But CodeNEXT is not the code itself...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council To Imagine Imagine Austin

Plus SH 45, White Lodging, frat houses, and more

"...a 60-item agenda that includes the mother of all planning issues – the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan – which..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...The Austin City Council and the Capital Metro board of directors..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Very High Speed

The who, what, where, when, and why of Formula One racing

"...miles per hour. Yet the May 25 announcement that Austin will become the new U.S. home to the world's..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: The Results Are In ...

The Envision Central Texas planning survey confirms a popular vision that the power brokers just don't want to see.

"...press conference Monday to announce the findings of Envision Central Texas' big community survey this last fall -- findings..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big. The city..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan

Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot

"...Shortly after Save Austin Now, a GOP-backed political action committee closely allied with..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?

At least three council members question cost

"...time of economic gloom and city budget-slashing, the Downtown Austin Plan was almost a casualty last week. When City..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"...so -- the mayor, city staff, the developers, the neighborhoods, the daily, and me. Amazing, really, to think that..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

How OPA Design Studio Makes Austin's Elite Brewery Taprooms

Stephen Oliver does his tap dance

"...like the Wild West," recalls Stephen Oliver, principal at Austin-based OPA Design Studio, one of only a handful of..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin ISD's upcoming bond package will probably be larger than..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

UT Area Cautious -- at Best -- Over Planning Effort

Campus-area residents take their turn in the city's neighborhood-planning spotlight.

"...The six neighborhoods comprising the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Planning Area cover..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Top 10 Local Stories

Central Texas in 2005

"...all new highways have to be toll roads, so Central Texas obliged, provoking a firestorm that's lasted for much..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Their plan calls for lots of new student housing -- but all in one place

"...the University of Texas while preserving the adjacent historic neighborhoods." That text from the draft of the city's Central..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."The authorization I issued ... was that anything we..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...election, advocates (not just us) continue efforts to take plans up a notch. See "Austin@Large," at right...."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

And in Other Council Business ...

After a month's break, City Hall has a long, long, long agenda

"...today (Thursday, the 29th) from the annual summer break, Austin's finest will not only get their first official look..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...set a Nov. 2 election for its "starter" commuter-rail plan. See "Capital Metro Stays Its Course."..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the praises of former foes in support of the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. See " Central Austin Plan:..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on 'dumb' and get it over with." – Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, rallying Democrats in Blanco by mocking..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...Budgets, budgets, everywhere, and not a dime to spend..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...Readers may want to reference "The Big Picture Map"..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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