Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...those complementary efforts, if you get out beyond the central core and into the neighborhoods, finding an easy route..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cast Away

Pure Castings, Zavala Elementary, pollution, jobs ... and the neighborhood

"...Club and is now working with the Eastside activist group People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources,..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...resident for 20 years, she founded the Northeast Action Group (N.A.G.) two years ago, primarily to advocate neighborhood development..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...Ten of these neighborhoods, along with one business owners' group, have created their own plans for themselves, all of..."

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

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...of the Aquifer District is under attack. A small group of people associated with a water supply company that..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Naked City

"...studio/residential development project, proposed for the State Highway 130 corridor, to leave the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The feathers are..."

March 14, 2008 News Feature

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...in keeping with the mission of the far-reaching Envision Central Texas project, an inclusive planning process that kicked off..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Dueling Bondage

Mayor and council members consider transportation packages

"...would include funding for “regional mobility” projects ($100 million), “corridor mobility” projects ($500 million, the heart of the proposal),..."

June 13, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...still anchored in southeast Travis but now including several Central Texas rural counties and no longer reaching to the..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Capital Metro Stays Its Course

All Systems Go!, but no extensions added, to a November commuter-rail vote

"...for Eastside neighbors who would – inevitably, in the group's view – be displaced by rail and attendant gentrification..."

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

If You Can't Stand the Heat ...

Republican Jill Warren is behind in the polls and going negative on her Democratic opponent Ann Kitchen, in the race for House District 48 in Travis County.

"...While Kitchen hasn't made her pro-choice position central to her campaign, she does use the issue to..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...variety, white-tail deer and buzzards became the dominant social groups (though they never voted as a bloc), and, of..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...communication urging the commissioners to approve the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee recommendation to include a stand-alone proposition to bond..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

A roundup of local news, rumors, and factoids from around Austin

"...jail system -- the Travis Co. Jail, the new Central Booking facility, and the Travis Co. Corrections Complex in..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck

Affordability is in the details

"...the city, Cap Metro, and developer Endeavor Real Estate Group...."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Entering Into Bondage

The Citizens Task Force takes up the fall bond package planning

"...the Bond Election Advis­ory Task Force, a City Council-appointed group of 15 citizens with hopefully strong stomachs and long..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...was named to the prestigious Texas Supreme Court's Rules Advisory Committee, comprised of 50 of the best lawyers, judges,..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column

Naked City

"...voted against fast-track legislation partly because "every major environmental group [was] against this bill." Doggett elaborated, "I am not..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...lot, or not at all, or both. Thus, the central-city creeks are on Austin's well-known to-do list of projects..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...short supply – and no general aviation airport in Central Texas – private pilots have appealed to Austin's Aviation..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...officials hire and fire the help, listen to interest groups, lobbyists, and citizens, and vote how they think is..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...Met board and the Austin Transportation Study (ATS) Policy Advisory Committee, currently of the Citizens Planning Implementation Committee (CPIC);..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Daily Hustle: 5/26/10

Get yer council preview right here!

"...Austin Regional Intelligence Center, a “fusion center” clearinghouse for Central Texas law enforcement agencies...."

May 26, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Endorsements

"Smart Growth" Bond Proposals:

"...Center, as the centerpiece of a revitalized Waller Creek corridor, would be a major asset for this city, and..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Endorsements

"Smart Growth" Bond Proposals:

"...Center, as the centerpiece of a revitalized Waller Creek corridor, would be a major asset for this city, and..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Eastside Community Organizations

"...differently on the Eastside. Austin may seem incestuous to central-city liberals surprised to run into friends and allies over..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Municipal elections are currently under way in Central Texas. Early voting runs through May 3; election day..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Location, Location, Location

AISD is moving its administrative offices from West Sixth Street to Highway 290. Why would any government entity do that?

"...actual site – trustees just rubber-stamped it. The current central office, the Carruth Administration Center, was one of 10..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Sky's the Limit

County buys AMOA block for a new "hundred-year" courthouse

"...joined together and talked to the commissioners, and the group began planning in earnest. Initially, says Biscoe, they considered..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

"...falsely that this was the work of a small group at KO.OP Radio. This spread of misinformation is very..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Column

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