Another Round This Week In Champion Sisters Fight

City wants to avoid court fight over development, saying a loss could make it even worse

"...the intersection becomes totally impassable. This is the so-called Champion Sisters fight, named after the three women who own..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Champion Tract...

"...The Champion sisters, whose family has owned this land since 1866,..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature

Champion Tract 3 Draws Fire Again

Plans for the land development run afoul of city’s Environmental Commission

"...Plans for the Champion Tract 3 are again drawing fire, this time from..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Champion of the World Cinema

Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam

"...world-cinema map in 1993. In this story of three sisters coming together to honor the anniversary of their mother's..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...traverse today's Northwest Austin back in 1866, when the Champion family first acquired 240 acres of Bull Creek bottomland..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

"...The never-ending Champion zoning epic trumbles on, with City Council lending initial..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council Watch

Council shrinks Champion development at Loop 360 and RM 2222; taxi drivers want to raise fares, Gary Bradley development agreement doesn't provide enough information.

"...approval to a neighborhood group's recommendation on the proposed Champion Tract development, giving the Champion sisters, the owners of..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Point Austin: Beside the Point

City capitulates to development plans on the Bull Creek watershed

"...in the room is the proposed rezoning of the Champion Sisters' tract in northwest Austin. Tracts, actually – the..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The streets are mean, and so is the City Council

"...But the gift that keeps on giving is the Champions zoning saga, the three Northwest tracts at 2222 and..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...decades-old battles, it's Round 47 (or thereabouts) at the Champion Tract. The Champion sisters, whose family has for a..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Council moves out of City Hall annex, addresses the needs of poor, examines csc's record on hiring minority contractors, approves neighborhood proposal for the chamption tract, names a designer of the Mexican American Culture Center.

"...Mexican-American Cultural Center to social equity to the much-belabored Champion tract zoning case in Northwest Austin, the council kept..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Looking Back on the Champions Tract Rezoning

Does this development belong in this particular corner of the Hill Country?

"...Champions Tract 3, a slim triangle of undeveloped land along..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

TDH: 5/10/11

On Council agenda: Historic tax abatements, Holly decommission & more

"...The zoning agenda includes a request from the storied Champion Sisters to add left turn access onto their controversial..."

May 10, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Bowing to public pressure, city declines to change management of Zilker's canoe rental service from longtime concessionaire Zilker Park Boat Rentals

"...the deathblow to more permissive zoning at the controversial Champions Tracts in Northwest Austin? No, that passed on second..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Live Shot: Okayplayer

Questlove and Wu-Tang forever

"...has long served as a curator of cool and champion of left-of-center underground talent. Saturday night’s Rainey Street showcase..."

March 22, 2015 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Postmarks

How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.

"...The struggle over the Champion sisters' proposed development out on RM 2222 reminds me..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column

Naked City

Northwest Austin's Champion tract undergoes zoning.

"...We Are the Champions..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Scream VI

The meta-horror franchise gets less meta, more brutal

"...Mason Gooding, Courteney Cox, Dermot Mulroney, Hayden Panettiere, Jack Champion, Josh Segarra, Liana Liberato, Devyn Nekoda, Henry Czerny and..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...evoke Nineties post-mod indie pop in the shape of sisters Deal. – Kate X MesserTHE BONES11pm, Emo's Jr. No..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

WNBA: The "We Got Next" Generation

The Revolution Is Being Televised... and Sponsored by Nike

"...Sponsors are solid: Nike, Reebok, Sears, Budweiser, Buick/Oldsmobile, Spalding, Champion, Lady Foot Locker, Lee Jeans, are all high visibility..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...as will the latest from John Sayles, Go For Sisters, starring Edward James Olmos and Lisa Gay Hamilton. Party..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Sporty Spice

Wherever you fall on the sporty spectrum, Austin's queer scene has a place for you

"...Lee says. "[Trans] people are our family, friends, brothers, sisters, and we as a community are not going anywhere."..."

July 21, 2023 Column by James Scott

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...who are the children of his elder and younger sisters, respectively. As the fisherman Singaram works hard to provide..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: November 19

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The Cheney affair gets more nuanced, and demonstrates how..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...fascinating life story of Sonny Liston, the controversial heavyweight-boxing champion of the world...."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...(11:40am), Explorer's Club (12:10), Tom Freund (12:50), Brothers & Sisters (1:30), Foreign Born (2:10), Two Gallants (2:50), Restaurant (3:30),..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The New Rage

Voxtrot finally conquers the LP

"..."It's champion rock," Srivastava laughs...."

May 18, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Bittersweet Ending

Notes From the Republican Revolution

"...Perry campaign is gathered, a country band, The Kyle Sisters, entertains the crowd. After their set, one of the..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature

Qmmunity: Queer Comedy Pipeline

Ivy Le talks the impact of Tongue in Cheek, a queer comedy open mic providing fertile ground for Austin's LGBTQ comics

"...Get your seat for a night with the Sanderson sisters. TLGS will have popcorn, snacks, and drinks available for..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by James Scott

Pro-Choice Demonstrators Turn Out by the Thousands

Protests at schools, the Texas Capitol continue after leaked Supreme Court decision

"...high school students staged walkouts across the city to champion abortion rights, activists gathered by the thousands last weekend..."

May 20, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

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