City Hall Hustle: Milk Cows and Cash Cows

AE's uncertain future means wobbly program budgets

"...Alan Simpson, the municipal milk's going bad at the city utilities...."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: New (and Improved)

The new Liveable City survey confirms a community consensus on development and governing issues.

"...I alluded to a new study by the all-star "quality-of-life nonprofit" Liveable City about the local economy. I don't..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...was mud, an unruly river fed by unpredictable creeks, and hills and "fertile and gracefully undulating woodlands" whose beauty..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Real Estate Council of Austin Wraps Its Mind Around Affordability

Developers group to learn about peer city challenges

"...Long a bugbear in the "Weird" parts of town (and often within these pages), the Real Estate..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: Gas, Water, and Trash

There could be a higher utility bill in your future

"...Is there a more trite expression of resource-based geopolitical woes than that old 5 o'clock news..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Planning and Development: A Small Bump

Building fee hikes will pay for new hires

"...The Planning and Development Review Department is undergoing a bit of a..."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bill Would Rotate UIL Events Out of Austin

Father and son lawmakers call for holding high school state competitions in other areas of the state

"...cry for high school athletes across the state is "Austin or bust!" That's because in every sport except football..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...You're not old enough to buy alcohol, and don't have enough Hawaiian shirts or blond streaks to..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...Citizens of Austin, prepare to meet the official representatives of your..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

F1 Event, Vendor Permit Deadlines Close, City Warns

With race four weeks away, city updates on road closures

"...business around Formula One weekend, you better hurry: The city of Austin has sent out the list of deadlines..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...For a city that’s supposed to care a lot about the arts,..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...Widespread ranting has been flying thick in the Austin air as council approaches its Thursday vote on the..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Everything's Coming Up Green for City Employees in Better-Than-Expected Budget

Cronk: "We can be both lucky and good"

"...City of Austin employees took the spotlight today (Friday, July..."

July 15, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...jobs right, we'll create a plan that has a profound influence on our generation and the next."..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...City of Austin employees took center stage July 15 at..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: Trouble Abhors a Vacuum

There's always room for argument at City Hall

"...gonna be something," said Laura Morrison at the last City Council meeting, explaining her "conservation of controversy" theory. Any..."

June 19, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Arts Funding Skipped Established Arts Organizations. Will They Survive?

Reforms to Austin’s arts grants threaten to disrupt the city’s cultural ecosystem

"...Two years ago, the city of Austin’s Economic Development Department enacted a huge overhaul..."

Oct. 25, 2024 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Very High Speed

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

"...The sound of a Formula One car is like hornets – if..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Bike City

In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

"...When Central Austin streets become crowded and traffic-snarled and the spring weather..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Your City Manager Semifinalists (Updated)

"...Almost three and a half hours after convening, City Council has returned..."

Jan. 3, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

It's time to look more intelligently at economic development

"...One of these facts is not like the others:..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Budget Breakdown

The final presentation of the city's $525.3 million proposed budget for fiscal year 2007 is Friday, Aug. 31; the focus: Major Utilities and Infrastructure and Growth Management – yea haw!

"...Today, Aug. 31, is the final presentation of the city's $525.3 million proposed budget for fiscal year..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Instrumental Incentives

The National Instruments deal provides a model for economic development

"...Of the economic incentive deals put together by the city..."

March 8, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...It's been derided as a shopper's Disneyland and pre-emptively dismissed by many Central Austinites as a..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...Scott Swearingen to talk about his new book, Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Austin. Below..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Growing State of Downtown

Downtown Austin Alliance releases status report on development

"...At an event dubbed the Future of Downtown held Tuesday afternoon at the Central Library, the..."

April 30, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Why Is Austin Such a Promised Land for Food Entrepreneurs?

The land of milk and honey and consumer packaged goods

"...It's not the picturesque Hill Country views, or Austinites' penchant for patio cocktails, or even the gushing venture..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

She's One of Us

Mike Clark-Madison Profiles New City Manager Toby Futrell

"...rhetorically, good-naturedly, but not facetiously -- at the thought of being "profiled" in the local media. "Do you know..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: What's Your Incentive?

Citizens question the city's standards for drawing employers

"...More often than not, speakers before City Council reveal as much..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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