It's All About the Process

City delays vote on hiring comprehensive planning consultant

"...Does anyone in Austin think a nationally respected planning firm can teach Austin a thing or two about..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Neighbor Power

Why neighborhood plans work better in Seattle

"...Austin's neighborhood plan process is grounded in the best of intentions –..."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"...climate change crisis and the new Austin Climate Protection Plan. Embodied in a resolution adopted unanimously by City Council..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...between "no-growth" and "managed-growth-but-not-pro-growth" forces, when Austin adopted the comprehensive plan we now call Smart Growth, when nobody admitted..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Going by the Rules

A New Water Plan Avoids an Old Problem

"...was given authority to come up with a water plan," Bullock pointed out at a press conference last Wednesday...."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

The Vicious Cycle

Citywide Bike Plan: a Modest Beginning

"...include bicycle access in the city's street and traffic planning process. Since bicycles aren't given their space on the..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature

The Road to Somewhere

Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map

"...world of Austin. That's the goal of the Citizens' Planning Committee, a group put together by the city council..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...the ambitious Climate Protection Program, the Carbon Neutral Fleet Plan, and the plastic bag ban, as well as other..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

How Cool Is Austin

2010 snapshot of the ACPP 'five plans'

"...Municipal Plan Make all city of Austin facilities, fleets, operations carbon..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...two-thirds are so confident that they have no contingency plan in place for what to do in an economic..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...Guidelines, echoing more than a decade's worth of policy, planning, and promises about the Central Business District (CBD). This..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Something Short of Miraculous

Months in the making, the city's plan to maintain reproductive services at Brack still raises questions.

"...the 1995 agreement, and city staff have presented this plan as the best possible option for getting around the..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Would You, Could You Be My Neighbor?

The new incarnation of neighborhood planning and the latest handicapping of the mayoral candidates

"...post as chair of the Central East Austin Neighborhood Planning Team, I cannot crow about how our neighborhood plan..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

This Land Is Our Land

News From the Fronts of State-City Land War

"...said, "why didn't anyone tell me?" "This" was the Planning Commission's rejection of the proposed Triangle Square shopping complex,..."

April 24, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...as "flexible permitting," to Texas' Clean Air Act implementation plan, though the state had been issuing flex permits for..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Point Austin: Buckle Up

The 20-year argument over SH 45 resumes apace

"...neighbors to the south, the long-delayed State Highway 45 plan is back on the front burner – a slimmer,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Pearce To Reopen

Education Commissioner Scott approves repurposing plan for middle school

"...AISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the campus repurposing plan, Education Commissioner Robert Scott gave it the nod. In..."

Aug. 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What’s on the Agenda for Tomorrow's City Council Meeting

A new shelter strategy, Cap Metro’s Red Line expansion, and more

"...District fund; adoption of a new long-range parks master plan, and a resolution directing staff to explore the creation..."

Nov. 13, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?

Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?

"...and into the next round of the ongoing city planning drama which, for now, we'll call CodeWHAT?...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Housing Blueprint: Making New Plans

Life beyond CodeNEXT

"...the document is already guiding its actions, the draft plan to reach the Blueprint's goals has yet to be..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Hurry Up Please, It’s Time

We're late, we're late, for a very important date ...

"...that commissioners have had pending for months now, after planning department staffer Jerry Rusthoven had finally made his way..."

March 9, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...or 2014 (I’ve forgotten which). It looked at neighborhood planning areas pretty closely, and released a 25-page report looking..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Then There's This: A Double Whammy for CodeNEXT

An ethics complaint and a vote against the first major part of the Imagine Austin plan

"...hasn't wavered since City Council adopted the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan in 2012. Rewriting the land code is a..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Sixth Sense

Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street

"...Eight resident representative to the East Cesar Chavez Neighbor­hood Planning Team, she has a say in the current overall..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Slow Burn

City's climate protection plan sputters in 2010

"...departments, and just beginning the communitywide outreach that was planned to be at full speed this year...."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Climate Protection: City in No Hurry To Cool It

Checking in on the Climate Protection Program's progress – or lack thereof

"...its council mandates, failing to make public a detailed plan of action with real performance measures, and failing to..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"...and "confusion" are words often associated with the government-orchestrated plan to force the United States into the age of..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

A Warning to Citizens

"...be warned. Don't be duped by the city Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department. Participating in a neighborhood plan is..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Postmarks

Liveblogging the Northcross Hearing…

"...Tammy Williamson will be "walking us through the site plan," says Laura Huffman. For now, Huffman is going through..."

Dec. 14, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...property (a Smart Growth "infill tool" included in neighborhood plans), and creating a community land trust to bank property..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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