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Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'
"...we created the Business Retention and Enhancement Program, on Congress Avenue and Sixth Street, BRE. And we used seed..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Happy Trails on the Horizon?
AMTC's Vision Quest
"...of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) by Congress in 1991, and the creation of the Enhancement funds..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

All Eyes on First Night
Fireworks rule, parades with kids and bikes rule, giant art rules ...
"...fireworks over Town Lake and a Grand Procession down Congress. Pyrotechnics and parades give us a chance to fully..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Gone and Quartered
Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects
"...began.) Also categorized under Great Streets are the Pfluger Bridge extension, which adds to bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure; the extension of..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect
Diving into the plan
"...serve the UT campus, Capitol Complex, Downtown, and South Congress to Stassney Lane. It's a route served today by..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories
Five current projects work for Austin-centric synergy
"...Corp.) to give a damn about what Las Manitas Avenue Cafe represents for Austin, it can seem that every..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Controlling Their Own Destiny
So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them
"...and Robert Garriott, late of Origin Systems, to the Congress Avenue-based Aspyr Media Inc., which takes PC and console..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...piece regarding the Seaholm District Master Plan and Pfluger Bridge completion permutations. The following thoughts clarify what may have..."

June 21, 2002 Column

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Who has the ego problem?
"...my father, his father and his father's father. Kinney Avenue was named after my family, and my father grew..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column

A Long Time Coming
Why Now?
"...renovated Palmer Auditorium, a new Civic Center, a pedestrian bridge, and enhanced parkland. Courtesy of City of Austin All..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Public Notice: Voting by Mail? Better Act Fast.
Plus: $$ for Tesla, Threadgill’s auction & more
"...Transportation Department has installed temporary protected bicycle lanes on Congress Ave­nue from Riverside Drive to 11th Street, "to ensure..."

June 26, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

After a Fashion
Stephen is hitting the holiday-party circuit with a vengeance and a few hotties on his arm
"...pathetic display of holiday lights on the Ann Richards Bridge and Congress Avenue and how, as the grandest avenue..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Land Rush
The Early Days
"...Center, an enormous shopping/hotel complex at the foot of Congress Avenue and overlapping the Annex site. That plan went..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

First Night Austin
First Night Austin gets ready to ring out the old year in a big way, with a cultural extravaganza on a scale the city has never before seen
"...world's longest chalk drawing across the entire First Street Bridge. An unpublished O. Henry story read aloud. An 8-foot-long..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...chance to attend an anti-war rally, blocking off the Congress bridge downtown. I couldn't manage to get there until..."

April 4, 2003 Column

All Together Now
City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights
"...as Carrie Keith steers her bronze Chevrolet truck down Congress Avenue during a recent Tuesday afternoon rush hour. "You..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Claus & Effect
The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed
"...and carat. But Wendy Nolin, general manager of Ben Bridge Jewelers at Barton Creek Square, says the most important..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...a general contractor to begin construction on the Lamar Bridge. The three make a great team -- all want..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature

Sculpting a School
David Deming on the Art of Being a Dean
"...evicted from the front of First City Centre on Congress Avenue.) Further evidence of Deming's place on the national..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Pagan Cheer
"...Similarly, if 20,000 single-occupancy cars cross a bridge between 12 and 1 one afternoon, the government and..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column

Things to Do Downtown During the Texas Tribune Festival
Take a break with these hot spots within walking distance of the Capitol
"...the Lone Star State, the Bob Bullock Museum (1800 Congress) is the place to go for some Texas history..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

Pro-Immigration and Anti-Trump Rallies
Anti-Trump rally leads to arrests
"...at the Capitol at 7:30pm and migrated south down Congress Avenue, eventually stopping at the South First bridge, shutting..."

Nov. 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

My Dove Springs ... and Ours
What life in 'the 44' says about the two worlds of Austin
"...hill leads past brown apartment complexes over a minimal bridge and over an equally minimal creek, onto a broad..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

If You Build It ...
What Dreams May Come
"...used for the new state building at 15th and Congress. "I think downtown there should not be too much..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

It's Not Just a ZIP Code
Neighborhood Associations
"...N-- Town Lake; S -- Oltorf; E -- South Congress; W -- Union Pacific RR (one block east of..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Hysteria Doomed Plan
"...has been "precious little discussion" on the "six-month South Congress moratorium." First of all, the moratorium would allow for..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Column

Austin Pride 2009
Event listings
"...be sorry if you do. 8pm. Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress, 472-5470. www.agliff.org...."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature

Playback: The New Vulcan Gas Company
You heard right, hippie – a new Vulcan Gas Company
"...been christened the Vulcan Gas Company after the legendary Congress Avenue psych-rock incubator (1967-70), the Austin music community cried..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pride Events
"...that's an afterparty! Sat., Sept. 22, 9-11am. South First Bridge, 468-8113. $25 online registration. www.austinpride.org...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Faces of Homelessness
Another Downtown attempt to find answers
"...and unmarked patrol cars in the area bordered by Congress Avenue and I-35, 11th Street and Cesar Chavez –..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

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