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Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis
Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back
"...in 2020, effectively killing efforts to rewrite the Land Development Code, has struck again. This time, they’ve filed a..."

March 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: A Big Bucket of BidenBucks to Stitch Up the Safety Net
Homelessness response anchors $263.5 million spending plan
"...stimulus and relief funds (augmented by local reserves) toward services and plans to address the city’s shelter crisis...."

June 11, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Proposed City Budget Cuts Police Funding by $8.1 Million
Decrease falls far short of $100 million activists called for
"...by reassigning Austin Center for Events staff to the Development Services Department...."

July 13, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison and Austin Sanders

Soccer Watch
"...just before 9pm, came a follow-up from the city’s Development Services Department, including specific guidance for the construction industry,..."

March 27, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Preview: Wildhorses, Salamanders, Elephants
Only 51 items on today's agenda – but plenty of potential land mines
"..."tenant relocation program" to assist renters abruptly dislocated by redevelopment or similar causes; it passed on first reading only..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The House on 45th Street
Neighborhood groups raise the alarm about the Grove at Shoal Creek
"...attorney to meet with "senior management from the city's Development Services and Planning Departments" to discuss the Grove at..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Are You Typical?
Council's first look at FY 2016 budget
"...begin staffing the new Central Library), 27 positions in Development Services (also the subject of a lengthy, detailed briefing..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview
The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires
"...now fit in to the national scheme of disaster services...."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories
From the dais to the streets
"...none of it into parks, libraries, health and human services, development services."..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?
The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities
"...business park, many of them high tech research and development firms, and there are plans for a major expansion..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

GSA Rejects Delay of Intel Implosion
The Intel building implosion is still on.
"...sell it off to developers, but the federal General Services Administration just shot down that idea. In a slightly..."

Feb. 7, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
It's time to look more intelligently at economic development
"...the costs associated with commuting (or distributing goods and services) in Austin's ever-worsening traffic. Both are functions of the..."

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

Naked City
Off the Desk
"...new department that oversees zoning, neighborhood planning, and neighborhood services." Last week, Jo Clifton's newsletter In Fact reported that..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

On Compatibility, Staff Tells Adler, Thanks, but No Thanks
Previously drafted Land Development Code changes were better, they say
"...standards in the context of the wide array of development tradeoffs, including affordability, mobility, environment, and equity."..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Everything's Coming Up Green for City Employees in Better-Than-Expected Budget
Cronk: "We can be both lucky and good"
"...their $74.4 million proposal to invest in restorative social services for those most in need in our community –..."

July 15, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Unhoused Moved to "Bridge Shelter" As City HEALs Its First Encampment
20 people living outside Terrazas Library relocated
"...time for those sheltered under HEAL to access stabilizing services (such as health care) and potentially move into future..."

June 17, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Making Better Plans
Code, even more NEXT
"...released a timeline this week for the much-anticipated Land Development Code Revision. Generally, it shows "code development, including meeting..."

July 26, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin At Large: Say Farewell to Greg Guernsey
An exit interview with Austin’s longtime planning chief
"...around this time last year, as the CodeNEXT land development code rewrite ran aground on the shoals of local..."

July 12, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Zika 101
Travis County to conduct a two-day survey on the mosquito-borne virus
"...health officials from the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department and Williamson County will launch simultaneous public health..."

June 16, 2016 News Post by Annamarya Scaccia

Making a Living in Virtual Reality
Local developers brave the uncharted world of the VR marketplace
"...years, with Austin emerging as an epicenter of software development for the medium’s various platforms. But unless you work..."

May 31, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs
It's not too soon to aim for green space
"...road to getting those principles embedded into our land development code, but I thought it worth enumerating some of..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Instrumental Incentives
The National Instruments deal provides a model for economic development
"...exchange among Spel­man, Laura Morrison, and Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office Direct­or Kevin Johns to the effect that..."

March 8, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The YIMBYs Come to Town, and City Council Joins Them
Yes in Austin’s Backyard
"...the Chronicle to better understand what’s going on with redevelopment applications filed under the HOME ordinance. According to the..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: The Ghosts of Austin’s Future
Two different City Councils; four different land use results
"...7-4 urbanist majority in trying to rewrite the Land Development Code, but when that rewrite process failed, that morphed..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Housing Plan, Stadium Vote in Council Spotlight
Still to come this spring: child-friendly policy, land use code reboot
"...housing providers to create significantly more units in their developments – "even 500% [more] in some cases," he says..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City: More Affordable Housing Everywhere
Neighborhood Housing and Community Development draft goals to increase inventory for low- and moderate-income households
"...entire workload of the city's Neighborhood Housing and Com­munity Development department into a single briefing, Casar, his colleagues, and..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Artists, Assemble!
Generous Art starting a professional association for artists
"...From 2-5pm, Generous Art is hosting a professional development expo at Techspace, 98 San Jacinto. On hand will..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Post

Public Notice: Good City, Bad City
City staff does some things right, some things wrong
"...the proposed Grove at Shoal Creek PUD, the controversial development of the formerly state-owned tract on Bull Creek Road..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

VZ Actions Already Under Way
A sampling of the 60 action plans, along with the agencies responsible
"...Public Works Dept. (PWD), State Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT), Development Services Dept. (DSD), Planning & Zoning (PAZ), Health &..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature

Council: What Drought?
Zimmerman and Troxclair take on water restrictions
"...perhaps leaking into the draft would too readily allow overdevelopment, because 2) there is insufficient transparency built into the..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

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