Sunset vs. Goliath

Tiny Sunset Valley defends the aquifer -- but could use a little neighborly help

"...-- the financial lifeblood of the community. These commercial developments may look like any other strip of chain stores,..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...of, anything done by the traditional forces of "economic development."..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SOS Sues Over Stratus Plan

Stratus Properties plans to develop 1,253 acres in the Barton Springs watershed, but the Save Our Springs Alliance believes state law prohibits their lofty plans.

"...Properties could further delay final action on a proposed development deal that has been in the works for a..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...January 18 "Page Two" concerning the Villas on Guadalupe development, I would like to say that Mr. Barbaro's column..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Naked City

The city gets into the affordable housing development business, buying land in East Austin for a mixed-use development there.

"...officials have learned the same lesson about subsidizing residential development in East Austin that many people are taught about..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...has funded in an attempt to encourage local business development. And in doing so, they've defied economic trends that..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Barton Blues Again

"...their displeasure with the city's plans to approve a development deal on a 4,000-acre tract of land a dozen..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Green Acres

Prop. 2 Seeks to Protect Water Quality - but at a Price

"...form a shield against further degradation caused by future development...."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Polling the Poleyard

Questions Abound on Downtown

"...approval, and final negotiations ending with a May 8 development agreement with the city...."

March 6, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

A Watershed Year?

"...in the Barton Springs watershed that is slated for development. But the controversy surrounding the 84-acre Brodie tract, located..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...Lunch has probably never seen anything like the downtown redevelopment rush that's going on this year. Two big development..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Mulling Over Mueller

"...road to this future -- the planning, disposition and development for re-use of the site after 1999, when the..."

Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Golden Opportunity

SB1704's Repeal Gives Austin a Turn at the Helm

"...Department of Commerce to the new Department of Economic Development, meaning that come September 1, all construction projects in..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

Postmarks

Environs Observer

"...rest of the creek habitat being wiped out by development, pollution and traffic, why do some insist on throwing..."

July 25, 1997 Column

Tied to the Tracks

"...doors are to begin with, both by creating "transit-oriented development" and by promoting generally higher densities and more varied..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Complex Question?

Central Park's Proposed Housing Project

"...on the subject is being played out in the pre-development stages of an upscale apartment project on state-owned land..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"...neighborhoods" and called for a more "planned approach" to redevelopment in the area. It also said the development was..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Long Story of East 11th and 12th Streets Takes a Turn

Austin’s historically black neighborhood continues to stand at the crossroads of growth

"...was a staffer in Austin's Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department in the mid-Nineties. He's been around since the..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Grove at Shoal Creek Inches Forward

Council to finally consider contentious zoning case

"...about the parcel for the Chronicle (see "Déjà Vu Development," July 18, 1997). Back then, the state still owned..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin

Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16

"...case you haven't heard, Austin is rewriting its Land Development Code. CodeNEXT is the name for the ongoing process..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

Creating Sustainability

City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood

"...grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – to develop an environmentally driven master plan for..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive

To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all

"...in D.C. for new federal law that promotes sustainable development patterns through urban reinvestment. The Obama administration reportedly is..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

UT's Brackenridge Tract: Speculating on Speculation

What will become of these coveted 345 acres where Lake Austin Boulevard meets Enfield Road?

"...Since the Brackenridge Development Agreement, which paved the way for development in 1989,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...B. As fixed-rail transit, they uniquely shape urban land-use, development, and growth patterns. The "streetcar effect" serves to stimulate..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: What Would Andrés Duany Do?

The town-planning messiah fixes Austin.

"...Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Duany has profoundly altered urban planning and development practice. The Miami-based Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. helped create..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...screen – has an eagerly awaited sequel still in development. But Austin developers have friends at Harmonix, the studio..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...bringing mobility, they fear, light rail will instead bring redevelopment that will gentrify them out of their homes and..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Architect Antoine Predock presents a sleeker, more sharply angled version of his City Hall design; the Bennett Tract faces a tough road with neighbors and the developer at an impasse over the size and scale of proposed development on the East Austin tract.

"...compared with the money at stake in the proposed development on the Bennett Tract in East Austin. Thursday, city..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Hays County development continues apace, squeezing out rural residents and exacerbating water-use problems.

"...rush for suburban "Hill Country living" is adding new development near Austin, San Marcos, and Wimberley. And though much..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Council Watch

sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement

"...of day care center uses. Also excluded would be development resulting from city-instigated condemnations and construction, as it would..."

March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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