Twenty Years of Battle in the Barrio

The two main Eastside neighborhood camps -- and other figures on the margins -- each try to take the reins of redevelopment.

"...to pick out Sabino and Lori C-Renteria's house on Haskell Street, a few blocks south of Plaza Saltillo --..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

City Hall Hustle: Eastside Discordance

The El Concilio players strut the stage

"...year to throw a Diez y Seis de Septiembre celebration, and the upstart Pachanga festival, mixing old-school performers with..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...bright afternoon on Indigenous Peoples Day, and Bertha Rendón Delgado is interviewing her elders in the shade of a..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

No Quiet on the Eastern Front

The choice for Place 2 presents two approaches to Eastside issues.

"...the race had already passed. Fernandez was concerned his election committee was depleting its time and resources when it..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...open space formerly called the rail yard, now more elegantly dubbed the Saltillo District. Not even the squawking of..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Eastside Community Organizations

"...as a roadmap. On the Westside, you would not likely encounter a civic leader in any venue other than..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...we fund a program like this?" – Rep. Carter Casteel, R-New Braunfels, denouncing a public school voucher proposal during..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

With Minimal Drama, Saltillo Project Lurches Forward

Capital Metro hires a planner and appoints community advisors for the rail-yard redevelopment

"...The Saltillo District redevelopment effort cleared a major hurdle last week -- and,..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

In a marathon Planning Commission meeting, three neighborhood plans get approved while one, the controversial East Cesar Chavez plan, gets postponed after a lengthy and heated discussion.

"...The nearly controversy-free Old West Austin Neighborhood Plan -- Enfield to the river, Lamar to MoPac -- outlines exactly..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Railing at the Rail Yard:

Capital Metro runs into (surprise!) angry neighbors as it contemplates redeveloping its Eastside rail yard.

"...-- angry neighbors who don't trust the agency's intentions, feel excluded despite Cap Metro's attempts at inclusion, and think..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Too Many Cooks at Saltillo?

"...Metro to provide input to the consultants charged with developing the 11-acre Saltillo District, just east of I-35 between..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Will Fernandez Bust Throw Eastside Détente Into Turmoil?

El Concilio leader's drug-and-assault arrest comes just as Mexican-American political cooperation is on the rise.

"...who drew Fernandez as a challenger during this year's election and was "stunned" by the news, to Fernandez's neighbors,..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Neighborhood Soup

"...then the city council, in the teeth of vehement developer opposition and general public distrust of the big and..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...Some lay of the land: Rainey Street itself runs north-south through the middle of the 88.5-acre Rainey..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Light-Rail Named Desire

Capital Metro Plows Ahead With Studies on Cedar Park Line

"...when it voted 6-0 to spend $5-10 million on preliminary engineering and environmental studies of a commuter rail line..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Holly on Hold

Passage of the Holly Neighborhood Plan gets postponed for lack of neighborhood participation.

"...How many people does it take to develop an acceptable neighborhood plan? Definitely more than 2% of..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Capital Metro Stays Its Course

All Systems Go!, but no extensions added, to a November commuter-rail vote

"...Walkers, as Capital Metro board Chair Lee Walker told Mueller neighborhood point man Jim Walker, from the dais at..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Vignette's incentive package to move downtown wins easy approval; East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan moves forward despite loud and lengthy protests.

"...the Watson council's original wish list. The company even (tentatively) threw in a couple of stocking stuffers, like building..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Council members announce Planning Commission appointments that promise to calm the harsh political winds that have blown through the commission of late.

"...you think the Planning Commission is running on three wheels now, you should have seen it back in its..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The fractious, lively process that led to the adoption of the ECC Neighborhood Plan holds some lessons for future neighborhood planners.

"...Well, it wasn't as ugly on July 11 as it..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...of complaints from Council Members Daryl Slusher and Bill Spelman about the daily's stream of editorials -- not to..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Hispanic Pass Over

Garcia, Spelman Open Cans of Racial Controversy

"...least not within earshot anyway. Gavino Fernandez, who represents El Concilio, an East Austin organization of neighborhood groups, flung..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...meters, the council insisted that Public Works and Transportation immediately replace 15-minute, 30-minute, and one-hour meters with two-hour meters;..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Despite a groundswell of support from the music community, city number crunchers..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature

Creating a 'Corridor'

"...Capital Metro's redevelopment plans for the Saltillo District would create a gateway..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

And the Winner Is...

Who Will Benefit the Most From Annexation?

"...citizens -- Frank Sturzl of the Texas Municipal League, Terrell Blodgett, a UT urban management professor, LBJ Dean Edwin..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Tied to the Tracks

"...to the tracks, as a congested city and its beleaguered transit authority inch toward an apparently final decision on..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Trouble Brewing for Blue Owl?

Neighborhood concerns delay taproom

"...beer fanatics salivating, not everyone on the Eastside has welcomed the news with such enthusiasm. Blue Owl has become..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Finally ... Cole Declares for Mayor

Local leaders help kickoff campaign

"...Hugh and Sandi Bender, across the street from Lee Elementary School, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole officially announced that..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Holly Street Hoopla

An attempt to develop a Neighborhood Plan Contact Team for Holly Street went down in flames – again

"...a meeting goes your way – don't let anybody else talk, and shout down the neighbors. That was the..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

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