“This is not workable.”

City Commissions slam draft CodeNEXT plan in Tuesday joint meeting

"...land value. But when asked whether the team could envision some way to cut down on demolitions, Joyce replied..."

May 31, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: “We Can’t Hear You.”

CodeNEXT planning process remains a mystery

"...their two-hour meeting getting to the bottom of the Envision Tomorrow tool, which the commissioners had been unable to..."

June 2, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Operating at Full Capacity?

We all need some slack ... and what ET (the tool) says about housing

"...– what's currently called single-family zoning. That's because their Envision Tomorrow tool judges that such developments don't make economic..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Death of a Planner

John Fregonese tried to get us all to a better place

"...was during Fregonese Calthorpe Associates' work on the 2004 Envision Central Texas project, a planning process which later informed..."

June 22, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Code Blue

Lamentations on land use

"...focusing on CodeNEXT, as the official agenda puts it: "Envision Tomorrow CodeNEXT analysis, procedural changes proposed by draft code,..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

A Land Use Lexicon

"...Envision Tomorrow: An online calculator-type planning tool that "helps the..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: The Greatest Show on Access

ZAP, PC take turns hacking code

"...May 23, com­missioners spent some time talking about the Envision Tomorrow spreadsheet tool that a number of commissioners, council..."

May 26, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT's Sound Check Gets Under Way

There's still (a little) time to tell city planners how you feel about the way Austin's designed

"...• Open Studio, 10am-noon • Educational Brown Bag Lunch: Envision Tomorrow, noon-1pm..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

CodeNEXT Sound Check

Mon.-Sat., Nov. 16-21

"...• Educational Brown Bag Lunch: Envision Tomorrow, noon-1pm Sat., Nov. 21:..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: Million-Dollar Vision

Will council fund a fresh comprehensive planning process?

"...2007, resolution authorizing the Interim Update of the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan and a study of "alternative approaches" for..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For regional planning, it's a great day to go back to the future

"...the insert you'll find in this issue -- detailing Envision Central Texas' long-awaited quartet of long-term growth scenarios for..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Infill On Trial

What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?

"...Welcome to Austin Tomorrow. That is, Austin today. Which was supposed to be..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...1977, council adopted the first parts of the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan (Resolution No. 770512-4); the last elements were..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...required green building, more sustainable land-use patterns à la Envision Central Texas, and concentrating increased density along major corridors..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Neighborhood Soup

"...spiked the whole thing. This left us with Austin Tomorrow, the noble, relevant, yet useless Seventies urban vision that's..."

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

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...zoning decisions) don't have to be consistent with Austin Tomorrow. Only once a new comprehensive plan is adopted would..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...their campaigns on their visions for the Austin of tomorrow, delving into future growth, neighborhood compatibility, and comprehensive planning..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Shameless Accusations

"...the Barton Springs Watershed – such as the Austin Tomorrow Plan, the SOS Ordinance, and Envision Central Texas. It..."

May 10, 2006 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Toll Roadkill

The dead armadillos are on the sides of the highway, not in the middle

"...through land-use and related strategies under the aegis of Envision Central Texas, to restrain future sprawl and thus the..."

July 23, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Envision Central Texas project is an opportunity for the citizens to plan our own destiny.

"...Which brings us to Envision Central Texas, the regional community-driven planning effort now under..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"...proper role of the automobile in a city of tomorrow. But let's get our priorities straight; we all, as..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in his Sept. 27 article ["Austin @ Large"] about Envision Central Texas ("We shouldn't discourage them from coming"), that's..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...AC: When you were saying you don't envision yourself as a musician, that's related to another musician..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...the DJ as your friend playing your song. I envision KUT providing several parallel services -- over the air,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

It's a Good Economy, Stupid

Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times

"...the parks and libraries and fire stations we'll need tomorrow, instead of the ones we needed in the Carter..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...really that different from what Eric Mitchell seems to envision for East 11th and 12th Streets). Regardless of how..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...for me. Sometimes I don't know how I'm eating tomorrow. That's where mental health comes in for musicians and..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...And then – well, probably early to bed, because tomorrow there's a co-op retreat, wherein residents will decide what..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Townes Van Zandt

Gift Guide

"...along with 1978's Flyin' Shoes, squanders the opportunity to re-envision and expand an understanding of the songwriter in simply..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

DIY or Die

Red 7's house rules are hardcore, so stop whining

"...house to gets things started. Within White Shadows and Tomorrow's Too Late trade MySpace-friendly screamo early, then slam-dance to..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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