Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...history of the environmental movement that had been written – there were little bits and pieces in the Statesman..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...City Hall is being battered and bruised over expanded development in the Barton Creek watershed, and water quality in..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Smart Growth and Me..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Hitting the Pavement

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

"...north-south highway east of I-35 has helped force that growth into the Bad Places to the west of the..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Holy Cause

"...Two things you should know about this Smart Growth business: A) It's everywhere; and B) Lots of people..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...Reputations – especially those of the unearned variety – can be..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...fair claim to the title of Birthplace of Smart Growth. (It definitely spawned the name "Smart Growth," later taken..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Breaking the Code

Plain English Is the Goal for Land Development Rules

"...citizenry and our staggering bond debt, Austin's onerous Land Development Code has become the stuff of local folklore. Unlike..."

May 15, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...day? What if one 500-acre ranch could become both – letting us have our natural open space and build..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Smart Growth Not Dead..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

Page Two

Lost Austin behind us, Smart Growth ahead?

"...what Austin had lost, when it actively supports Smart Growth, which was destroying the city? At first, I was..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...toolbox. They've got light rail, downtown housing, a streamlined development process, growth-management plans to promote infill and combat sprawl,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...frames here and starburst patterns there. Even Austin-Bergstrom International Air­port is getting in on the act: Midcentury modern has..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...every part of town fill up with Austinites seeking R&R: tattooed youths playing ultimate Frisbee, extended families sharing birthday..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

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

"...or should, grow, but I hope nobody seriously wants growth to slow to a crawl or stop altogether. Cities..."

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

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...... project appears to focus on the potential new development that may be spurred by the pipeline ... the..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Postmarks

Who has the ego problem?

"...raise a family is being strangled by this malignant growth. Today, I read that the mayor and some council..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...wrapped up with a big bow and dubbed "Smart Growth." In the Smart-Grown city, we were told, every neighborhood..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A New Social Order

Whither Equinomics?

"...Slusher need each other. Slusher has been touting Smart Growth themes -- now most closely associated with Watson --..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

West Lake Hills Under Siege

Urbane Mud-Slinging

"...fundamentally opposing perspectives on how they should cope with growth and change...."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature by Wesley Oliver

Page Two

"...It is a road designed to open a new growth corridor between Austin and San Antonio for development...."

May 22, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Green Acres

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

"...get their wish. With Proposition 2 in the "Smart Growth" bond package proposal, Mayor Kirk Watson and the Austin..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Page Two

"...plows through relatively undeveloped country, encouraging all kinds of growth. A road is a scar that changes the land..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...expensive, citizen-driven but government-directed program of long-range micromanagement of growth, land use, and the urban character. Conversely, Austin, which..."

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

Fuller Versus IDEA

Charter school group attacks academic's work, he rebuts

"...– Students taking the English-language TAKS (rather than the Spanish-version)..."

Dec. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...– Invocation at the Sept. 14 LCRA board meeting..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

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

"...-- detailing Envision Central Texas' long-awaited quartet of long-term growth scenarios for the five-county metro area...."

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

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

Man in the Middle

"Personally," says Council Member Daryl Slusher, "I think Austin is growing way too fast."

"...the town Slusher wanted to save? In a word, growth...."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...education and on-the-ground experience to lead on the sustainable growth front. Quintanilla, however, whose past includes advocating for public..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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