The Watson Way

Mayor Kirk Watson talks about challenges for austin during his next term.

"...first, with the further implementation of the all-conquering Smart Growth ideology vying for dominance with clean-air and cost-of-living issues...."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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"...issues, including basic city services, education, traffic, transportation, and growth. The question is neither naïve nor environmental -- it..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column by Louis Black

They'll Be Booming

By the Time I Get to Georgetown...

"...with their transplanted California values. Suffused with the compact-city, slow-growth, plan-it-in-advance gospel, I whisked my poor parents away from..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

Prairie Fires

Dessau Road Burns With New Boom Fever

"...lead to such landscapes' destruction. The flip side of growth limits, metro government, disincorporations, compact cities, and other post-modern..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Ready to Bond

AISD Tries to Ease Overcrowding

"...district's strategy to relieve overcrowded schools simply promote more growth and sprawl in Southwest Austin? And at the same..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

More From Adler

Incumbent Steve Adler on Austin progress, challenges, 2018 campaign

"...the Southwest part of the country is growing. That growth can put at risk some of the things we..."

Jan. 18, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...Rodney Gonzales is deputy director of the city's Economic Growth and Redevel­op­ment Services Office. He points to the significant..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Developing Stories

Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning

"...Central Texas urgently needs a comprehensive regional plan for growth. To date, however, the multijurisdictional politics of multiple cities..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...river and its corridor and discuss the impacts of growth, development, and change...."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...Austin. For those concerned about how development and rapid growth are changing Austin – for better and for worse..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Letters at 3AM

All the economic numbers point one way: Hard times are about to get harder

"...assumptions about war costs in Iraq and robust economic growth over the next few years." In short: Our struggling..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin @ Large: New (and Improved)

The new Liveable City survey confirms a community consensus on development and governing issues.

"...boom and that they would benefit personally from economic growth in the region. Yet solid majorities also said that..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...policy backdrop of the boom -- you know, Smart Growth -- has gone to ground, the needs that prompted..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and went on to say, "we are in a growth mode"?..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...of whether, and how, and when, they supported Smart Growth. Since we inadvertently started this madness ("I Once Was..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...And now, because of the growth parade that the Champions want to join, there are..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...local environmental community has argued that uncontrolled, unplanned long-term growth would negatively impact the area's water base and strain..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Column by Louis Black

311 Story in Error

"...The Growth Debate Dear Mr. Black,..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Missoula, Montana and Boulder, Colorado

Tale of Two Cities

"...with planning. Both are dealing with changing economies and growth that's not likely to end any time soon. The..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature

Opinion: Let Go of Identity Politics and Vote

Turning Texas blue won't turn it into California

"...Democrats in response to problems caused by explosive population growth and an increasing wealth divide. California was a Republican..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Column by Anna Near

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...1979, which called for a "compact city" with designated growth areas – some to the east and west (though..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

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"...vested, yet vocal, minority opposed to what were reasonable growth restrictions in an attempt to preserve the watershed...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Column by Louis Black

Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy

To balance the city's long-term accounts, financial discussions need to climb beyond the General Fund

"...nearly the $8.8 million entirety of the city's Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office, while its Customer Care division..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...doing long-term strategic planning for its facilities to accommodate growth needs of all county services. The county is preparing..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

ACC Report Card

Chamber of Commerce releases first-ever Progress Report; outlines challenges ACC faces and how business community can help

"...its enrollment in step with the Austin area's population growth and in preparing students for further education or entry..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Beside the Point

Going where no analogy has gone before ...

"...Trying to describe the effect of full-speed growth on the city's resources – and its urgent demands..."

May 11, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Mutual Interests

Military might makes investments right for teachers and state employees in Texas.

"...suite belonging to an investment company called the Texas Growth Fund. The growth fund represents a relatively recent effort..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

To Your Health

What does colostrum have in it that is good for babies, and is it also good for adults?

"...substances that are essential to the baby's immune and growth functions. Much less colostrum is produced than the amount..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Road TRIPping

Austin has the fifth-highest rate of traffic fatalities in the nation, according to a highway lobbyist organization.

"...and labor unions. The organization is firmly against Smart Growth policies, although it only mentions such policies indirectly in..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...ago in this space) that SOS had supported Smart Growth. This is "inaccurate noise," Tschurr argues, adding that while..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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