hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...for the website. Both CPIO and CTM employ web developers and other in-house technical experts. However, neither department created..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Soccer in Austin: The Knockout Stage

Showtime at McKalla Place

"...60, brought forth by Leslie Pool, which would allow developers to submit their own plans for McKalla Place; and..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...limits on the amount that the ever-rising numbers of independent groups can spend, some worry that races will increasingly..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...heritage based largely on the scruffy, the off-kilter, the independent, the casual, and the (superficially) unconcerned with mainstream success..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Lege Lines

Jonathan Stickland annoys his colleagues

"...wants to block state incentives for filmmakers and video game developers who aren't making all their productions kid-friendly...."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Highlights the Highlighter?

Local meetup puts faces to crowdfunding campaigns

"...realize they can't put their wallets behind every film, game, art project, article of clothing, piece of novelty furniture,..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

New Tech Conference Announced: CAPTIVATE

Gaming, film, music, and education all in one.

"...Spearheaded by the local chapter of the Independent Game Developers Association, CAPTIVATE's purpose remains slightly elusive. In..."

April 23, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...hand with a big-budget release. Afterward, attendees play the games and celebrate the birthday of Juegos' unofficial generalissimo and..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Game Developers Give Great Five

Developers get five minutes to wow a crowd of developers

"...The Austin arm of the International Game Developers Association had a brilliant idea. Developers love to..."

May 20, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Game On Austin

Local video-game developers show their stuff. And beer!

"...hosting a gaming event (Thusday, Oct. 15) to bring developers and gamers together. The two main ingredients are beer..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...space and neighborhood life is the West Austin Youth Association. The privately funded group has been around since 1981...."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

The Game Is All

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

"...Because this is Austin, you might know a game developer. You might even be one. And if you..."

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

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Our readers talk back.

"...is due in no small part to "grandfathering," where developers demand – and the city of Austin gives –..."

April 28, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...would prefer the variance go back to the neighborhood association and reappear at Planning Commission, in essence, as a..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...and Downtown market have twisted and turned, although with developers like Tom Stacy now pitching 'scrapers even taller and..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...these water system expansions is to serve suburban sprawl developers in the Barton Springs, Bee Creek, and Pedernales River..."

May 14, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...improved the protection of the Edwards Aquifer and required developers to use less impervious cover. Did it solve the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...conglomerate Freeport-McMoRan. FM Properties later spun off as an independent, publicly traded company, and changed its name to Stratus..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...of structured parking) proposed since the North University Neighborhood Association (NUNA) stopped the flood of such project that destroyed..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...Antonio's City Public Service) to stay out of the game. However, post-dereg disruptions in the wholesale electricity market --..."

Jan. 4, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...The three low-density subdivisions each have their own neighborhood associations, but the communities share a winding thoroughfare off FM..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

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Our readers talk back.

"...that is why the Texas Municipal League, the Texas Association of Counties, and the Texas Association of School Boards..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...flurry of lawsuits filed against the city by irate developers. No matter, good had won over bad, and the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...When the state was still playing, EPS recommended an independent corporation -- a joint venture, in effect, between city,..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...a. Where I can find games that interest me -- it seems like boys get..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...still disregards its own rules and plays favorites with developers. And Dallas state Rep. Harryette Ehrhardt, who last year..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...1704, a bill the House passed last month allowing developers to build under the less restrictive water quality regulations..."

May 21, 1999 News Feature

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Don't Dissolve District

"...Like her opponent, she's an environmentalist and a neighborhood association leader. But, unlike him, she's also been very active..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Billy Clayton's Flying Circus

State, City Head for a Dogfight Over Mueller

"...their scary-ass lobbying group, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, have made noises about keeping their Cessnas and King..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Short Cuts

Screen Debut

"...shoots and home to numerous film festivals and promising independent filmmakers, it's no surprise Austin has become a hotbed..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Screens Column