Then There's This: A Pioneer Among Women Architects

Celebrated designer Natalie de Blois helped plan Austin's future

"...who was in graduate school at the time, and Jana McCann, who was just starting out in her career...."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...for anything or everything that can come downtown," says Jana McCann, the city's urban design officer and point person..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...before you open your first starter line," said architect Jana McCann, who worked on the ATS study. "No sooner..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Naked City

Headlines and happening from Austin and beyond

"...reported by InFactDaily.com, city of Austin Urban Design Officer Jana McCann, who has figured prominently in the Mueller and..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...to strike a balance," says city Urban Design Officer Jana McCann, "and that's something that a lot of people..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Austin cycling activists worry that bicyclists and pedestrians' concerns will lose out to drivers' interests in the implementation of the Seaholm District Master Plan.

"...with a lot of different modes of transportation," says Jana McCann, the city's urban design officer, "and we recognize..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

After months of litigation over who owns what portion of the Sand Beach Reserve on Town Lake, Lumbermen's Development Corp. has offered the city a deal. Also: the council discusses a settlement with Stratus properties over development on their land over the aquifer, and the city amends the camping ordinance.

"...very much at the beginning," said city urban designer Jana McCann. Roma only started working on the project in..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...playing field, and 2) paid for an urban designer (Jana McCann, of ROMA Design Group) to facilitate both sets..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rethinking Downtown Zoning

Proposed changes address sustainability, mixed uses, and urban design

"...have been developed by consultant ROMA Austin, recently rechristened McCann Adams Studio by principals Jana McCann and Jim Adams...."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Downtown Austin Plan Needs You

The DAP re-envisions Downtown, district by district

"...will address a full range of issues. ROMA principal Jana McCann said the development standards will add form-based (context-sensitive,..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

"...Jana McCann..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Column

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...Committee, currently of the Citizens Planning Implementation Committee (CPIC); Jana McCann, also of the CPIC and currently engaged as..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...to regulate land use, so they need us," says Jana McCann, the city's urban design officer and liaison to..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...work," Adams says. He and his wife and partner Jana McCann created the master plan in the late Nineties..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Naked City

The city tries to combine historic protection, urban redevelopment

"...the city's central business district. As Urban Design Officer Jana McCann told the Design Commission on Monday night, it's..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...longer than anticipated to move off the council dais. Jana McCann, an architect and planner with the city's Transportation,..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan

"...the parts. "Isn't urban design a community value?" asks Jana McCann, an urban planner with ROMA Austin...."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

The Concordia redevelopment highlights the need for the city to do more than plan from the dais

"...is seeing some real benefit, too." While urban designer Jana McCann had said that four to five months should..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Throw the Switch

City Planners Consider Options on the Seaholm Power Plant

"...Jana McCann, the city's urban design officer overseeing the reuse..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Watch

Council considers issues ranging from the Seaholm Power Plant, to the Gotham condominium project, to Southpark Meadows.

"...neither, the building should be preserved for public use. Jana McCann, a planner with the city's Planning Department (and..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Seaholm Depot at Town Lake

"...Major regional station and gateway to Austin (Jana McCann Architect)..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Developing Stories: May's Plan-a-Thon

Public meetings on Downtown plans produce mixed – or uncertain – results

"...space hadn't been a higher priority, Alschuler and ROMA's Jana McCann said those needs are so important, they're getting..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Chipping at the Waterfront

Revised waterfront ordinance returns to City Council today (Thursday, May 21)

"...that requirement into the PUD ordinance was recommended by Jana McCann of ROMA Austin, who led the Concordia solution...."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The PUD-a-WOO Solution

How to fix PUDS in the waterfront overlay

"...that requirement into the PUD ordinance was recommended by Jana McCann of ROMA Austin, who led the Concordia solution...."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Students Weigh In on Streetcar

Don't let Austin be shown up by Dallas and Houston, say students who advocate rail

"...the Alliance for Public Transportation and Jim Adams and Jana McCann of ROMA Austin (which will present its streetcar..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

"...ideas for improving Austin's parks, transit, the built environment. Jana McCann, ROMA Design Group:..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis

Austin welcomes the Congress for the New Urbanism XVI

"...(adapted from the Chronicle) and an article co-authored with Jana McCann on the Downtown Austin Plan. Provided to all..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...As ROMA Design Group's Jana McCann observed, in discussing how circulator transit has emerged..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rewriting Austin History

City tackles ambitious preservation plan, contentious ordinance

"...thread through the overall plan, city Urban Design Officer Jana McCann told an interested group on Tuesday night, citing..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Here Comes the Neighborhood

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

"...the designated Saltillo project co-manager, and city urban-design officer Jana McCann...."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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