Public Notice: Death of a Planner

John Fregonese tried to get us all to a better place

"..."John Fregonese passed away on June 16, surrounded by his..."

June 22, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...love to get my hands on this town'," says John Fregonese, lead planner at the Metropolitan Service District (Metro),..."

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

Sneak Peek at CodeNEXT v2.0

Consultants detail next steps for city commissions

"...quorum. After the last PC commissioner trickled in, consultant John Miki gave the quickest presentation yet on the proposed..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Imagine Austin With CodeNEXT

Draft two brings big changes, more questions

"...Conserva­tion Combining Districts) and certain planned unit developments. Consultant John Miki noted during a press meeting on Tuesday, Sept...."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Best-Case Scenario

After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.

"...ECT Web site.) And in its lead consultant -- John Fregonese, former principal planner of Portland's Metro, the nation's..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...housing stock as the city would like to believe. Fregonese Associates, a consulting group working on CodeNEXT, has forecast..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

CodeNEXT: Still Stuck

Draft two brings growing pains for the land use rewrite

"...Tuesday, before the city's land use commissions, mapping consultant John Fregonese, ECONorthwest's Lorelei Juntu­nen, and Neighborhood Housing and Community..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Then There's This: Reimagining the South Waterfront

South Central Waterfront Init­i­ative creates a long-term development vision

"...city was able to enlist planning and redevelopment experts John Fregonese and Abe Farkas, both of Portland, Ore., to..."

July 11, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: The Results Are In ...

The Envision Central Texas planning survey confirms a popular vision that the power brokers just don't want to see.

"...C and D basically tied, in what ECT consultants John and Scott Fregonese call "a fairly nuanced response [that]..."

Dec. 12, 2003 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.

"...I suppose if ECT's marquee planners, John Fregonese and Peter Calthorpe, produce a growth map that..."

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

CodeNEXT and Compatibility

News and tidbits from the land of the land use rewrite

"...meeting on CodeNEXT Wednesday with a short tribute to John Fregonese, the city planner who succumbed to cancer last..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...John Fregonese of Fregonese Associ­ates passed away this week. He..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature

Public Notice: Iced Out

ZAP postponement tightens CodeNEXT timeline

"...the Planning Commission is working with consultants – primarily John Fregonese – to design a round of scenario-testing based..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Do You Feel a Draft?

CodeNEXT set for a long overdue reality check

"...the process dysfunction really hit home was at consultant John Fregonese's presentation to this Tuesday's joint meeting of the..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...The analysis we had from [consultant] John Fregonese is an interesting one. We’ve had several, so..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: Conditions for Overlays

Draft 2.0 being readied for Sept. 15

"...visualization of the Code's housing supply plan. Mapping consultant John Fregonese seemed optimistic about meeting the city's Strategic Housing..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...been working for nearly two years with superstar planners John Fregonese and Peter Calthorpe (who've done similar exercises in..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

It's a Vision Thing

What's up with regional planning?

"...interdependent metro area into the modern age. According to John Fregonese and Peter Calthorpe, the marquee-name consultants who would..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: ZAP!

The commission was right. CodeNEXT must die. But then what?

"...crunch time for the project. Especially since lead consultant John Fregonese passed away, he's the best we have...."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: And Soon … Lever Maps

Planning Commission punts discussion to Thursday, Jan. 18

"...that on Monday his working group saw mapping consultant John Fregonese's new "lever maps," designed to help model how..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Back to the Present

Hitting the refresh on CodeNEXT

"...is, in fact, a return to square one: Consultant John Fregonese had provided the requested "equivalency map," simply translating..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXTension

CodeNEXT timeline punted back three months

"...development (previously undeveloped sites) and 30% infill. Mapping consultant John Fregonese followed with a brief presentation on his newly..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...like the Council meeting the next morning, with consultant John Fregonese repeating his housing capacity presentation for the fourth..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Mission: Grow Smart

"...Nashville, and elsewhere, the project's consultants -- superstar planners John Fregonese and Peter Calthorpe -- will synthesize the results..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Riding the Vision Bus

"...the Utah deal, is being facilitated by superstar planners John Fregonese (architect of growth management in Portland) and Peter..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Smart Growth Lineup

"...by-now-familiar-to-Austinites Peter Calthorpe, creator of the New Triangle Square; John Fregonese, author of Portland's model-for-everyone-else regional plan; and Ron..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...make any changes in my previous decision that Officer John Coffey, and the other officers who responded to the..."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

CodeNEXT Fun With Levers and Indicators

Planning Commission learn how priorities affect mapping

"...their recommendations for City Council. The lever maps, which John Frego­nese described as “kind of crude,” are not intended..."

Feb. 8, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff