A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck

Change is coming, but how much?

"...between Council and the public on divisive issues like land use; between Council and troubled city agencies like the..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Cast List: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, Josh..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...and preceding clubs that it should have its own landmark plaque...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...the draft ordinance with "promoting excellence in the design, development, and protection of the City's waterfront." The same night,..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the utility outfit that will serve the controversial Sweetwater development of 1,800 homes planned west of Austin. The environmental..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Zero-Energy Homes and Hope Break Ground in Montopolis

The city shoots for energy efficiency and affordability in low-income neighborhood

"...in a "laboratory" located on 13 acres of undeveloped land in Southeast Austin's Montopolis neighborhood, the city of Austin..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In your simplistic remarks about the proposed Stratus development settlement (in "Page Two" of the July 26 issue),..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Naked City

Hyde Park lawsuit sutra, Glen Maxey's retirement dilemma, parking lot battle in Judges' Hill neighborhood, Sixth Street recycling, and the anti-growth blues

"...who voted against the site plan -- along with Development Review and Watershed Protection Dept. Director Mike Heitz --..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature

Corner to Corner

Top Ten Neighborhood War Zones of 1997

"...cans of Texas-size worms: the State's dictatorial power over development of its Austin lands, and the inherent inadequacies of..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...rest of town, is taking part in the biggest development frenzy to hit Austin in a decade. Yet most..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Bradley U?

ACC Considers Circle C Campus Site

"...hit yet, one that hasn't provided subsidies to his development. So he immediately contacts Austin Community College (ACC) to..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...tend to get lost in the growth debate: streamline code and permitting processes; track and manage our existing affordable..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Comp Plan Combo Platter

The comp plan process reaches critical density

"...D – each with its own unique pattern of land use and transportation. A fifth "Trend Scenario" has also..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Protecting the Waterfront (Part 1)

New Waterfront Overlay draft ordinance advances the public good and pleases no one

"...original 1986 height limits for new Water­front Overlay district development – heights vary by subdistrict but max out at..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Climate Protection Plan

The five components

"...measures amended into (and enforced through) the city's building code. For new construction, Austin plans to develop the most..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the matter ("AMD is taking care of this land," Dec. 14). See "Back to the Trenches."..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...Aug. 31, at 5pm. For more details, go to www.codepink4peace.org.) See "A Message to the Crawford Memorial Vandal" for..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Henson Section 547.322, 547.323, 547.324 of the Texas Transportation Code. Also he may want to look at the Austin..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

Page Two

"...the matter. At this week's meeting alone, the Triangle development is approaching closure, the city is considering a downtown..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Dotting i's, Circling C's

Simplifying the Tortured History of Circle C

"...jargonized references to laws and lawsuits, legislation and legislators, land deals and watersheds -- to say nothing of fat..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Public Notice: What Is the Sound of One Shoe Falling?

City releases CodeNEXT draft to mild reaction ... so far

"...other hand, the long-awaited first draft of Aus­tin's brand-new Land Develop­ment Code, known as CodeNEXT, was released this week,..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Then There's This: Grandfathered Death Star

The Vested Rights Ordinance is new, but is it improved?

"...and added firepower to RECA's long-held argument that Austin's development rules were too restrictive. Facing the threat of a..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...walking to the local high school to help with landscaping. Every time the door was open, we were there,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Developing Stories: East Riverside: The Road Ahead

Let's capture the value – and federal funds

"...a detailed "regulating plan" with a new form-based, streetscape-oriented code. Council Member Sheryl Cole emphasized that the city is..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...new $40 million, 150,000-square-foot building at the new Mueller development. For more on Mueller, see "Developing Stories."..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Imminent Harm

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

"...cast the first of three votes on a long-debated development agreement with Stratus Properties. The vote finally came two..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

That Figures

City Manager Jesus Garza introduces a budget that focuses on roads, utilities, and cops, and skates around a needed tax increase.

"...staff and contracts get transferred out to the new Redevelopment Services department...."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Post Marks

Park and Ride

"...Proposition 2 authorizes $19,110,000 for the acquisition and initial development of two new recreation-based parks in Precincts 2 and..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

No Parking at Pease

Griffith: Don't Even Think of Parking Here

"...construct a driveway through a patch of unused park land. City Hall is considered a crucible for madness, and..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...advocates viewed the controversial update to the urban farm code – which failed to include a proposed provision allowing..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

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