The Real Deal

"...what development regulations should apply to several parcels of land, totaling approximately 4,000 acres, owned by Stratus in Southwest..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature

Council Watch

Peace at Last? City, Gary Bradley Strike the Deal to End All Deals

"...see this as a property rights issue. It's Bradley's land. He should be able to do what he wants..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Moving on Up

River Woods residents forced out of affordable apartments which are being demolished for a new luxury complex

"...for a period of 40 or 50 years. These "land use restriction agreements," or LURAs, as they were called,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Other Sister

Multiple Personalities

"...valley, is within the far-flung boundaries of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, and indeed forms one of its critical-habitat "macrosites."..."

July 2, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"...But like political party affiliation, these descriptors can be useful shorthand for readers, as journalists attempt to convey diverse..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Church and Its People on Austin's Eastside

The living history of David Chapel

"...sanctuary to accommodate its growing congregation, but white-owned banks refused to lend the money. Instead, David Chapel solicited funding..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...about our schools, our police and justice systems, our land use and the environment, the needs of the unhoused..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought a 10.8-acre..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Big City Blues

Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.

"...of Austin-bashing, what the Legislature thinks about that particular use of our home-rule powers...."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rental Health Worries

Pecan Springs Gives Apartments Thumbs Down

"...had degenerated from a brand-new-day idea into the same-old-same-old. Because the developer and the neighborhoods couldn't get along, she..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...year every driver pays just to be able to use the roads...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"...that Austin Energy end all coal and natural gas use by 2025 (and provide "just transitions" for workers to..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...in the city's executive corps stacked up, the CodeNEXT land use code rewrite – inherited from the prior at-large..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Point Austin: In Search of a Plan, Not a Master Plan

Council divisions taking shape on CodeNEXT

"...the Master Plan with current rewriting-in-progress of the city's land use code...."

March 23, 2018 News Column by Michael King

What Is CodeNEXT?!

What is a land use code and why are we rewriting ours?

"...CodeNEXT is Austin’s attempt to rewrite our existing land development code (LDC for short), which was adopted in..."

Jan. 30, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Preparing for Takeoff

Plans under way for major redo of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall

"...and its prospective partners unveiled tentative plans for redeveloping Highland Mall and upper Airport Boulevard to a largely appreciative..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal

The Green Line takes conceptual shape

"...of Elgin on sustainable urbanism. "Corridors integrating transit and land use are essential strategies in the long-term sustainability and..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...Imagine a beautiful piece of land along the Pedernales River. Should it become a nature..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Triangle, Full Circle

Seven glorious years later, and did we learn anything?

"...– which under state law gets final say on land-use decisions involving state-owned land – have okayed amendments to..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads

The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go

"...of what it has, on high-frequency inner-city bus service, because that's what would best meet my needs. I don't..."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...proposal originate from different directions in the local political landscape, they're aiming for the same destination – the promised..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch

Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County

"...the 6,000-plus-acre Robinson Ranch, a roughly diamond-shaped patch of land between Parmer Lane, FM 1325, and RR 620. The..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

There's Something About Mary

Mary arnold gets down to brass tacks on bradley deal

"...that would bring 3,076 acres of his prime aquifer land under the city's protection, albeit at development levels somewhat..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

S.o.s. 101

"...all the ruckus is about over the recent Texas House of Representatives' vote to revive the dreaded SB 1704..."

April 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Turning Point

Relations on the Mend

"...both environmentalists and developers, to create baseline standards for land mitigation. The idea behind mitigation is that developers could..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

The Road to Somewhere

Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map

"...* linkage of land use and transportation;..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

A Level Playing Field

Due to a city loophole, a charter school can build a campus in less than half the time AISD can

"...someone is building a school right next to your house. Pretty much the first thing you heard about it..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Painting by Numbers

Design standards turn out to be (maybe) more than just skin-deep

"...as proposed) more than 40 amendments to the city Land Development Code. Some of these would fundamentally transform the..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Big-Box Big Deal

Little things mean a lot, but design standards aren't simply superficial

"...Our Springs Alliance to slap some sense on the courthouse steps into surrounding communities like Bee Cave, where yet..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...full, about 20 people -- mostly local developers and landowners with a few activists thrown in -- occupying the..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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