Parks and Rec Plus Eight

A new planning approach

"...That's how Sara Hensley, director of the city's Parks & Recreation Department, expressed her excitement this week about..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...the weekend finally comes, Austinites head to their neighborhood parks for a green respite. On a sunny spring Saturday,..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: Let Us Pray and Play Guitar

The revolution is ongoing, the revolution is daily

"...Before the show I had dinner with Linda Parks and her friend Sylvia Reed, by then divorced..."

April 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

News Roundup: Schools, Fair(?) Housing, and Plastic

TEA releases rankings, Linda Curtis returns, and more

"...In this week's News Roundup, the TEA ranks schools, Linda Curtis returns, the city releases its draft report on..."

Dec. 29, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Legislators on the Loose

Lawmakers busy in slow rule-making week

"...Say that five times fast.) Reps. Elliott Naishtat and Valinda Bolton made it to Antone's, along with Democratic House..."

Jan. 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Anger at Water Plant Plan Boils Over

City planners and residents at odds over future use of Guerrero Park

"...for nearly four solid hours at a special called Parks and Recreation Board public meeting held Monday night. Nearby..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

"...in that subject. UT Department of Educational Psychology professor Linda Hargrove said that even students who fail to score..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Beleaguered PARD Considers Dousing Trail of Lights

What are the holidays without that special twinkle at Zilker?

"...That was the conversation at the Parks and Recreation Board meeting May 20, as board members..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Chain-Saw Frenzy

Fear of a Springs PARD massacre is about trust as well as trees

"...The city's Parks & Recreation Depart­ment climbed out on a dangerous public..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...This is even true of candidate/plaintiffs Kirk Mitchell and Linda Curtis, who acknowledge they agree with incumbent/defendants Daryl Slusher..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Linda Curtis..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf

The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks

"...Council Member Randi Shade wasn't suggesting that Austin's new Parks & Recreation Department director should leap onstage in a..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Lake Austin Shoreline Shortcuts Raise Alarm

A new grassroots group aims to draw City Council's attention to environmental concerns of Lake Austin

"...or agencies. The city has been deferring to the Parks & Recreation Department's Navi­ga­tion Committee on variances for boat..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Day Trips: Top 10s

A look back at 2019

"...the state sporting goods sales tax to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission. The..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...attorney and City Auditor's office. PACT is composed of Linda Litowsky and Gary Wilkison; Litowsky owns her own production..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Developing Stories

Two city boards and commissions take opposing stands on corridor preservation

"...chairs the Downtown Commission and also serves on the Parks and Recreation Board, in the controversial middle...."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...Prop. 2: County Parks Project ($28.6 million)..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

New 'Action' Park Rolls Closer to Reality

Skaters, BMXers collaborate on new digs

"...fill a longstanding gap in the city's park inventory. Parks Planning Department Project Coordinator Gary Gregson calls it "an..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Death by a Thousand Waivers: Variances granted here

Many projects on the waterfront are asking for exceptions to the rules

"...Planning Commission, it has already been reviewed by the Parks and Recreation Board. This gives PARD the first voice,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...offer some observations. I don't run campaigns for either Linda Curtis or Kirk Mitchell, and I signed petitions of..."

April 19, 2002 Column

The Bob’s Burgers Movie

The Belchers make the big-screen jump beautifully

"...Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Parks and Recreation, it’s his voice that is so distinctive;..."

May 27, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Television: Marjorie Baumgarten, Margaret Moser, Belinda Acosta..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

kaye trybus tries to save tree, neighbors try to keep home depot out of their Woodward neighborhood, becky motal and alan sager square off april 11 for gop county chair, linda curtis is running for city council.

"...west of Palmer on the front lawn of the parks police headquarters, it's smack in the path of where..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Can't-Miss Kid

The Man Behind the W.

"...In response to O'Leary's editorial, Linda Edwards, a Bush spokesperson, wrote the Morning News saying..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Post Marks

Park and Ride

"...The Austin Parks Foundation endorses and supports Proposition 2 and Proposition 4..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

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

"...Qadri) and two could be described as neighborhood preservationists (Linda Guerrero, whom Tovo has endorsed, and Kym Olson; the..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...of a religious and naive but wholly likeable housewife, Linda White (Harris), who heedlessly agrees to retrieve Raymond (O'Leary),..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

City Hall's Bumpy Road

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

"...to treat everybody equally," says city bicycle/pedestrian program coordinator Linda DuPriest, who articulates the city's transportation philosophy more boldly..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Then There's This: Showdown at the Springs

Is the pool's south side in need of a makeover?

"...in May during a joint committee meeting of the Parks and Recreation and Environmental boards. The next time the..."

July 6, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, Sept. 10-17

"...Wranglers. 11am-2pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-6715. Free. www.cityofaustin.org/parks/diezyseis.htm...."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature

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