Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...in populist urban planning known as "VMU." That's "vertical mixed-use," a new zoning tool to advance the broader City..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use Meeting Tonight

"...Commercial Design Standards Ordinance, and its centerpiece, the Vertical Mixed Use provision. Neighborhoods can decide to opt-in or opt-out..."

Dec. 13, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Grove Mixed-Use Development Clears Another Hurdle

Zoning and Platting Commission votes 6-4 to recommend mixed-use community

"...The response to the commission's vote (6-4) was predictably mixed. ARG Bull Creek, Ltd., the company that owns the..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Vertical Mixed-Use Is Not a Solution

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions” [News, Feb. 1]: Vertical mixed-use is..."

Feb. 4, 2008 Postmarks

Mixed-Income, Mixed-Use Travis Flats Open in North Loop

County-backed development combines offices with affordable housing

"...celebrated the grand opening of Travis Flats Apartments, a mixed-use, mixed-income development at 5310 Helen St., at 53½ St...."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Mixed-Use Riverside Project Moves Forward

Planning Commission recommends rezoning to Council

"...Currently, the site contains several apartment complexes; the massive mixed-use Presidium project – which at buildout (over 20 years)..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council Attitudes on Land-Use Change as Limits on Building Near Houses Are Eased

Council cuts compatibility with little opposition

"...In the latest sign that the politics around land-use has dramatically shifted in Austin, City Council directed staff..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...hindsight, last year's shuddering halt to the CodeNEXT land use code rewrite looks less like an act of defeated..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Hot Corners: Land Use, Light Rail, and Smart Growth

"...maps is from the city's last comprehensive city-wide land use study, which is several years old.)..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Quest for Nine Votes on Land Use Code

Council proposes revising Austin's strict compatibility standards

"...consensus ultimately yielded three of the most substantial land use policy reforms Austin has seen from the 10-1 Council..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...Development Code, the same conflicts that have animated land use debates in Austin for years were again front and..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Setting an Agenda for Land Use

"...make progress on its renewed push to improve land use regulations, focusing on two proposals that'll be on the..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...help from Charles Dickens, Mayor Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly subdued “State of the City” address Wednesday..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Housing Authority Won't Use Affordable-Housing Bond Money

HACA chooses to keep independent of city's $55 million in affordable housing bonds on November ballot

"...has a lengthy list of high-profile supporters eager to use bonds for future housing projects, but conspicuously missing from..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Mixed Signals

Council Navigates Transportation Matters

"...The answer here, as it is in so many mixed-use areas of town, unfortunately, is both. So it falls..."

April 3, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

A Day at The Races.... One Hour at the Mixed Arts Panel Review Session

"...Jim Bob McMillan, chair of the Mixed Arts panel, carries folding chairs into the meeting room..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Feature

City-Contracted Toxic Algae Mitigation Tactic Has Seen “Mixed” Results

Algae production best slowed by limiting runoff

"...phosphorus in a form available for blue-green algae to use,” says the Watershed Protection Department’s Stephanie Lott. At Festival..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...wanted his staffers to achieve with the new land use code. The five-question survey posed directly some of the..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

County Land Use

Slow Crawl to Nowhere

"...goals this session was to give counties some greater land-use controls; currently, when compared with cities, they have almost..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Find WMD, Use WMD – What's the Difference?

"...has a new strategy for Iran. He plans to use weapons of mass destruction. That will ensure that WMD,..."

April 13, 2006 Postmarks

ERCOT Sends Mixed Messages About Summer Grid Capacity

But blaming renewables for failures doesn’t add up

"...spinning a story to scare the public about our use of renewable energy."..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Buh-Bye, Brunch Bird & Plow Burger; Howdy, Masa y Más; Greetings, New Pastry Chef at the Carillon; Oooh, Nice Use of Celery, Bloody Mary Festival; Looking Beyond that Mag Mud Mania; and, Yeah, Even More –

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...OTOH, vegan powerhouses Plow Burger and Brunch Bird have called it quits..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mixed Trends on Death Row

Dallas County surges forward in new death penalty sentences

"...the eight delivered in 2010 and 2011) – the use of the death penalty remains localized, and the imposition..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mixed Day for Science at the State Board of Education

Evolution wins a victory, but creationists still a foot in the door

"...and educators had recommended removing that language, in part because fundamentalist religious groups have seized on it in recent..."

March 27, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment

Preliminary approval given to the 97-acre mixed-use plan for 4700 Riverside

"...preliminary approval on Thursday, Aug. 8 to the 97-acre mixed-use redevelopment at 4700 Riverside that's been dubbed the "Domain..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment, Less So on Hotel Occupancy Tax

First meeting after summer break features plenty of theatrics

"...preliminary approval on Thursday (Aug. 8) to the 97-acre mixed-use redevelopment at 4700 E. Riverside that’s been dubbed the..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...the last privately owned, undeveloped Downtown block for a mixed-use development; Council fails to negotiate regulations on short-term rentals;..."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

CNU 2010 Kickoff Tonight

The new mixed-use market

"...Libre. Topic: "Keeping Up the Urban Momentum: The New Mixed-Use Market." Panelists: Michele Gary, Weitzman Group; Perry Lorenz, Constructive..."

Feb. 3, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

City Council Notebook

A look at what's up this Thursday

"...Energy at Crestview Station for $1.4 million. The first mixed-use substation? (Probably not.) Item 18: Wheelbarrowing $260,000 more to..."

Jan. 9, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Design Standards

Austin's new commercial design standards are ready for prime time

"...the AMLI condominiums. Second Street, and the Guadalupe 31 mixed-use development near UT, says Brewster McCracken, "are examples of..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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