Point Austin: Getting Into Bonds

When the wish lists are written, will the money follow the speeches?

"...improvements, we will never realize our vision of dense, mixed-use urban development as an alternative to never-ending suburban sprawl."..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Plans for rail station area development would be governed by new rules

"..."town centers," "regional centers," or Downtown. In those areas, mixed-use buildings would rise anywhere from six to 10 stories..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

CP(&)R for the Eastside?

Raul Alvarez and Danny Thomas home to promote revitalization while preventing gentrification

"...– developers could qualify for property tax rebates for mixed-use projects that met (as yet undetermined) design guidelines and..."

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

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...strength from Marc Levin and (ahem) Jennifer Gale, and mixed messages about growth out in the suburbs. See "Health,..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Creating a 'Corridor'

"...plan, adopted by the city in 1999, calls for mixed-use new-urban development along the rail corridor. The ECC planning..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

Smart Growth Is Dead, Long Live Smart Growth

As Sixth + Lamar teeters, the Domain aims to pick up Austin's new-school incentive package.

"...shortfall, why is the Domain -- a brand-new, planned, mixed-use project in Northwest Austin whose developers are requesting millions..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Condos, Charter on E. Sixth?

"...former chief of staff, have announced plans for a mixed-use "live-work" project at Pedernales and East Sixth, while a..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...for governor of Maryland. National media found this interesting, because O'Malley's opt-out clears a path to the statehouse for..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Clean Campaigns heat wave, Alcoa's new problems, No Pipeline solutions at AAS, Personnel puzzles at AISD, City resignations, Mueller redevelopment candidates, Hyde Park meets again & Ed Herman's letter to the Times

"...second choice, and so on, with the additional votes used to determine a winner if no one gets a..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The city gets into the affordable housing development business, buying land in East Austin for a mixed-use development there.

"...Give food or clothing, but don't give them cash, because if you do …..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...Crow in 1992. Now Gottesman is transforming some old warehouse space to bring three new restaurants to the eatery-starved..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

Designs on Seaholm

"...Power Plant would serve as the anchor for a mixed-use district roughly defined by Fifth Street, San Antonio, Town..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature

Seeing the (Green) Light

Environment, Neighborhoods Set the Tone for Place 2 Race

"...with a quip that working families packed into crumbling houses aren't so fond of our city the way it..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Little City Hall

Architectural Team Picked to Design Scaled-Down Building

"...also on the short list for UT's misbegotten Blanton Museum of Art), views designing Austin's new civic home as..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Business as Usual: After Bradley, Council Moves on to Other Things

"...which have since gone the way of the dinosaurs because the city couldn't live with the terms Bradley offered.)..."

April 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The More Things Change...

"...3.Mixed-use. As we hear it most often, this means apartments..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...said Cencor Realty's Tom Terkel, chief developer of the mixed-use project. Post wanted a 70-year lease agreement on the..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature

New Urban Sagas

Mueller Mutation

"...buckle in the Smart Growth belt, the sustainable NewUrb mixed-use ped-friendly neo-trad public-private incarnation of what is fast becoming..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Into the Woods

Cherrywood Neighbors' Journey of Change

"...by snapping up, rehabbing, and selling more than 100 houses in what was now called French Place, Kittel helped..."

Feb. 27, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...If you’re here, it’s because you’ve sought out the full transcription of the Chronicle’s..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Permitting Details

"...still not accurate. 1) Cocktail lounge is a permitted use in the Central Business District and Downtown Mixed Use..."

April 23, 2009 Postmarks

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...over the loudspeakers, warning that they were going to use tear gas. "They said the gas would contaminate our..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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 Climate Protection Plan

The five components

"...2012. Only wind, solar, and biomass power will be used...."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

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

Never a slow news day

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

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...But pay attention to that word: "project." Because when we talk about CodeNEXT, we're talking about a..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

What Is CodeNEXT?!

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

"...development code – also referred to as a land use code – the LDC is in fact city law,..."

Jan. 30, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...pool. And then – well, probably early to bed, because tomorrow there's a co-op retreat, wherein residents will decide..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories: Learning From Denver

More insights from the Congress for the New Urbanism

"...to work on Blueprint Denver, the city's first integrated land-use and transportation plan, adopted in 2002. It aims to..."

July 3, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

10 Reasons to Love a Streetcar

The 'streetcar effect' – offering Austinites far more than a free ride

"...it's sensible to ask, "Why not just run more buses or 'Dillos on the same route?" In fact, that's..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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