Council Watch

East Austin residents have a say in neighborhood planning; local advocates ask for more money in city budget to fund their special interest; Bill Spelman issues some strong words against the Statesman's criticism of council on the LCRA water deal.

"...torturous evolution of the East Austin Overlay, directing the Planning Commission to evaluate its plan to phase out the..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

East Side Hotel Denied

Planning Commission fails to approve permit

"...On Tuesday, June 9, the city's Planning Commission voted 4-1 against granting a conditional use permit..."

June 10, 2015 News Post by Tony Cantú

Going Vertical

The new VMU zoning could transform your neighborhood – and you have 90 days to help decide how

"...people and cars and high-rises to one's own central neighborhood – even in the noble service of the environment..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?

Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?

"...and into the next round of the ongoing city planning drama which, for now, we'll call CodeWHAT?...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Eastside Developer Promises $15/Hour Wage Floor, and More

Developer joins with Workers Defense to offer labor guarantees, but the neighborhood still has qualms about a new hotel

"...wage floor – to help mitigate the effects of neighborhood gentrification. Though the developers are not the first to..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Council Watch

Travis Country residents battle with private school's placement of its athletic field

"...group of girls playing kickball is wafting through the neighborhood. On this sunny fall day, the girls are having..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Neighborhood Plan Watch

"...Four years after the Dawson Neighborhood Plan -- the city's first -- was begun, and..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rundberg Rising

How do you keep improving a neighborhood after $1 million in grant money runs out?

"...well-being of individuals living and working in the Rundberg neighborhood." [inset-1]..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Parkway or Super Highway?

Proposed TxDOT design could force residents out, uproot historic trees

"...Taco Bell tree that was moved because of the neighborhood campaign last fall," she said. (The 100-year-old historic tree..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf

Plaza Saltillo Decision Comes Down to Money

Cap Metro chooses Endeavor over Saltillo Collaborative

"...In a blow to neighborhood and grassroots activists, the Capital Metro board on Monday..."

June 24, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...in 1994 when the city first formed the Citizens Planning Committee, whose report is the Magna Carta of Austin's..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories

More lessons from Seattle

"...Following the 2007 Neighborhood Planning Conference held May 5, this column shared ideas..."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...dozen tables of engaged Austinites who attended a comprehensive planning kickoff community workshop at Scholz Garten last August. If..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Holly on Hold

Passage of the Holly Neighborhood Plan gets postponed for lack of neighborhood participation.

"...many people does it take to develop an acceptable neighborhood plan? Definitely more than 2% of neighborhood residents, say..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...look like a way to dump growth into established neighborhoods that don't want it, or can't handle it, or..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Diamond in the Rough

Dawson's Can-Do Spirit Emerges in Pilot Project

"..."I got the impression that our businesses liked the neighborhood and valued South Austin the way it is." photograph..."

June 5, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...offered by the private sector. At first glance, the neighborhood associations in the area -- who've been working with..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Road to Somewhere

Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map

"...world of Austin. That's the goal of the Citizens' Planning Committee, a group put together by the city council..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...at least): that as former president of the Austin Neighborhoods Council and co-chair of the McMansion task force, Morrison..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Animal Shelter Lawsuit

Citizen groups sue city, allege 'conspiratorial strategy' to keep animal shelter relocation decision away from public scrutiny

"...municipal animal shelter and 2) amending the East Austin neighborhood plan that includes the proposed new site. Lead plaintiffs..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...heated on a particular zoning case in a particular neighborhood about the specific height of a building. We have..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

A Church and Its People on Austin's Eastside

The living history of David Chapel

"...direction, becoming a bastion of leadership for the Chestnut neighborhood, for the Eastside, for Black Austin, and for the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...Austin Chronicle: You've campaigned on promoting affordability and keeping neighborhood schools open – two issues that go hand in..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"...moved forward, a second camp of opponents, with deeper neighborhood and community networks, has also emerged. These might be..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...been the subject of intense scrutiny from the Citizens' Planning Committee (CPC). The diverse, 22-member committee, created by Goodman..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Developing Stories: Compact & Connected

All aboard for Transit-Oriented Development

"...community's ticket to help shape the redevelopment of the neighborhoods that will play host to the MetroRail stations. Make..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...such as the businesses along South Congress and the neighborhoods near the Eastside railyard -- argue that the A-Train..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Urban planning and noise in the Hood

"...SO2 emissions! Now Alcoa's telling the public that it's planning to cut its pollution months before the deadline set..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...light rail has, across the country, seduced not only urban-planning mandarins but the real estate industry, which should help..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...tucked between historic Fairview Park – part of the super-neighborhood that most latter-day Austinites simply call Travis Heights –..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

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