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

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...Mark Rogers, executive director of the Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation – a nonprofit that builds affordable housing..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Eastside Hotel, Round Two

Developers appeal permit rejection to City Council

"...get their project built – a plan that's galvanized neighborhood opposition – as they prepare an appeal asking City..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Then There's This: Southland

Seven neighborhoods take Imagine Austin on a test run

"...High School cafeteria to ponder the future of their neighborhood. The turnout on this damp morning might have been..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

If Mueller is a model, then why wasn't it followed with the Villas?

"...reinvest in its urban core. Get the citizens and neighborhoods involved early, start with clear goals you want to..."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Griffith has worked very hard to empower citizens and neighborhoods in the process of city decision-making. By contrast, Council..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Naked City

Council Member Jackie Goodman believes ZAP is the answer to Planning Commission gridlock.

"...Whether you're looking to activate a neighborhood plan, or just hoping to change your lot from..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Creating Sustainability

City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood

"...city has three years – and a $3 million planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

The city is planning to plan

"...There's a whole lot of planning going on at the City Council's Land Use and..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...had fairly hummed with successful African-American-owned businesses before the neighborhood hit the skids in the Sixties and was then..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The fuss over historic zoning is a symptom of larger city problems.

"...like medieval castles of yore, the historic homes and neighborhoods of Central Austin are sometimes captured and become base..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

On Sidewalks, Cap Metro Speeds Past City Hall

Capital Metro improves its reputation with its Community Connections workshops.

"...wrapped up Community Connections, a two-week pilot program allowing neighborhood groups to ask the transit authority to build small-scale..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Council Does the Money Mambo

The bones of the city -- roads, sewers, power lines -- took center stage for last Thursday's installment at City Council of "Budget: How Low Can We Go?" Not as low as we might like.

"...might like. When you're talking about essential infrastructure and planning for future growth, there's only so much austerity we..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Separation Anxieties

New Section?

"...United States." It has become "of value to a neighborhood, community, or area. It is "valued as an aspect..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

In-Comprehensible? ANC Balks at Comp Plan.

ANC fears Imagine Austin will unravel neighborhood planning efforts

"...three decades to a central, 88-square-mile portion of Austin's planning area (which extends throughout the extraterritorial jurisdiction), emphasizing mixed-use..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Conflict Over Conflict-of-Interest Provision

"...ignore the crucial Conflict of Interest provision in Austin’s Neighborhood Plan Amendment Process. No one asked them to ignore..."

Feb. 18, 2008 Postmarks

To Opt, or Not?

How one neighborhood-planning team carefully weighed VMU's power to change its surroundings

"...The Zilker Neighborhood Association's recommendations on vertical mixed-use provide a window into..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Thoughts on land use, social justice, and making Austin look, feel, and work better.

"...able to determine the look and feel of their neighborhoods and their city is essential to social (and economic)..."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The city council proposes a number of changes to several city departments, including DRID, PECSD, and the Planning Commission.

"...the Development Review and Inspection Dept., and for the Planning Commission … well, some time soon (see below)...."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

In a marathon Planning Commission meeting, three neighborhood plans get approved while one, the controversial East Cesar Chavez plan, gets postponed after a lengthy and heated discussion.

"...steps forward, one giant step back for the city's neighborhood planning effort at Planning Commission on June 20. While..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...-- Raul Alvarez, Sierra Club environmental justice director and planning scholar, and Rafael Quintanilla, consultant/attorney and former city planning..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Sixth Sense

Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street

"...Benz is what the city might consider the neighborhood's ideal resident. As the treasurer of and Sector Eight..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Naked City

"...standoff between the proposed Northcross Wal-Mart development and the neighborhoods represented by Responsible Growth for Northcross...."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

Visualize Whirled Tank Farms

An update on the continuing controversy over the future of the tank farms

"...Last week's inaugural planning workshop on the former East Austin tank farm had..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

How Many Villas = MF-6?

NUNA residents feel betrayed, but Villas supporters say the proposed apartment complex is better than the alternative.

"...three readings Jan. 10, members of the North University Neighborhood Association and other property owners who live near the..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...that are not self-supporting: police, fire, EMS, parks, libraries, planning, and so forth. (Those departments that do make money,..."

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

Neighbors Know Best

Lewis, Garcia Team Up Against Affordable Housing

"...illustration by Doug Potter "Neighborhoods Council" has such a heartwarming ring. Everybody can get..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?

Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.

"...joint work session of the Zoning & Platting and Planning commissions on CodeNEXT, but it seemed to come almost..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...– your attention to a number of legitimately major planning initiatives that are coming to a head. And with..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Turning the Tide on the Eastside

Community activists want Council to pump the brakes on commercial development along East Cesar Chavez

"...new commercial development permits for the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood until they're able to revamp outdated neighborhood plans. They..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...Drawn by the promise of a "New Urbanist" neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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