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May 9, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Council Backs Parkland Preservation in Vote for New Dougherty Arts Center Site
Austin's oldest community arts venue would relocate to new facility in Butler Shores' southeast corner
"...Council approved the DAC's relocation to the nearby city-owned parkland, a high-profile site off of Lady Bird Lake that..."
May 28, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan
Civics 101
"...about the proposed urban rail project. 5-8pm. Dove Springs Recreation Center, 5801 Ainez. Free. www.projectconnect.com...."
June 13, 2014 News Column
Leave Neighborhood Pools Free
"...Dear Editor, The Austin Parks and Recreation Dept. is gathering information about citizens' satisfaction..."
Aug. 19, 2013 Postmarks
Point Austin: Follow the Money
Final city budget discussions begin in earnest
"...continues steadily to rise out of the national recession, and there should be money available for employee raises and..."
Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Michael King
Budget in Plain Sight
Council adopts a budget with the sausage prepared in public
"...Act violations that has drawn interoffice communication to a standstill – meant the sausage-making process was on full display...."
Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Waterloo Disc Golf Club Very Dissatisfied With the City
"...Austin. It’s a story of broken promises, backroom decisions, and an emerging policy of converting parkland to preserves. Early..."
April 5, 2011 Postmarks
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...state in the nation. These ... exonerations are clear and convincing evidence that our criminal justice system is broken."..."
May 2, 2008 News Feature
Austin @ Large: No Picnic for PARD
Parks & Recreation downsizes, shedding functions that perhaps it never should have had.
"...Austin loves its parks, and consequently Austin loves its Parks and Recreation Department...."
Sept. 20, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Little Hotel on the Prairie
Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.
"...Around the Central Texas landscape, where there is water, there is power. Electric power,..."
March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Grove at Shoal Creek Inches Forward
Council to finally consider contentious zoning case
"...Annex – what they call the 75-acre tract of land bordered by Bull Creek Road, 45th Street, and Shoal..."
Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
The Secret's Out
City bans Eastside tubes & swimmers
"...And in its sinking – following the nautical tradition established..."
Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano
Poison in the Park
Plants and trees in Stacy Park began to die after a Parks and Rec volunteer sprayed herbicide
"...neighbors say they don't know is why the city's Parks and Recreation Department would agree to allow White, as..."
Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, March 10-16
"...city has in store for infrastructure improvements, open space, and land use along this corridor. Call to RSVP. 6-8:30pm...."
March 11, 2011 News Feature
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
Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits
Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?
"...to provide public benefits that go far beyond a handsome facade (as developers long have been expected to do..."
April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Game, Set ... Match?: Tennis Battle Rages
Galindo neighbors want South Austin Park kept as open space
"...Although Austin's Zoning and Platting Commission voted very late Tuesday night – actually..."
May 20, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
Beverly Sheffield, the longtime director of the Parks and Recreation Dept. and a local visionary and civic leader, has died.
"...Austin Aquatics in 1935, went on to run the Parks and Recreation Department until 1973, and stayed active in..."
Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Marshall Frech
A Rough Start to Summer for Austin’s Beloved Pools
Can we swim yet?
"...high 90s, Austin's most iconic summer haunts are drained and covered, with vacant lifeguard stands and empty ticket booths...."
May 29, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse
The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy
“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”
"...Chronicle’s gravel parking lot just as the paper’s founder and publisher, Nick Barbaro, exited his dog-shaped station wagon. With..."
Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Civics 101
"...CITYWORKS ACADEMY Learn the nuts and bolts of local government; today (Thursday) is the application..."
July 11, 2014 News Column
Development Plan Goes Nowhere Fast
Hancock Golf Course plan stokes outrage
"...how-to guide to getting Austin residents riled up, the Parks and Recreation Board on Tuesday tackled a proposal to..."
Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano
Developing Stories: What to Do With Waterloo
Turning Waterloo Park into a beach – and other fanciful ideas
"...advice from Project for Public Spaces principals Philip Myrick and Kathy Madden at a Dec. 8 community workshop about..."
Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Postmarks
The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.
"...enough to have met her a number of times; and Margaret Moser did a fine job of capturing the..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Column
Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?
Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?
"...is pushing hard for his Thumbs-Up solution to the standoff with Uber and Lyft. And I must say, the..."
Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Civics 101
"...NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE PUBLIC HEARING City seeks feedback on..."
June 27, 2014 News Column
Headlines
"...of the revised Green Water Treatment Plant development proposal and the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, which should arrive in..."
May 25, 2012 News Feature
Disc Golf Face-Off Moves East
Opponents say disc golf would destroy nature preserve
"...Austin battle over public spaces was between disc golfers and the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Now, the golfers..."
Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
The Daily Hustle: 11/15/10
No time like the present(ation)
"...there be no more than two presentations per meeting, and the one scheduled for Wednesday is a real doozy:..."
Nov. 15, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?
The latest on this year's big digs
"...extended by 30 days – the Enchilada Sisters Lydia and Cynthia Pérez had been at an impasse in negotiations..."
