Planning and Development: A Small Bump

Building fee hikes will pay for new hires

"...The Planning and Development Review Department is undergoing a bit of..."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning

Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope

"...Adler's still-evolving plan to add staff to his office, and Council's growing conviction that things are seriously awry in..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Recap: Water and Housing

Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing

"...to affordable housing, ground transportation chauffeurs, excessive water bills, and zoning to allow for a Boys and Girls Club..."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: MLK, Chris Kyle, and the Lege

Get ready to celebrate "Chris Kyle Day"

"...post; the Senate tries to cut Planned Parenthood out; and more...."

Feb. 2, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Missoula, Montana and Boulder, Colorado

Tale of Two Cities

"...City planning" is one..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature

More Poor Planning

"...KXAN quoted Mayor Lee Leffingwell as saying, "The engineers and designers are responsible for the error, in my opinion,"..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Planning Commission Leaders Step Down to Chart Housing Waters

Conor Kenny and Fayez Kazi look to bring more affordable housing to Austin

"...The top two leaders of the city's Planning Commission – Chair Conor Kenny and Vice Chair Fayez..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: CodeCRONK and the Corridors

How to fix land use and transportation

"...well continue through most of this City Coun­cil's term and quite literally shape the city's future for the next..."

March 8, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

More Partners a Good Thing for Long-Range Planning

"...by Katherine Gregor on the need for coordinated regional planning [“Best-Laid Plans,” News, July 16]. One topic that was..."

July 19, 2010 Postmarks

First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway

Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts

"...As climate change raises temperatures and rainfall across the U.S., recent studies suggest that current..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...long last, construction began in March on improvements: new and repaired sidewalks, street trees and landscaping, new lighting, better..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Planning: Goodbye Riley, Hello Weiss

Planning Commission loses attorney, gains architect

"...The city Planning Commission saw the departure of member Chris Riley this..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Family Planning Clinics to Seek Federal Funds on Own

Cutting the state out of women's health

"...been a rough few years for the state's family planning providers, who've had to contend with drastic funding cuts..."

Nov. 19, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Meeting Highlights Opposition to Riverside Development

Audience decries the "sham" public hearing and many aspects of the plan

"...city staff hosted a “community meeting” concerning the major redevelopment proposed for Riverside Drive/South Pleasant Valley Road. The event,..."

March 29, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: Park Potables Panned at Planning

Beer and wine sales at Barton Springs? Maybe not.

"...Zilker Park Can Austin Return to Nature?"), the city Planning Commission was asked last night to give a thumbs..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Can MACC and 70 Rainey Coexist?

Will the development of the Rainey Street District squeeze the MACC?

"..."please find below a release about an exciting new development in Austin, Texas" – that is, the imminent construction..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Developing Stories: Counting Cars and Fears

Officials say their hands are tied at Northcross – but is that true?

"...in Austin? Will our elected representatives – the mayor and City Council members – stand up for their convictions..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

It's Our Neighborhood, and We Care About Its Future

"...Dear Editor, I am a Crestview resident and have been for more than seven years. I bought..."

Dec. 4, 2006 Postmarks

Battle Chasers and Darksiders

Joe Mad talks ESRB versus Comics Code before Wizard World

"...the planet. Seven years ago, he left the industry and moved to Austin to co-found Vigil Games, the creators..."

Nov. 13, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Bitter and the Sweet

How Delysia Chocolatier built their brand

"...the floor of an unfinished 2,000-square-foot space sobbing. Patel and her husband had purchased two contiguous condos in a..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project Could Mitigate Effects of Climate Change

Council approves phase 1 of project that could store 60,000 acre-feet of water underground by 2040

"...set into motion Phase 1 of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery project that would hold 60,000 acre-feet of water..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

ATX Screen News: E3, AFS, and More

AFS Cinema, Arkane Studios' vampire nightmare, and the return of Hypnotic

"...reopen after a 16 month closure due to the pandemic. After pulling together the finances to de-mothball the cinema..."

June 18, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Development Through a Barbecue Lens

Shane Stiles shares the location history and future of Stiles Switch BBQ

"...historic 1800s I&GN railroad stop in Stiles Switch, Texas, and with roots that stretch back to Taylor and branch..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Food Feature by Rod Machen

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...Powder Burn: Arson, Money, and Mystery on Vail Mountainby Daniel Glick..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...Chronicle’s CodeNEXT conversation with Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Member Greg Casar, found below...."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: 'L' Is for 'Lake' – and Legal and Ludicrous

The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history

"...What a tangled web our Land Development Code weaves!..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Sustainable Planning

"...to get a cohesive act together. Recog­niz­ing that regional planning needs help nationwide, the U.S. Congress has provided $150..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...All Gregory George wanted was some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

City Planning: Goodbye Riley, Hello Weiss

Planning Commission loses attorney, gains architect

"...The city Planning Commission saw the departure of member Chris Riley last..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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