Austin @ Large: How Weird Is That?

Austin's new recipe for economic vitality collides with the reigning quality-of-life agenda

"...Growth has obviously challenged those latter hallmarks of stability. But..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Just Say No

Council Draws on Tomorrow Plan to Redirect Growth

"...is willing to look beyond the bottom line, beyond growth at any cost, to growth that is, dare we..."

May 22, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

The Power of One

"...Meredith and Pat Morita to guide the young man's growth, The Power of One has Armin Mueller-Stahl and Morgan..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rep. Donna Howard on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”

"...Obviously, our state has grown significantly and with that growth, we have had a larger number of students entering..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Water Pipe

Water Line = Growth?

"...Bee Cave. That infrastructure, Bunch insists, will spur undesirable growth in these environmentally crucial areas. Bunch is angry that..."

June 25, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...the highways we already have, will at least direct growth into our Desired Development Zone, currently undesired because it..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

49 Up

This British series is one of the great achievements of the cinema, one that reveals how an observant camera plus the passage of time can capture reality.

"...years, and consequently creating a living portrait of … growth, atrophy, life, humanity. The last couple of series' entries,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Trip

"...Alan (Sullivan, who has a nice, accessible Ron Livingston quality) meets cute with Tommy (Braun), a gay activist, at..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

High Art

"...on a specific milieu. Its story follows the reciprocal growth of a somewhat ambiguous relationship between a jaded ex-artist..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faults

A cult deprogrammer needs some mental floss of his own.

"...whose members advance to and from specified levels of growth until they reach the stage at which they no..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fresh at 75

Quality Seafood Market celebrates a milestone

"...Quality Seafood Market..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Page Two: Creative Mass

The people who forged Austin's identity also helped fuel its growth

"...now one of the most expensive. The evidence of growth and change is everywhere, and it seems like on..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Column by Louis Black

RG4N's 11th-Hour Gamble

RG4n wants a third party to reconcile their Northcross plans with the developer's.

"...Responsible Growth for Northcross is calling for a third party to..."

March 27, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Opinion: Affordable Childcare Now – A Community Call to Action for Travis County

Dr. Libby Doggett makes the case for Travis County CARES, a November ballot measure that would provide high quality, affordable child care and afterschool programs for working families

"...critical need to ensure working parents have access to high-quality affordable child care and afterschool programs, community leaders have..."

June 28, 2024 Column by Libby Doggett

When Is Austin Not “Austin”?

Debate flares over research on Black Austin diaspora

"...Earlier this week, Kirk Goldsberry posted an essay on..."

Jan. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Can the Austin Airport Speed Up Its Sorely Needed Expansion?

Explosive growth and understaffing lead to long lines and near-misses

"...That spike was unprecedented. AUS says that growth has slowed considerably, though 2024 has already brought three..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

SXSW Panel Finds Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Different Ways Across America

Mayors meet in Austin to discuss the affordability problem

"...to have much in common. Geographic differences aside, their growth and housing trends aren’t all that alike: Oakland’s population..."

March 8, 2024 SXSW Post by Maggie Quinlan

Then There's This: Two Developments at Crossroads

A proposed recycling plant collides with a planned residential project

"...could determine the land-use future of a designated "preferred growth corridor" in Northeast Austin...."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Breaking: Second Lawsuit Filed Against Northcross Wal-Mart

Allandale Neighborhood Association joins in the legal battle against the supercenter at Northcross.

"...independent of the lawsuit filed last week by Responsible Growth for Northcross, it’s nearly identical in spirit. “It’s a..."

July 3, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Down Came the Rainey

With downtown redevelopment encroaching and property values the highest they've ever been, Rainey Street residents are getting ready to cash in their chips and leave.

"...large-scale, high-density, mixed-use urban infill he plans isn't Smart Growth, then it's hard to say what is. And even..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...It's a problematic concept, considering the exponential transportation costs, quality of schools, and lack of services found in the..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...With the explosive growth of the region, every community wants, or says it..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

RG4N to Sue City Today

Responsible Growth for Northcross files a lawsuit today against the city of Austin and Lincoln Property Co., asserting that the city's Tuesday approval of a second site plan for the redevelopment of Northcross Mall was illegal.

"...Responsible Growth for Northcross is filing its lawsuit today against the..."

June 28, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Tracking a Caldwell County Landfill Proposal

Tracking a Caldwell County landfill proposal

"...in Fresno, Tex­as, where the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality filed a citation notice for failure to prevent a..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...demonstrates the changing face of the city due to growth, it is Deep Eddy. Driving into the area bounded..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...festivals, its ability to attract and retain companies considering quality of life, and its economic health. People come here,..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

RG4N Questions City's Legal Wisdom

Anti-Wal-Mart group wants to know why city hired outside legal staff in Northcross case.

"...Responsible Growth for Northcross is in high dudgeon over City Council's..."

Feb. 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Water Boil Order Could End This Weekend

City issues official notice on water quality

"...notice as required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regulatory orders. Up until now, Austin Water had not..."

Oct. 24, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Coyote Creek: Small Farm, Large Impact

Austin's growing web of local, organic, delicious

"...circles whose fortes range from culinary masterpieces to economic growth...."

April 25, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Billionaire Wants His Own Town, Go Figure

Musk Town headed for Bastrop isn't "paradise" Elon proposed, either

"...Elon Musk has been espousing his vision to create..."

March 9, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

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