Council OK's Motel Purchase to Help Homeless

Also on the dais: parks, trains, trails, diapers

"...ECHO executive director Matt Mollica has experience running similar..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

What’s on the Agenda for Tomorrow's City Council Meeting

A new shelter strategy, Cap Metro’s Red Line expansion, and more

"...center for people exiting homelessness; the creation of a Rainey Street Special District fund; adoption of a new long-range..."

Nov. 13, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Postmarks

Don't Cry for Rainey

"...Let me tell you, I know traditional neighborhoods. And Rainey Street ain't one. I grew up in a traditional..."

July 23, 1999 Column

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...Adler and the plan's supporters say, the project – funded primarily by a 2% increase in the city's share..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council Moves on Convention Center Plans

The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”

"...Convention Center, a preserved Palm School, and a safer Rainey Street may all result from City Council's vote last..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning

Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report

"...City Council unanimously approved $8 million for the purchase..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...the park system without the benefit of parkland dedication funds for enhancements."..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Tracking the MACC

A Brief History of Austin's Latino Cultural Center

"...on east Town Lake from I-35 to the Holly Street power plant, the races drew big boats, large crowds,..."

June 12, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Council Watch

Council approves spending $15 million on the Convention Center Hotel; City Manager Jesus Garza presents the Draft Policy Budget; and Roma Design Group announces its vision for the south shore of Town Lake.

"...soon the hotel could contribute to the city's general fund. But there was never any doubt that this deal..."

July 7, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Three homes on historic Rainey Street now have a home at the Star Hill..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

City, County Clash Over Future Hotel Tax

The city’s “Palm District” vs. the county’s Expo Center

"...to raise its HOT rate, citywide, by 2% to fund an expansion of the Neal Kocurek Memorial Austin Convention..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

25 Bars That Define Austin

Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar

"...are a little bit of everything, hosting lazy Sunday Fundays, college bacchanals, and professional happy hours with equal ease...."

July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Texas Bands Together

Concerts over the next few weeks benefit victims of Central TX floods

"...When: Sat, June 6, 1-6pm Where: Bar 96, 96 Rainey, 1pm Container Bar, 90 Rainey, 2-6pm Clive Bar, 609..."

June 2, 2015 Emergency Post by Alexa Harrington

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...nationwide. The award recognizes the program for helping homeowners fund improvements that saved 3.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity,..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...is designed for families, not single adults). The facility, funded by the city and managed by Foundation Communities, provides..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The Fall Season

Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?

"...budget – with more than $10 million in General Fund spending cuts, yet – was adopted without breaking much..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...private property owners would have had to agree on, fund, and build a new grid of streets, parking garages,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...a 120-plus foot Town Lake condo project in the Rainey Street neighborhood that the council approved earlier this year..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Adler, Council Prepare for Abbott's Siege on Homelessness

Texas gov. continues to hammer city leadership on its response to homelessness through misinformation and fearmongering

"...City Council don't do more to "clean up the streets" in Austin, Abbott has posted three tweets pressing the..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"..."We call it 'the Main Street of Texas' for a reason," says Randy Hopmann, director..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...light. Cords of blue electroluminescent wire inside the Seventh Street tunnel marked the height of the 100-year floodline. Columns..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Place 4: It's Morrison, and Then Some ...

"...of dispersing all the money back into the General Fund, Morrison moved that $380,000 be returned to H&HS. Morrison..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...A fundamental challenge will be to overcome the default cynicism with..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Latest in Density Bonuses: New Teeth

"...requirements" that ask developers to participate in the "Great Streets" program and meet a certain standard of green building..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Wholly Kabob Trailer Funded by Kickstarter Campaign

Newcomer to Austin’s Middle Eastern Food Scene off to Great Start

"...it became a pretty simple matter of “guts and funds,” she told me on a recent evening. I stopped..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Council: Time for Some Halloween Horrors

Featuring The Unholy Return of the Short-Term Rentals Ordinance

"...the sale of a small city-owned parcel at 64 Rainey Street, a victory for supporters of the neighboring Mexican..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: The Public Weighs In

Budget priorities continue to be debated

"...of the postponed consideration allowing use of the 64 Rainey Street tract as a construction staging area, in return..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Council comes back after a month's hiatus with a number of potentially divisive issues on its plate.

"...dollars for the city manager's proposed $15 million Sustainability Fund, currently focused primarily on road improvements and Economic Expansion,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Playback: Red River

Hit-and-run leaves two dead

"...a Brazilian psych band perform in a backyard on Rainey Street when a succession of texts alerted me to..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Keeping Austin Green

The Parks budget finally got a boost, but the real job has just begun

"...PARD's been getting the dead end of the funding stick for some time now. In a recession, failure..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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