Postmarks

What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...department will soon mail the Bouldin Trojan Horse Residential/Gentrification Survey to some 3,000 renters, home owners and businesses in..."

March 23, 2001 Column

Tell us what's it like to be a young gay or bisexual man today -- and earn up to $30

"...months by someone asking you to fill out a survey asking what it's like being a young gay or..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column

Austin's Growing Pains

We’ve got “an affordability problem”

"...for Austin, but the redbuds say yes – it's survey time, and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce has..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Jennifer Chenoweth's XYZ Atlas

For years, the artist has been mapping locals' emotional experiences of the city and making them into art

"...to change?"; "Where did you feel utter disgust?" The survey is sincere, and it requests sincerity of its audience...."

May 13, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Should Texas Legalize Marijuana?

That's what Progress Texas wants to know

"...asking Texans to answer on a new, confidential online survey designed to move forward the discussion of what marijuana..."

April 1, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

In-Comprehensible? ANC Balks at Comp Plan.

ANC fears Imagine Austin will unravel neighborhood planning efforts

"...fall as people responded to the Imagine Austin online survey. According to the city, this phase – in which..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 31-Jan. 6

"...BARTON SPRINGS INTERPRETIVE PLAN SURVEY The Parks and Recreation folks need your input on..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"...The Live Music Task Force online survey provides a direct voice for musicians, producers, agents, managers,..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: The Results Are In ...

The Envision Central Texas planning survey confirms a popular vision that the power brokers just don't want to see.

"...announce the findings of Envision Central Texas' big community survey this last fall -- findings that overwhelmingly rejected sprawl,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Police Live by Their Own COVID Rules, It Seems

A closer look at vaccine and mask policies among Austin's first responders

"...can hope for is truthful responses to a voluntary survey. In a statement, a city spokesperson said: "The city..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Polling and the Police

What we know, don't know, and need to know about the public's view of public safety

"...The Progress Texas survey, fielded by Public Policy Polling (Dem-leaning but also well-regarded..."

July 17, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Jackie Venson Solos

Local blues hero goes solo to cut costs, city polls on use of $12 million earmarked for the arts, and the U.S. State Dept. blocks Palestinian artist Dirar Kalash from the Fusebox Festival

"...experimenter. People told him he shouldn't use distortion." City Surveys Where and How to Help Arts Spaces..."

April 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...staff psychologist Dr. Marc Kruse, employees filled out a survey designed to "identify factors associated with job satisfaction and..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Local Is as Local Does

Why area farmers want you to beware of faux local

"...In order to provide that well-deserved recognition, GroACT recently surveyed its members, asking them to identify chefs and restaurants..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Rasmussen Way

Leading pollster defends his methodology

"...responded to a recorded poll. Rasmussen said, "With a survey like this, we start by surveying a population of..."

Jan. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 17-21

"...BARTON SPRINGS SURVEY The Parks and Rec­reation folks need your input on..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature

Back to School...on Drugs?

In annual survey, teens say prescription drugs and pot are easy to get

"...has released a back-to-school drug-use report based on a survey of 1,000 adolescents ages 12-17. The purpose of the..."

Sept. 2, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...counts of "tampering with a government record" (i.e., customer surveys) but not on any counts related to financial crimes...."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Unconventional

Is the Hodge Affair the end of an era or the beginning?

"...he had tampered with official documents, specifically the customer-service surveys that in part determine employee bonus pay in Hodge's..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Prevailing Winds

AISD says it can't afford bond-project benefits, but local workers beg to differ

"...he couldn't afford it? Why ask for a labor survey, and then ignore what the survey says? I said..."

May 6, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Enviros Give Dell a (Barely) Passing Grade

Hopeful signs – but continuing challenges – for electronic recycling effort

"...The survey scored the companies based on a 19-question survey, with..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Venom, Not Water, Flowing at Northridge Acres

"...Madera and Ward also instigated a survey to gather a profile of the community and determine..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Public Notice: Land Use Reforms on Hold?

Whose fault is that?

"...interviews through next week and have an online profile survey posted for the public to weigh in on the..."

March 10, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

For the First Time Since 2015, a New Austin Music Census Is Now Open

Survey seeks measurable industry feedback to guide policy and support

"...nonprofits, music business professionals, and beyond. Completely anonymous, the survey doesn’t request names or personal details of respondents. Results..."

July 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays

A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM

"...Adler and KUTX announced plans to launch a new survey to provide a "health check" on the music ecosystem...."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Our Two Feet

"...assured that our two feet - International and U.S. Survey - are almost exactly the same. The International Foot..."

Sept. 8, 2020 Postmarks

Austin Schools Ask Parents When and How to Talk About Sex

Birds do it, bees do it, ISDs do it

"...Preliminary results from an Austin ISD survey on the district's Human Sexuality and Responsibility curriculum were..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Soccer Watch

"...you've probably seen a pitch to "participate in a survey about bringing Major League Soccer to Austin." It's being..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Zika 101

Travis County to conduct a two-day survey on the mosquito-borne virus

"...Department and Williamson County will launch simultaneous public health surveys to better understand the public's knowledge about the Zika..."

June 16, 2016 News Post by Annamarya Scaccia

Public Notice: Something at Lake Long?

If not golf, what?

"...City Office of Sustainability created a Community Climate Plan Survey to determine what individual actions residents have taken, and..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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