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

Urban Planning Buzz

"...as well. The two SAPs were presented to the Planning Commission March 11. Citizens are encouraged to attend the..."

March 12, 2008 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Contradictions Between Neighborhood and Urban Planning

"...Dear Editor, I am involved in a neighborhood planning effort and find that existing residentially zoned property owners..."

April 13, 2005 Postmarks

Urban Farm Debate Intensifies

UPDATED: Council postpones vote on revised ordinance

"...has postponed discussion of the proposed changes to the urban farm code, pending another stakeholder process. A return to..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Urban Farm Redux

Community stakeholders address future of city’s urban farms

"...is now allowed to sell vegetables from their Eastside urban farm. This is good news for urban farmers and..."

May 3, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Dismantling Family Planning Pt. 2

House budget amendment would subvert access to reproductive services

"...Services allocates roughly $42 million in funds to family planning providers -- a reorganization of "funding priorities" that would..."

April 16, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Real Story Is Neighborhood Planning

"...underlying zoning issues. The tug-of-war here is between innovative, urban, high-density, mixed-use, transit-oriented development and obsolete, suburban, low-density, stand-alone,..."

June 28, 2004 Postmarks

The Future of Urban Agriculture

Will the City of Austin love its urban farms to death?

"...The Urban Farms Process and Code Coordination Working Group of the..."

May 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning

Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope

"...yet already controversial consultant's report on the city's beleaguered Planning and Development Review Department, which the department appears to..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Waterfront Planning: Professionals Needed

Yet activist Mary Arnold gets the first nod

"...that the first and only nominee to the Waterfront Planning Advisory Board at yesterday's council meeting – Mary Arnold,..."

July 24, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Urban Renewal, Sustainable Development, and ... Fluoride?

Preview Pt. One of a crowded Council agenda

"...into their final meeting of 2011: water fluoridation, the Urban Renewal Board, the Austin Resource Recovery master plan, and..."

Dec. 12, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...-- which can trace its roots back to previous planning efforts, like Austin Tomorrow and Austinplan, birthed with substantial..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

Project Connect recommends a rail corridor – and transit advocates board opposing trains

"...Leffingwell to advise city officials on the development of urban rail, approved Project Connect's sub-corridor recommendations of East Riverside..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...As our 2010 comprehensive planning effort bumps and grinds, it lends perspective to realize..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...Austin environmentalists have fought two major battles in transportation planning: trying to halt construction of freeways that pave the..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Steering Urban Renewal

Housing Director Bill Cook

"...administrator of what many are calling the city's latest urban renewal proposal, Bill Cook is facing one of Austin's..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Urban Farm Skirmish Moves to Mediation

Council postpones vote on urban farm ordinance

"...anticipated City Council vote on recommended updates to the urban farms ordinance was postponed until Nov. 21. Requested by..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

Neighborhood Planning: COA Style

"...Smart Growth's Urban Core..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

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

Austin Rail Planning 'Off-Track' Again?

"...Dear Editor, Almost 40 years after the first “urban” passenger rail was proposed for Austin (presented to Austin..."

May 30, 2012 Postmarks

Three True Tales of Urban Infill

Believe It, or Not...

"...You can lecture people all day about how dependent urban vitality is on an adequate concentration of people. You..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Urban Farm Story Slanted

"...retaining our single-family zoning. East Austin, according to the urban farm ordinance, is the only part of town where..."

April 15, 2013 Postmarks

Urban Farms: Mediation Bears No Fruit

Compromise seems unlikely in debate

"...evening, over city staff's proposed revisions to the city's urban farm code, has thus far yielded little, if any,..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

Then There's This: Urban (Watershed) Legend

In reversal, city says new development must comply with SOS

"...determination this month, reversing a previous decision that less-restrictive urban watershed regulations would apply. (See "Then There's This: Overlooking..."

March 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Urban Removal?

East 11th and 12th Get Plowed

"...house was not pending. Moreover, the city's housing and planning department officials deny attempts to evict Burditt, and besides,..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Neighborly Planning

The city, businesses, and residents all seem pleased with the results of the East Martin Luther King Neighborhood Planning Workshop.

"...Feb. 2 for the East Martin Luther King Neighborhood Planning Workshop, hosted by the city's Neighborhood Planning and Zoning..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Past Planning Efforts

"...Here are some highlights of the history of Rainey planning:..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature

New Urban Sagas

Mueller Mutation

"...stuff. The New Mueller will, rather, be the largest urban development project in the history of this city, aiming..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Planning Is Doing

Eastside wins, Council struggles

"...the talk this week about property tax exemptions, the planning agendas are where the action is...."

June 12, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: The Promise of Planning

Can the city deliver on East Riverside?

"...and a half ago, at community visioning workshops. The planning effort, led by A. Neles­sen Associates Inc., drew enthusiastic..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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