Street Fee Coming for Developers in 2022 to Help Offset Growth Costs

New fee will be charged to developers

"...Fee program. The new fee will be charged to developers, at varying rates depending on where a project is..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin's Political Ecosystem

Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics

"...community groups and neighbors along the creek, Fish created Austin's first "hike-and-bike trail." Thanks to Lady Bird Johnson's admiration..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Game On Austin

Local video-game developers show their stuff. And beer!

"...hosting a gaming event (Thusday, Oct. 15) to bring developers and gamers together. The two main ingredients are beer..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...15 to make appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine on Austin Public Health's webpage were kicked out of the sign-up..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Real Estate Council of Austin Wraps Its Mind Around Affordability

Developers group to learn about peer city challenges

"...often within these pages), the Real Estate Council of Austin has in recent years tried to reposition itself as..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Game Developers Give Great Five

Developers get five minutes to wow a crowd of developers

"...The Austin arm of the International Game Developers Association had a..."

May 20, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...the "compact and connected" city idealized in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. But CodeNEXT is not the code itself...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Building Austin

As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin's new face?

"...be upbeat. "Imagine sleeping in here on the weekend! #AustinTX #Apartments #EastAustin," an administrator posted to Eastside Station's Facebook..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Envision Central Texas project is an opportunity for the citizens to plan our own destiny.

"...Nothing is ever really settled in Austin, even the obvious. The fact that metro Austin will..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

As Austin Grows, Parkland Will Shrink, Per New State Law

PARD is working to draft a new ordinance to comply with the law

"...Any new development in Austin is supposed to come with a chunk of parkland,..."

Oct. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Council Recap: Once-Sacred Neighborhood Protections Battered by Austin's Affordability Crisis

Are taller buildings with less parking the answer?

"...Thursday on a draft proposal to expand entitlements for developers to build housing on the city’s major commercial and..."

May 21, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District

Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.

"...and took over the Symphony Square amphitheatre lease from Austin Symphony...."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Video Game Developer Certain Affinity Announces Original Title, Last Expedition

Independent game studio also plans expansion to offices in Toronto

"...has worked on many recognizable AAA titles but as co-developers, so you likely didn’t hear the company’s name celebrated..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Playback: CodeNEXT and the Austin Music Scene

How might the update of Austin’s land development code affect the musical landscape?

"...Following five years of lead-up, the rewrite of Austin's outdated land development code soon heads to City Council...."

June 8, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: Summer Stock Agenda

The heat arrives with a litany of work for Austin and Austinites

"...housing supply and citywide affordability – or a sinister developers' weapon aimed at existing single-family neighborhoods. A bit more..."

June 30, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: All Grove All the Time

In Austin's housing toolbox, all we've got are hammers

"...The report is generating local buzz, not only because Austin is among "the high-growth metropolitan areas increasingly fueling the..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Game On Austin

The Austin Chronicle and SXSW Gaming show off Austin's gaming bounty

"...Empire Control Room, 606 E. Seventh $3 (kids free) austinchronicle.com/gameon..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Point Austin: The Lege v. Austin

The Austin-bashing bills are not just about water – also property, power, and democracy

"...the Capitol. While the sobriquet of "People's Republic of Austin" is not heard as often as it once was..."

May 27, 2005 News Column by Michael King

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...Austin's next mayor will only serve two years before facing..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: It's a Season, Not Just a Day

Showdown at the Batcave, Part 2: Isn’t this just lining the developers’ pockets?

"...history of this weird, unplanned and unplatted chunk of Austin's urban core, just to lay out why it would..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Defend Our Hoodz Denies Responsibility for Vandalism at Austin Creative Alliance

Group “applauds the hood for defending itself from greedy sellouts”

"...wall. The assault appears to have been directed at Austin Creative Alliance, whose offices are in the same building...."

Feb. 12, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Virtual Reality Arcade Opens in East Austin

It's like a karaoke room for immersive play

"...Austin has been a hotspot in the burgeoning virtual reality..."

June 1, 2017 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Getting Weird on the Back Nine With Austin Comedy The Salamander King

Director Austin Nichols takes his ATX golf comedy to Dallas

"...the endangered amphibians from which it takes its name, Austin-made comedy The Salamander King is linked to one habitat...."

April 24, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...April day, and yet there’s a pall over the Austin Antique Mall. It’s an air of sadness that seems..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: No Home Sweet HOME for Austin’s Black and Latino Communities

A member of the Planning Commission argues that Austin’s proposed new land use plan would result in another major forced relocation of Austin’s Latino community and its dwindling Black community

"...originally drafted, it's a plan that has written out Austin's Black and Brown communities, crafted without meaningful consideration of..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Alberta Phillips

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, More…

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled from numerous PR releases,..."

Aug. 30, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?

ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ

"...the old one – the creation of a new Austin City Hall had become a saga of novelistic complexity:..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: There’s No Zoning in Baseball!

Austin keeps hitting economic grand slams, but we can still tinker with the rulebook

"...have, over the last four decades, helped create the Austin you know and love today, so you can stop..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Construction of Austin FC Stadium Nears Completion

Q2 claims naming rights for the home of Austin's new Major League sports team

"...the Major League Soccer season, construction at the new Austin FC stadium, located just southeast of the Domain shopping..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Trace Sauveur

Austin at Large: The Center of Attention, Again

Austin continues its golden-child ways as the rest of America goes pear-shaped

"...things identifies the hottest markets in America. Since 2015, Austin has been either No. 1 or No. 2 on..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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