Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...In areas where urban-fringe growth threatens to rapidly overtake most of the open land..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...our longtime clubhouse. I was employed in various work-study jobs in the office that involved mimeographing the program notes..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Page Two

Lost Austin behind us, Smart Growth ahead?

"...what Austin had lost, when it actively supports Smart Growth, which was destroying the city? At first, I was..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...wrapped up with a big bow and dubbed "Smart Growth." In the Smart-Grown city, we were told, every neighborhood..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Questions for Visa

A few things we might ask before we provide corporate welfare

"...establish a Global IT Center creating at least 794 jobs [and retain 47 existing jobs] over the next five..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...people, unpaid ... and asked to do this enormous job."..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Jesus Garza goes out on top, but not necessarily to universal acclaim.

"...and there's never a 'good time' to leave a job like this. But this is a good time for..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...education and on-the-ground experience to lead on the sustainable growth front. Quintanilla, however, whose past includes advocating for public..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Watson Way

Mayor Kirk Watson talks about challenges for austin during his next term.

"...first, with the further implementation of the all-conquering Smart Growth ideology vying for dominance with clean-air and cost-of-living issues...."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...out not to be ACME business, it’s still their job to help point stakeholders in the right direction...."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

"...or 10 years from now whether we got the job done or not. That's kind of why Bikini Kill..."

May 13, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Turning Williamson County a Bluer Shade of Purple

Wading through the new political landscape of the Austin suburbs

"...five years without letting up. That, coupled with population growth and what was going on higher up the ticket"..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Wrap-Up

Council passes a budget, 10-1 – no, wait, make that 9-2

"...more than the original estimate, for an astonishing 12.5% growth rate over FY 2015. That meant council members and..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

The Wine Enthusiast

June Rodil's passion for wine has shaped her career and the way Austin drinks

"...she sought work in the service industry, landing a job as a cocktail waitress at the Driskill. As she..."

June 27, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...think it's physicians and others becoming aware that their jobs could be different. Take, for example, chronic care, which..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Point Austin: Instrumental Incentives

The National Instruments deal provides a model for economic development

"...to a major capital investment and 1,000 new, highly-paid jobs over the next 10 years. The staff calculates the..."

March 8, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Constable Races: Part 2

The relatively tame contests at play in precincts 1,3, and 4

"...consider this: The low-level, low-visibility Travis Co. law enforcement job pays a whopping $87,000 a year. Not bad for..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith

ACC Report Card

Chamber of Commerce releases first-ever Progress Report; outlines challenges ACC faces and how business community can help

"...Austin Community College is doing a good job of growing its enrollment in step with the Austin..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...City• The field of finalists for the top cop job at the Austin Police Department has been narrowed from..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature

Beside the Point

Going where no analogy has gone before ...

"...Trying to describe the effect of full-speed growth on the city's resources – and its urgent demands..."

May 11, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...paragons of political harmony and civilized debate, Austin's rampant growth combined with generally flat or decreasing state and federal..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...but cannot spend anything that is earned by the growth in value of the fund's holdings (capital gains). So,..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...to pipe water into sensitive areas already plagued with growth and development problems...."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...In an effort to stem the tide of runaway growth in northern Hays County, officials from the boom cities..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...ago in this space) that SOS had supported Smart Growth. This is "inaccurate noise," Tschurr argues, adding that while..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...nonsensical programming language. This is one of the worst jobs at the paper, and I think I was assigned..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...second boom. The first half of the Nineties is growth, but the second half is explosion. The town grows..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...it, and puts flesh on the bones of Smart Growth. But now, after 15 years of gestation, comes the..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Media Clips

Two Fox reporters, fired by a Tampa station for their report on the continued use of the controversial recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, are coming to Austin to tell their tale.

"...that all seven were using the controversial recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), despite promises by that state's dairy and..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Media Clips

"Media Clips" weighs in on Web site parody of George Bush, Statesman reporter Ben Wear moved off of the city hall beat, and Travis County District Judge Jeanne Meurer declines to issue ruling in KOOP case.

"...over a period of [several] months, offered him the job, and he took it."..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

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