Pondering Planning in Southwest Travis County

Citizens try to balance development and conservation in sensitive Hill Country land

"...You would never confuse Southwest Travis County with Austin – at least not..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Forget the little boxes -- it's the big boxes we need to knock down

"...lips. I feel really, really sorry for Will Wynn, because I know that his disgust with the tilt-wall big-box..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...up one street and down another, taking in a landscape vastly different from the one they knew 50 or..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...In fact, as one who has been involved in development projects in several U.S. cities, I can say they..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

What's the Deal?

The Details in the City's Proposed Settlement With Stratus Properties Are the Fine Print in the Term Sheet.

"...the following standards in building its residential and commercial developments across 4,000 acres in these Southwest Austin locations:..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature

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Differing takes on Town Lake going Greek; too many zeros for Babich; and the Chronicle film reviewers take another hit.

"...our first "live" test this past April, and they used our summer session, when we have fewer students, to..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column

All-Star Team

"...city for overstepping its bounds in the areas of land use and water quality protection. The courts agreed, and..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Just Say No

Council Draws on Tomorrow Plan to Redirect Growth

"...-- among other things -- the direction of new development to a desired development zone and away from environmentally..."

May 22, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

The LCRA Means Business

Authority's Plans to Expand Threatens Austin's Control Over Growth

"...is available to the LCRA is symptomatic of unrestrained development in the booming Eighties. All manner of Municipal Utility..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Naked City

"...stand-up comedy, gyros, or bare breasts? Austin's Planning and Development Department has chosen the bare breasts. As the only..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...about our schools, our police and justice systems, our land use and the environment, the needs of the unhoused..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Austin At Large: Say Farewell to Greg Guernsey

An exit interview with Austin’s longtime planning chief

"...much around this time last year, as the CodeNEXT land development code rewrite ran aground on the shoals of..."

July 12, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Trick or Treat!

Scary times for CodeNEXT

"...be considered for the final draft of the CodeNEXT land development code rewrite. And in what someone must have..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...new reality TV show set in Austin, about high-stakes development deals – starting with a pilot based on this..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Rumble at Bunny Run Heads to Council

Neighbors say school reneged on promise of no apartments

"...either did or did not agree to keep its land apartment-free in perpetuity. Because of that history, some of..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Our readers talk back.

"...be much better for East Austin than Kirk Mitchell, because Slusher knows where East Austin is...."

May 3, 2002 Column

Clouds Over Dripping Springs

As the pressure for growth continues, Dripping Springs residents question the role of city government insiders

"...ethics -- a subject made all the more complex because the particular focus of this public scrutiny is the..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...Erica Barnett's "Austin Stories" article on the proposed redevelopment of 11 tracts along Marathon in the Alta Vista..."

July 13, 2001 Column

Big City Blues

Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.

"...that scared us locals into passing ordinances to limit development over the aquifer. And we've all seen, over the..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Art of the Deal

City Coucil wants to cut a deal with Stratus Properties on the Barton Creek properties because they think House Bill 1704 gives them no other option.

"...agreement that would allow a mega commercial and residential development across 4,000 acres of sensitive terrain in Southwest Austin...."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Local beer, wine, and ice vendor John Zamora says he's just trying to make ends meet; but a neighbor says his noisy ice machine is a nuisance and violates city code.

"...out of his UT-area store, Junior's Beer and Wine, because it considers the ice operation an illegal second business..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...rest of town, is taking part in the biggest development frenzy to hit Austin in a decade. Yet most..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Mayfield Fights Back

Ward and June Say Nay in Northwest Hills

"...Any neighborhood that stands in the way of development is a nest of radicals, troublemakers, nay-sayers. So we..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bradley U?

ACC Considers Circle C Campus Site

"...hit yet, one that hasn't provided subsidies to his development. So he immediately contacts Austin Community College (ACC) to..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...only have a small impact on a months-long budget development process that had already been shaped by the ravages..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Purging the Commissioners

If you can't win the argument, blow up the process

"...grounds that too many might have professional ties to "development," accused them of failing their duty: "What would we..."

May 18, 2018 News Column by Michael King

What Is CodeNEXT?!

What is a land use code and why are we rewriting ours?

"...CodeNEXT is Austin’s attempt to rewrite our existing land development code (LDC for short), which was adopted in..."

Jan. 30, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXTension

CodeNEXT timeline punted back three months

"...hardly a certainty when it comes to issues of land use here in Austin, city staff will unveil the..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...12% of the estimated low-income affordable housing (affordable to households with an income less than $25,000) in the entire..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...city does have some big projects. Downtown's Great Streets Development Pro­gram. The scenic hike-and-bike trails. The Urban Trails program,..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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