Preaching to the Converted

"Troubling Era"

"...presentations with the disturbing facts that have been very useful to Smart Growth evangelists. For every percentage point of..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

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

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

"...Maybe that's because this election feels like such a critical juncture on..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: More Alike Than Different

Where to start a conversation about creating decent housing for all of Austin

"...last war. The dreaded transition zones from the last Land Development Code Revision, which threw so many vocal central­-city..."

July 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Can This Code Be Saved?

Plan for a common future, or pretend it just won't happen

"...Neighborhood Association meeting, we were looking over a proposed land use map that contemplated some mixed-use changes on corridors..."

May 11, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Looking for a Magic Bullet

CodeNEXT arguments reflect the complexity of affordability problems

"...Member Greg Casar discuss the in-progress rewrite of Austin's land development code, aka CodeNEXT. By the time you read..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...pool. And then – well, probably early to bed, because tomorrow there's a co-op retreat, wherein residents will decide..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Communication Breakdown

Does the closure of HausBar Farms spell trouble for the urban farming movement?

"...the propagation of urban farms contributes to gentrification and land-use planning issues...."

April 12, 2013 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...– as swell as green building is – intelligent land-use planning is even more critical to crafting a comprehensive..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: 'L' Is for 'Lake' – and Legal and Ludicrous

The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history

"...What a tangled web our Land Development Code weaves!..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...Some lay of the land: Rainey Street itself runs north-south through the middle of..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...was) for "Public Realm Village," the worthy and righteous mixed-use, high-density, character-filled and transit-oriented subdivision of local New Urbanist..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Envisioning the Future of Austin State Hospital

What will it take to turn the former Texas State Lunatic Asylum into a world-class center of brain health?

"...It used to be lovely. There was a lake, with boats,..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...to taking leave for legal action related to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, or to take care of..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Beside the Point: Referendum, Texas

Let's vote on ... something, anything, and all of the time

"...blocks up the street, at the Heman Marion Sweatt Courthouse, where on Monday Travis County District Judge Orlinda Naranjo..."

July 20, 2018 News Column by Chase Hoffberger

Developing Stories

City off to promising start with Seaholm East Redevelopment District

"...Our elected officials deserve a hearty round of applause for setting forth their "guiding vision and policy principles"..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...Travis Co. Commissioners Court rejected City Council's plan to use the Cortaña tract for a new water treatment plant...."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature

Visualize Whirled Tank Farms

An update on the continuing controversy over the future of the tank farms

"...surrounded by hotels and restaurants would represent the best use, while others advocated a greener, less impervious mixture of..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Hyde Park lawsuit sutra, Glen Maxey's retirement dilemma, parking lot battle in Judges' Hill neighborhood, Sixth Street recycling, and the anti-growth blues

"...just for good measure -- the recently passed Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which prevents cities from..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...unpredictable creeks, and hills and "fertile and gracefully undulating woodlands" whose beauty was remarkable even then, and General Burleson's..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Midland Tangles With a Rare Bird Republicans Fowl Property Rights

"...been shot by a hunter, from Erskine's home in Midland to San Antonio, where an avian veterinarian would try..."

June 23, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...and seemingly endless civic disputes, this one over the Land Development Code (LDC) rewrite. That may sound boring, and..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

CodeNEXT: Conditions for Overlays

Draft 2.0 being readied for Sept. 15

"...on Friday, Sept. 15. City staff responsible for the land use code rewrite revealed the date almost as an..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...in the region. (No agency we contacted had an in-house version, either.) A master list is needed to help..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...Danish words I learned to recognize was klima (climate), because I saw it everywhere: on bill­board advertising, in my..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Envision Next Session

Having lost its two big battles at the Lege, Envision Central Texas retrenches to win the war

"...local communities to make decisions on their own" regarding land use and transportation authority. "I misjudged it," admitted Watson,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Controlling Developers

The hidden costs of Proposition 2

"...far Northwest Austin. But both moved in the right land-use direction...."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...Star, which he closed after 10 years in 2004 because of failing health...."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...for several years beyond his original sentence and repeatedly abused in custody. Also this week, two former administrators of..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...my opinion, was avoidable. Not only ... did Schroeder use deadly force when it was not appropriate to do..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

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