Consultants Given Lucrative City Contracts Without Council Approval

City paid friends of City Hall top brass $300,000 through subcontracting scheme

"...appropriate workforce initiatives. • Support executive leadership transition and development for new and existing leaders. • Support labor relations..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

After Years in the Works, City Kills HealthSouth Redevelopment Deal

HealthSouth goes south

"...units has officially died. Staff with the city's Economic Development Department decided not to extend the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement..."

July 7, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Airport Agrees to a Massive Settlement to Get Its Expansion Underway

Bye bye South Terminal

"...our rapidly growing city, Bergstrom officials announced a new master plan and massive expansion of the airport in 2021..."

June 1, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

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

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

"...agree it's time for significant reform of the city's development review process. [inset-2-right]..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

South Terminal Saga: City Says Sorry, That Flight’s Departed

The city responds to a federal lawsuit

"...room for the new midfield concourse in AUS's expansion master plan. Lone Star has refused to walk away from..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Takes on HealthSouth, Statesman PUD, and More

Council Preview: Is HealthSouth ready to roll?

"...say that voting yes to move forward with a master development agreement with Aspen Heights would equate to "a..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Austin at Large: HealthSouth – Headed South?

A seemingly straightforward P3 deal instead brings Council’s tensions to the fore

"...the city and county were already crosswise on economic development and land use at Palm School and the Expo..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...only took four years, until 2003, for the original master plan that guided ABIA construction to be outstripped by..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: A Big Step Forward in St. John, but Much Work Remains

Greystar, HACA selected to redevelop Home Depot site

"...Thursday, July 29 agreed to enter negotiations with Greystar Development Central on the future of a 19-acre site in..."

July 30, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Church and Its People on Austin's Eastside

The living history of David Chapel

"...churches; the plans for the chapel originated from his master's thesis, "Progressive Architecture for the Negro Bapt­ist Church." The..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Recap: Clearing the Decks for 2021 in a City That Never Stops Growing

Zoning, housing, and COVID relief dominate year's final meeting

"...on certain types of infrastructure needed to accommodate new development – like wastewater improvements, drainage facilities, and increasing roadway..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...an inner-city expressway surrounded by intense, sprawling, but aging development, a low-rise market district readily accessible only by car...."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council Says Goodbye to 2018

After tackling one last mammoth agenda, members take a powder

"...Members finally approved Item 21, an agreement giving 33 acres of extraterritorial jurisdiction land, which sits..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: East Side Story

Somewhere a place for us?

"...against the other team, rather than finding areas of agreement and compromise, and forging real solutions to a CodeNEXT..."

May 18, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Some Say the World Will End … in Ice

City Council dodges the ice storm, and much of its agenda

"...is ready to begin work in earnest on its Master Plan to redesign the Capitol corridor along Congress Ave.,..."

Dec. 11, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Money Don't Buy Everything, It's True …

City Council plows through housing, energy, and budget hearing

"...Thursday was to revise the Plaza Saltillo Transit Oriented Development Regulating Plan to enable Habitat for Humanity to build..."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Plaza Saltillo Ground-breaking Set for Wednesday

After a long wait, the Eastside redevelopment finally kicks off

"...any unforeseen circumstances, construction on the 10-acre Plaza Saltillo redevelopment will begin Wed., June 28, after more than two..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...14 acres Brackenridge sits on will become a mixed-use development, likely including medical offices, housing, and a public market.)..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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

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

"...sounds like a parody of an Austin utopia, the development is real, and the first phase is planned to..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...the APD budget; larger percentage increases for Libraries and Development Services represent a much smaller dollar figure. The Raw..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The New Republic

The Downtown square will get a face-lift and new management

"...Foundation, and the Downtown Austin Alliance – the first agreement of its kind in the city...."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Austin Extends Living Wage

$13.03 floor now applies to more workers on city-funded projects

"...the Capital Metro Board voted 7-0 to approve the Master Development Agreement for the Plaza Saltillo project. Endeavor Real..."

March 25, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

Headlines

"...vote, Tuesday, March 21, to approve the Plaza Saltillo Master Development Agreement. The MDA has received pushback from labor..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature

Council: It Never Rains but It Pours

How moving quickly on buyouts for the nearly 300 Onion Creek homeowners went unresolved

"...information prompted Council Mem­ber Don Zimmerman to blame city development restrictions for driving up prices and obstructing the building..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

MACC Gets Parkland Status

Special-called Council meeting hashes out an agreement between MACC and developer

"...as dedicated parkland, effectively shielding it, in perpetuity, from development or purchase...."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Committee Punts on 64 Rainey Street

City Council will likely take up the Rainey Street project debate in early August

"...Leslie Pool) declined to make any recommendation concerning the agreement proposed between the board of the Mexican American Cultural..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Not Enough Hours in the Day

How about a meeting about the meeting?

"...(Thursday), and another couple of policy sessions (morning: economic development; afternoon: "cost of living and quality of life") on..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...the pile, back up, and roll again. TDS' business development specialist (and tour guide) Adam Gregory says the goal..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Council: Are You Suddenly Sleepy?

Council rolls through the resolutions as Leffingwell becomes a jetsetter

"...after the original scheduling, had been the potential consent agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over Austin Fire..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...at 1:30pm today (Feb. 20), City Council considers economic development packages proposed for tech firms Websense and Dropbox. Next..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature

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