Velasquez Park: 'A Model That Works'

"...by every invested party, it's one in which a public space is created on a previously underutilized plot of..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Public Notice: CodeNextYear?

Reports, editorial, public all say CodeNOT

"...out on Friday – one from the nonprofit Housing Works of Aus­tin, the other from the city's own minority..."

May 4, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

UT's Cohen New Works Festival Brings Experimentation to the Stage

Campus hosts a weeklong celebration of working outside comfort zones

"...When curtains rise on the Cohen New Works Festival on April 15, over 30 original student creations..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Council: The Public Weighs In

Budget priorities continue to be debated

"...piece of business accomplished that morning, after months of public meetings and negotiations with the developer, C.J. Sackman Jr...."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program

The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall

"...concept exclusive to magic. It's increasingly part of our public art scene. Time was, a work of art that..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Beautification for Public, Darker Matters Behind Closed Doors

City Council notes

"...the face of overwhelming opposition, Sondra Creighton with the Public Works Department suggested lancing the suckers, pulling them up,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...willingly, when asked – to help advance the broader public good. Developers of some high-dollar private projects in Central..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: No Help for Public Schools

Why the PPP only works for charters

"...Both charters and traditional public schools receive the same amount of per-pupil state funding,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Travis County Revisits Creating Public Defenders’ Office

Legal panel ponders questions pondered many times before

"...“conversation” about the possibility of creating a Travis County Public Defenders’ Office, the myriad stakeholders still want to make..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: The Business of Governing

Choosing a transit chief, a debt level & more

"...the city manager, an autonomous head of a massive public enterprise, hired by public officials but otherwise independent of..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: What Goes Around ...

This week's news sounds suspiciously familiar

"...Last Week: Under considerable pressure from the public and several City Council members, PDRD released a draft..."

March 20, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: People’s Housing Justice

What Council can do that's not CodeNEXT

"...land use rewrite. Following a presentation on income-restricted (i.e., publicly subsidized) Afford­able Housing, Planning Commissioner David King asked the..."

April 13, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Art in Public Places' Wander

This interactive public artwork creates narrative pathways for you to travel in Downtown Austin

"...of four stories bound up in Wander, an interactive public artwork that propels users through Austin streets by linking..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: PUD Doesn't Get ZAPped

Zoning Commission works through Council hiatus

"...several brand-new commissioners just seated – ZAP had 38 public hearings on its agenda this Tuesday, July 7, each..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: What Happens Next?

Public process will be key to whether code rewrite succeeds

"...– going to get to see what's in the works this time around, and have a mechanism to have..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...The appearance of Public Citizen Execu­tive Director Tom Smith at the November meeting..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project

Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School

"...people she's photographed like this in the series of public art projects that she calls O N E E..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...the nonsense one encounters among other players on the public-sector field, it may be the best part...."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Servicing the Public or Public Service?

"...and state levels who have become lobbyists/consultants after leaving public service:..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...last week left off, with City Council blasting Ridesharing Works for Austin's "deceptive campaign" regarding who will conduct background..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice

Today's Menu: Road Kill, Street Pizza, Dillo Stew

"...Austin (75% of the proceeds) and 13 other (25%) public service organizations. The estimated 6,000 walkers raised over $275,000..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

"Future Artifacts of Sprawl and Sting" at Georgetown Public Library

Stuart Wallace blazes his way through a wasp factory of natural assemblage

"...of his adorns the upper level of the Georgetown Public Library. So, yeah, it's a small haul to get..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Hancock Golf Park, Take 3

The plot thickens, or thins, or something ...

"...been wanting to do something with this underperforming nine-hole course-cum-de-facto-public-park for years now. In the continuation of a process..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Reefer Madness: Treatment Works

Bill would divert low-level drug offenders from prison and save a bundle of money

"...the goal of Senate Bill 1118, the so-called Treatment Works bill, filed by Sens. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston; John Carona,..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Valinda Bolton Works for Common Good

"...Valinda Bolton is a proven bipartisan state representative that works for the common good of all of her constituents..."

Oct. 25, 2008 Postmarks

Public Notice

"...One of the many works of the Children's Photographic Collective Master of Your Domain..."

May 7, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Good Works

Faith United Behind a Paint Scraper

"...commitment to hands-on doing of things and work on public policy that will make the community better," says AMM..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature

Public Notice: Two Steps Forward ...

A year ago, the last CodeNEXT draft was "unworkable." What's changed?

"...When we last saw Draft 3 of CodeNEXT, it..."

April 19, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...a sharp partisan tone, with the pro-Prop 1 Ridesharing Works for Austin (led by Travis Considine, a campaign spokesperson..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows

Does ridesharing work for Austin?

"...op-ed in the Statesman penned in support of Ridesharing Works for Austin by Travis County Repub­lic­an Party Vice Chair..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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