Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...For more than a decade, Austin was the largest..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: Storms Along the Waterfront

How much should the city invest in the Statesman PUD? Zero, or $400 million?

"...place we used to call the Batcave. This 13-acre site's owners – the profoundly wealthy Cox family of Atlanta,..."

July 29, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Neighbors With and Without Homes Collide at Roy Guerrero Park

“But then where?”

"...course, relocated there after being swept from more visible sites nearby, such as Longhorn Shores or along East Riverside...."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

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

"...• "FAA (and y'all) couldn't plan this around existing flight schedules??? Been awake 24 hr..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

For Escuelita del Alma, History Prepares to Repeat Itself

Preschool and child care center on the move again?

"...one of the 100 or so properties that TxDOT plans to acquire through eminent domain to enlarge the right-of-way...."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Public Notice: Signs of Summer

Head shops, All-Stars, and a new Zilker shuttle

"...main areas of contention in the Zilker Park Master Plan process had to do with transportation, and specifically the..."

June 24, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Looking in at Austin’s Last (Known) Slave Quarters

Black history in hiding

"...the experiences and narratives of enslaved people at historic sites that have all too often erased them...."

June 24, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Faster Than Sound: I Subscribed to the Austin-Based festivalPass and Felt Confused

Few discounts and few Austin options on new NFT-dabbling concert ticket marketplace

"...I would only recommend it to those with specific plans to attend high-dollar events happening in the next month,..."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Some of the Best Food Trucks Austin Has to Offer

Two dozen of the finest moveable feasts in town

"...cuisines from around the world? How about innovations in plant-based foods? Find yourself a food trailer. Here are 26..."

June 11, 2022 Food Post

City Council to Tweak Compatibility Rules Amid Housing Crisis

Can a change help stem rising housing and rent costs?

"...However, at the Council Housing and Plan­ning Committee's meeting May 31, planner Sam Tedford said that..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Housing and the Mayor’s Race

Celia Israel: “This election is about who can afford to live here, and who gets to decide”

"...created a historic housing crisis," she writes on her website to introduce her "Home for All" proposals. "The housing..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...on what, all told, was a $10 billion-plus big-bang plan to catch up with decades of failure to invest..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Setting an Agenda for Land Use

"...practical terms, what it means is that if a site is already zoned VMU, and it's directly on a..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...The Bastrop County Complex fire, as it's officially known,..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Blamed After Break-Ins at Future Housing for People Exiting Homelessness

Former Candlewood Suites hotel broken into and vandalized

"...stoking the fears of neighbors vocally opposed to Austin's plans for the building...."

May 20, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Showdown on Main Streets

Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors

"...from property lines, in exchange for the developer including on-site affordable housing, public space, and other public amenities. It's..."

May 20, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

What’s to Become of Austin’s Unofficial Gay District?

A development plan would maintain Oilcan Harry's but displace two other gay-friendly bars

"...qualify as landmarks on their own, per a city planning report presented to the city's Historic Landmark Commission...."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

A Brief Guide to the Yard in South Austin

Encountering the true ATX spirit in our bustling modern metrop

"...Dumpster hiders are sculpturally enhanced and have their tops planted with rows and rows of prickly pear cacti; you..."

May 13, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Ordered to Pay Developer for Historic Montopolis Negro School Property

The high cost of history

"...estate developer Austin Stowell purchased the Montopolis Negro School site with plans to redevelop it – claiming that he..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Faster Than Sound: How Two Years Off Made Oblivion Access Festival Even Better

An interview with the truly independent booking duo on their landmark lineup

"...reps now reaching out to them, Brooks and Domi's plan for 2023 is already shaping up. For now, find..."

May 6, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...Among mixed-use plans for housing, shopping, a museum, and a recording studio..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin at Large: The Road Goes on Forever …

After 30 years of effort, East 12th Street is still a long way from its envisioned future

"...the team that wrote the Central East Austin Neighborhood Plan, adopted way back in 2001 and not really updated..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Staffers in Vegas’ Tesla Tunnels: Still Not Clear Why!

Neither Project Connect nor AUS needs the Boring Co.'s services yet

"...The site visit included reviewers from throughout Devel­op­ment Services' programs (environmental,..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Gathering MoFest Brings Austin Music and Art Culture to the Country

Vibe Barn? Check. Organizers discuss new fest’s mission

"...Alexandra Arteaga: This is the first festival and the plan is to have this turn into hyper-curated Austin-focused events..."

April 20, 2022 Music Post by Mars Salazar

Sound and Vision: The Meow Wolf/Spatial Connection

Did SXSW give a preview of the technology behind the next portal?

"...art collective and their interactive mega-installations. Where would that site be? A filing with the Texas Department of Licensing..."

April 14, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

City Council Grants Early OK to Statesman Property Plan

Batcave begins

"...Central Waterfront, for which Council adopted a high-level master plan in 2016. Insiders call the project the Statesman PUD..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.

Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?

"...The DSD employees are all from the department's building plan and land use division and the trip cost $9,900..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD’s Therapy Provider Struggles to Meet Demand Amid Mental Health Crisis

Students and parents find help is out of reach

"...across Texas. Its proposal to the district outlined a plan to increase its staff to meet demand over a..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Neighbors of Proposed Fuel Tank Strategize Against Relocation

Southeast Austin residents met in an effort to stop the construction of a new fuel facility

"...on Fuentes' resolution to move the proposed fuel storage site on Thursday, April 7...."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Council Considers Fuentes’ Call to Slow Down AUS Fuel Project

New tanks to be located directly opposite Southeast neighborhood

"...the U.S. 183 frontage of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, directly opposite residences between McCall Lane and Metropolis Drive. But airport..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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