Naked City

Dueling proposals for tweaking -- or gutting -- the smoking ordinance

"...Despite claims from diverse stakeholders that consensus was within reach, last week's City Council..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council moves to finesse the smoking ordinance.

"...city bureaucracy to their entrepreneurial to-do lists. The anti-ban "Stakeholders' Coalition" report of the City Council's smoking task force,..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Animal Services Volunteers Rally for Council to Fire Their Boss

Advocates say they have lost confidence in Don Bland’s leadership

"...Last Saturday, May 11, a coalition of volunteers at the Austin Animal Center and more..."

May 14, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Retaliation Reported Against Some Participating in APD Racism Investigation

Activists ask city to protect those speaking out against bigotry

"...Advocates at the Austin Justice Coalition say multiple officers have faced retaliation for speaking out..."

Jan. 15, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...court decisions. The one I'm most familiar with is Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA. What are the implications,..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...groups, like the temporary one that came together as "stakeholders" in the Stratus agreement, true believers like Bunch are..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"...opposed the rezoning case. What happened in between? A coalition of advocacy groups led by the Austin Justice Coalition..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Plans New Emergency Homeless Shelter, But Without Much Community Input

A Southeast Austin warehouse will soon become a shelter

"...appears to have been made with little input from stakeholders in the homeless response community, raised concerns among some..."

May 12, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Great Streets, Not So Great Parks

Battle at the park over Riverside Drive

"...Lamar -- a reflection of the wishes of park stakeholders, who for years have advocated completely shutting down the..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"...emissions by 2050 and directed staff to work with stakeholders to create an action plan to reach this target...."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Travis County Plans New Women's Jail

Del Valle's new digs

"...Texas Advocates for Justice, Texas Appleseed, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, and Texas Fair Defense Project – "all the folks..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...City Manager Toby Futrell and her team, and prominent stakeholders throughout the community...."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Plotting a Park

"...After a three-day charrette, Town Lake Park stakeholders agreed upon a tentative plan that places the new..."

April 23, 1999 News Feature

A New Jail for Travis County?

County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry

"...The sizable coalition of criminal justice organizations has been speaking out against..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...questions – one about financing, the other about political coalition-building and regional partnering. Both are bigger than the streetcar..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Who Will Rule Mueller?

Can the city keep the Mueller redevelopment project on course?

"...in textbook fashion. Beginning in 1996, goals were defined, stakeholders were brought to the table, consensus was built, experts..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The New Police Chief Was Respected in Cincinnati. Will Austin Feel the Same?

Lisa Davis gets officially sworn in

"...But stakeholders around the city are hopeful Davis is up to..."

Aug. 9, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...their friends and allies in the United East Austin Coalition, and Paul Hernandez and Gavino Fernandez and their friends..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Front Steps Slips and Falls

As the nonprofit that runs the ARCH falls apart, the city's rush to replace it frustrates providers

"...work with case managers on longer-term housing plans – stakeholders within Austin's homeless response system hoped that APH's parting..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Q&A With City Manager Spencer Cronk

In his first sit-down interview with the Chronicle, Austin's CM discusses public safety, the budget, and next steps

"...city enterprise and we're talking to a number of stakeholders to establish that advisory group which will meet for..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Slum, Sweet Slum?

An Annual Look at My Own Backyard

"...all-powerful Executive Committee -- in the posse of "aggrieved stakeholders" who entered into city council-initiated "facilitated discussions about East..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Wrong John, Wrong Reason

"...was not indicative of a "sinister" plot by the Coalition to commercialize the Park. 3. "... varying degrees of..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...the Mitchell-era ARA and surrounding neighbors and other Eastside stakeholders -- who were initially and pointedly excluded from its..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Arts-Park Plan

"...that? Everyone should be happy. But since all the stakeholders feel they have, in the past, been more or..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature

Did the City Jump Into Bed With Taser Too Fast?

Lawsuit seeks to block body camera contract

"...from APD continue to meet with community activists and stakeholders to finalize policies for use of the cameras and..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Three Steps Forward, One Step Back

Various projects slated for I-35, Airport Boulevard, and Congress Avenue

"...effort was started in 2004 by a diverse community coalition. Larry Warshaw, chair of the I-35 Makeover Coalition, gave..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

With Minimal Drama, Saltillo Project Lurches Forward

Capital Metro hires a planner and appoints community advisors for the rail-yard redevelopment

"...to ROMA and serve as a liaison to other stakeholders. The City Council will name four more representatives to..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

EPA reviews Clean Air Act new emissions policy for Bush Administration

"...The comment period ends today (www.epa.gov/air/nsr-review), and following planned "stakeholders" meetings in D.C., the Bush administration has directed the..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Meet the Emerging Opposition to Project Connect

Not on board

"...Connect – as embodied in the Transit for Austin coalition – not everyone in the city is fully on..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Nataleah Small

Building Utopia

After years of pipe dreams, politics, and planning, the new Mueller Neighborhood is rising at last

"...involved numerous political and financial players, many citizens and stakeholders, and iterations dating back to the early Eighties. Formal..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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