Council Districts: Best-Laid Plan Gets Bumpy

Map-drawing plans leave many dismayed

"...When single-member City Council districts were voted into existence by Austin voters last November,..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Ten Districts, Many Visions

A Sense of Place

"...second smallest, D9 to the south – both inner-city districts, yet very different in demographics. Running from 51st Street..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Neighborhood Soup

"...for the two open slots in the city's pilot neighborhood planning program. As the first speaker for the first..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

IBIZ Districts: Voting local with holiday dollars

Keep Austin weird by shopping locally

"...If we value the neighborhood character contributed by locally owned stores and cafes –..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Heartbeat of the City

"...Austin's looming 10-1 City Council – and arguably the traditional center of city power – means that one of..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Managing Growth

"...an almost unique confluence of circumstances and timing. In traditional, middle-class neighborhoods like Allandale and Crestview, the ranch-style bungalows..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Oh, Build Me a Home

Architects Espouse "Traditional Neighborhood Districts"

"...with your low-maintenance small lot. Affordable living in a traditional atmosphere, complete with (mandatory) gabled roof. Convenient to (mandatory)..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Corner to Corner

Top Ten Neighborhood War Zones of 1997

"...caring what happens to the Triangle. But Central Austin's neighborhood spat of the decade has opened up two cans..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin

"...chooses will determine the character and feel of its neighborhoods much more than elms or magnolias or the height..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Collision Course

Competing Visions

"...for future greenways and "destination parks," as well as Traditional Neighborhood Districts (TNDs). While the actual parcels have not..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Council Watch

Business as Usual: After Bradley, Council Moves on to Other Things

"...and the progress toward redevelopment of the Rainey Street neighborhood. Allegiance on Rainey Street has reportedly coalesced behind Robert..."

April 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...affordable, sustainable -- was first advanced by the Mueller-area neighborhoods themselves back in the Manor phase of the Move-It..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Stratus Quo?

Stratus Properties tries to shake the ghost of Jim Bob Moffett as it is acquired by Tom Hicks.

"...Stratus has built its reputation on the more traditional, garden-style suburban communities in which sprawling golf courses serve..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Where Are They Now?

"...Overlay, the new City Hall and Town Lake Park subdistricts, the new zoning overlay in the Chestnut neighborhood plan)...."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...realized there's gold in them thar inner-city lofts and traditional neighborhood districts...."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Redistricting: Making (Almost) Everyone Happy

The ICRC settles on new City Council maps

"...are what will most likely be your new Council districts. Probably...."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Endorsements

"...AISD sends its tax dollars away to "property-poor" school districts...."

May 5, 2000 News Feature

Endorsements

"...AISD sends its tax dollars away to "property-poor" school districts...."

April 21, 2000 News Feature

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...offered by the private sector. At first glance, the neighborhood associations in the area -- who've been working with..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...at least): that as former president of the Austin Neighborhoods Council and co-chair of the McMansion task force, Morrison..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...of suburban development we have now," says Goodman. "Isolated neighborhoods that are empty during the day, and non-residential areas..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

News Roundup: Counties, Communities, Council

Municipal politics matter!

"...on the ballot, and it probably won't matter; a neighborhood association urges developers to build urban density; 'single-member districts'..."

Jan. 18, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive

To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all

"...That's how Scott Bernstein, president of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, summed up the call-to-service at CNU 17, the..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...was an 11th-hour addition to the ordinance: giving individual neighborhoods a voice. Citizens – through their official neighborhood planning..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...to shop, no one walking or cycling to a neighborhood taco joint. Perhaps that's because this corridor was never..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...Austin's water quality ordinances; SB 1016, which allows water districts to break contracts with the city so they can..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...their borders, hollowing the tax base and ghettoizing inner-city neighborhoods. Since then, the mayor and City Council have "incentivized"..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Willie or Won't He?

Willie Lewis Draws Two Opponents in Place 6

"...overhauls its electoral system altogether, be it by single-member districts or a wide-open contest that turns the top vote-getters..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Public Notice – CodeNEXT: The Halftime Score?

If you view the code rewrite simply as a struggle between the urbanists and the preservationists, it's fair to ask, who's winning?

"...the current code. Add in considerable upzoning of particular neighborhoods, especially in the rest of the Eastside, plus changes..."

July 6, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: What Drought?

Zimmerman and Troxclair take on water restrictions

"...utility's (unscientific) survey of residents, six of the 10 districts reflected pluralities in favor of maintaining one-day-a-week watering restrictions...."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

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