How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...On an unseasonably warm and lovely Novem­ber day, the kind that glorifies living in..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Council Notebook

What's happening this week in Council chambers?

"...three Austin Clean Water Program repair programs. Item 28: And the motherload – another $27 million (with a million-plus..."

Aug. 29, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...initiative reveals the program is plagued by accounting, structural, and other problems. The auditor developed a set of recommendations..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...The most vehement and persistent opponents of Capital Metro's plans for a light-rail..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: No Fireworks, but a Bombshell

City Council, AISD Board adjourn for summer with work left to do

"...And so the doldrums begin. Both City Council and the..."

June 30, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Budget Games

As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget

"...politics a few days before, when local criminal judges and both the district and county attorney had officially requested..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Attempting to Comply

With a new name and a new boss, Code Compliance tries to become more 'people-friendly'

"...They are effectively the cops of zoning ordinances; if they turn up at your door, it..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Making of an Endorsement

"...we need: dense, mixed-use projects that integrates retail, workplaces, and housing (including subsidized affordable housing) into compact "town center"..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

City Beautification for Public, Darker Matters Behind Closed Doors

City Council notes

"...its room, doodling mash notes to dreamy South Austin, and discarding the playthings members rapidly outgrew. With council's brief,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Thoughts on land use, social justice, and making Austin look, feel, and work better.

"...It's summer, and City Hall watchers are tensely waiting for the Budget..."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Does What

"...your transportation players without a scorecard. Try this one:Boards and Commissions..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

'Heartbreak' in Heritage

"...Bellmont. The developers -- former Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs Director Larry Paul Manley and his family..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

What Is CodeNEXT?!

What is a land use code and why are we rewriting ours?

"...hoping – but chances are, you’re still struggling to understand what it is...."

Jan. 30, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Transect, We Hardly Knew Ye

Deadline looms to comment on zonings that no longer exist

"...to be included in version 2.0 of the code and map. And as I reported in this column last..."

July 7, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: PUD Doesn't Get ZAPped

Zoning Commission works through Council hiatus

"...City Council and its committees are on hiatus throughout this month of..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Cool Austin, Cool Planet

This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress

"...implementing the aggressive plan – launched by the mayor and adopted by City Council resolution on Feb. 15, 2007..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...summer in order to lessen the burden upon students planning to enroll in one or more of the roughly..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...the raging bull of new development by the horns and went to work enacting some of the state's most..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Council Watch

Important Council actions in 1999 and what's on the agenda for 2000.

"...It was a year of highs and lows, to be sure, and it all went by..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Public Notice: Tracking the Major Arcana

Planning Commission took votes related to Planned Unit Developments and Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams

"...tough call Tuesday night. While half of the town's planning wonks were down at the CodeNEXT public comment meeting..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...32]. I am stunned by your discussion of Austin land use policy. You confess that Portland's urban growth limit..."

April 16, 1999 Column

News Roundup: Covering the Waterfront

Council, more Council, and more

"...In this week's News Roundup, Council and the Mayor stay busy, certain House Republicans aren't quite..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

At What Cost?

Code amendment approval could put East Austin seniors on the street

"...help pay for the rehabilitation of the RBJ tower and to construct new affordable units on-site. AGC, along with..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

The Daily Hustle: 8/26/10 (Updated)

This meeting's in the bag

"...doesn't do it justice, with all major items – rezoning for the Walsh Tarlton condos in the Barton Springs..."

Aug. 26, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Crash-Scene Budget

The budget balances, and stitching is transparent

"...undeniable – especially in comparison to recent years past. And several of the most controversial proposed cuts, vetted and..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Crestview Neighborhood Development Buzz

North Lamar Transit-Oriented Development Zone changes and proposals abound at North-Central neighborhood meeting

"...Changes and rumors of changes to the North Lamar Transit-Oriented Develop­ment..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...Suggest to Betty Dunkerley and John Stephens, the city's former and current CFOs, that..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Riverside Development in Crosshairs of Activist Troupe

Defend our old domainz

"...new targets: real estate firm JLL, developers Presidium Group, and private investor Nimes Capital, the stakeholders behind the proposed..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: New Math

Can CodeNEXT get to eight votes?

"...process by which they'll try to make sense – and hopefully consensus – out of the years-long land development..."

May 25, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Does Anybody Want the Warren Wildlife Gallery in Bouldin Creek?

Rick Warren's indoor safari brings turmoil to the South Austin neighborhood

"...tree outside adorned with what must have been a thousand white lights – the block-length lot at the corner..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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