Budget process could calm employees' fears

At the end of a very long City Council budget work session last Wednesday, Mayor Steve Adler asked his colleagues to weigh in on a budget process proposal that he, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and members of the city’s…

Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jun 7, 2016

Planning Commission wants bond to focus on car alternatives

It’s far from clear if Austin voters will end up approving any mobility bond, let alone the $720 million measure floated by Mayor Steve Adler. But if the city does get the nod from voters for a once-in-a-generation increase in…

Transportation • By Jack Craver • Jun 7, 2016

Austin's first-ever housing plan hits City Hall

This week, city leaders released a draft of Austin’s first-ever strategic housing plan. Unlike broader visions for the city’s future, it focuses on how development will impact the housing supply. The plan is the direct result of a startling 2015…

Housing • By Syeda Hasan • Jun 7, 2016

Publisher's Note: Story Map and individual story purchase

When we started this project, we envisioned a regular beat of these Publisher’s Notes — maybe once every two months or so. This is my second in about three weeks. So, if you’d like a rough “exciting times” metric for…

Mission Note • By Michael Kanin • Jun 6, 2016

Lone Star Rail pulls into CAMPO meeting tonight

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is once again putting the Lone Star Rail District, or LSTAR, under the microscope on Monday evening. CAMPO’s Transportation Policy Board is set to discuss recent moves that have been made to get the…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 6, 2016

Fire Department to seek new stations

Wednesday was the 100th birthday of the Austin Fire Department, so, naturally, the members of City Council had to sing “Happy Birthday” to AFD Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr during their work session. Kerr noted that the department started with 27…

Budget • By Jo Clifton • Jun 6, 2016

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Reporter's Notebook: True Facts

Über Uber… Avid Whispers readers will note that, last week, we reported on an erroneous Uber claim that the Circuit of the Americas racetrack was outside of the Austin City Limits and drivers “could earn BIG” by driving people to…

Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 6, 2016

Austin Monitor Radio: Smart City challenge

LBJ School professor Sherri Greenberg joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about the City of Austin’s Smart City challenge application. This show is sponsored by Austin Water. It is embedded below.

Radio • By Michael Kanin • Jun 6, 2016

Grove PUD plan punted back to developers

After getting the thumbs-down from the Parks and Recreation Department last week, the Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development has been put in a two-week timeout by the Environmental Commission to give the developer time to address some outstanding…

Planning • By Vicky Garza • Jun 3, 2016

Light rail proposal joins mobility bond discussion

As City Council members careen toward their first chat with the public over a potentially massive mobility bond, a new proposal for light rail investment has risen up from the grassroots. On Thursday, the nonprofit Central Austin Community Development Corporation…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 3, 2016

Biz leaders ponder how to maintain Austin's soul

Elsewhere in Texas, a conversation about how to save a town’s soul may lead to talk of a mass baptism. But in Austin, the discussion centers more on music and housing. “Maintaining Austin’s Soul” was the subject that a panel…

Austin • By Jack Craver • Jun 3, 2016

"Amplify" dispute intensifies in Austin

Two well-known businesses are fighting over the word “amplify” in Austin. Yesterday, I Live Here, I Give Here took the step of formally opposing a federal trademark application by Amplify Federal Credit Union that would prohibit ILHIGH from using the…

Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 3, 2016

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