Housing investment collaborative advancing quietly

Back in April, when Mayor Steve Adler made his first state of the city address, he noted a troubling statistic: Austin is the most economically segregated big city in the United States. In particular, that statistic applies to housing, with…

Housing • By Jo Clifton • Jul 13, 2015

Austin Monitor Radio: TravCo politics with Deece Eckstein and Mark Littlefield

Travis County Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Deece Eckstein and political consultant Mark Littlefield join Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard for a look at the immediate political future for Travis County electeds. Show is embedded below:

Local Government • By Michael Kanin • Jul 12, 2015

New parkland dedication fee would "maintain" park-to-person ratio

With recent unanimous approval from members of the city’s Planning Commission, the Parks and Recreation Department says it might soon be able to recalibrate the fee it charges residential developers in lieu of making parkland available. Developers unwilling or unable…

Parks • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 10, 2015

Clarksville addition distresses preservationists

Plans to expand a 1935 Clarksville cottage have rattled Austinites worried about preserving the history of a neighborhood that they fear is disappearing piece by piece. The house at 1704 West 10th St. is currently a contributing building to the…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 10, 2015

It’s About Thyme to move: Nursery to be replaced by apartments

A longtime business on Manchaca Road is searching for a new home. It’s About Thyme nursery recently learned that the property on which it sits was sold for $2.8 million. The new business taking over that land? Apartments. Co-owner Diane…

Hays County • By Kim Hilsenbeck • Jul 10, 2015

County votes to extend Slaughter

A major arterial on the southeastern frontier of Austin will sprawl a little farther out thanks to the Travis County Commissioners Court. After an animated discussion on the role private developers should play in funding infrastructure that directly benefits them,…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 10, 2015

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Making affordable housing plans for Austin

While most of the state focused on the meaning and aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision related to same-sex marriage, affordable housing advocates were riveted by a case brought by the Inclusive Communities Project of Dallas, which sued the…

Housing • By Jo Clifton • Jul 9, 2015

Crestview park could be on the way

Crestview Neighborhood activists may finally get the new park they’ve wanted for years. Austin Energy is currently in the process of finding a new storage site so that one of its current properties, at 6909 Ryan Drive, can be converted…

Planning • By Jack Craver • Jul 9, 2015

Austin Oaks PUD saga continues

It has been almost a year since developer Twelve Lakes LLC requested a zoning change for the proposed Austin Oaks Planned Unit Development, and it will likely be more than two months before the city is able to come to…

Planning • By Tyler Whitson • Jul 9, 2015

Google self-driving car now in Austin, policy not

A young man steered Google’s white Lexus RX – outfitted with a small sensor full of lasers, radars and cameras on its roof – down Riverside Drive on Tuesday. Arguably, the driver’s presence was a redundancy: The car that left the…

Transportation • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 8, 2015

Commissioners weigh mass-gathering rules

Travis County Commissioners have once again delayed a decision on adding new restrictions for outdoor events, but not before more than a dozen speakers from the public weighed in on Tuesday. The commissioners appeared ready once more to take up…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 8, 2015

AISD superintendent eliminates top positions

Austin Independent School District Superintendent Paul Cruz has said that his vision is to “create an effective and streamlined organization that does not duplicate programs and services” during his time in the captain’s chair. That’s one of the reasons he…

AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Jul 8, 2015

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