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Friday, August 21, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
Roads
City forms team to ensure equity with I-35 cap-and-stitch
As the Texas Department of Transportation moves ahead with plans to expand Interstate 35 under the Capital Express project, the city has joined the effort to use the giant construction project as an opportunity to help minority communities recover from…
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 by Jessi Devenyns
Budget
Travis County budget makes concessions and cuts to achieve balance
After months of rework triggered by the financial ramifications of the pandemic, the Commissioners Court held its first public hearing associated with the 2021 Travis County budget on Aug. 18. As they went through the 120-page, $1.28 billion budget proposal, Planning and…
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
Public Safety
Integral Care set to address most mental health emergency calls without involving APD
Last week, City Council approved an additional $1.3 million for the Integral Care-EMCOT program next fiscal year, increasing the budget for the Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team by about 75 percent. With those extra dollars, Integral Care, the mental health…
Monday, August 17, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
Entertainment & Events
City opens grant program to assist creatives impacted by Covid-19
Artists and workers involved in the city’s creative economy can apply today for $2,000 awards from Austin’s new Creative Worker Relief Grant program.The program, which has $3.5 million in total funding, is the latest spun up by the Economic Development Department…
Thursday, August 13, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
Transportation
Council floats competing active transportation bond options
Between the transportation portion of the 2018 bond and the $720 million 2016 mobility bond, the city has over $200 million allocated for planned safe mobility projects like protected bike lanes, sidewalks and urban trails. Almost all of that money,…
Thursday, August 13, 2020 by Savana Dunning
Parks
Carver Museum expansion project enters planning process
The Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center is moving forward into the planning stages of an expansion project that’s been 22 years in the making.Austinites voted to approve the bond to fund updates, construction and expansion on the East…
