Tag Archives: Crestview
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
Reporter's Notebook: gates, pies and tracheotomies
Council ponders homestead exemption, pie… City Council members may have been craving pie Wednesday afternoon, having tossed the metaphor around while discussing ways to fairly distribute the costs and benefits of a proposed homestead tax exemption on residents. Council Member…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • May 18, 2015
Council to consider Crestview valid petition case
On Thursday, City Council will be considering its first valid petition case in which the neighborhood opposes any zoning change for the property in question. Developer David Kahn is proposing to build a project of just under 70,000 square feet,…
Development • By Jo Clifton • May 13, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Zim appointments continue
More nomination fun … District 6 City Council Member Don Zimmerman continued his streak of commission nominations last week. Zimmerman posted his latest round of picks Thursday on the Council message board, and they include Antonio Buehler to the Public…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 3, 2015
Gated neighbors ask Crestview for a change
Neighborhoods and developers strike deals all the time. But what happens when people move into those compromises? One group of Crestview residents says that the time has come for the newcomers to be seen as neighbors, and they are asking…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 4, 2015
Fate of Crestview land parcel remains in limbo
Though the fate of an Austin Energy-owned parcel of land in the Crestview neighborhood remains uncertain, there was an update about 6909 Ryan Drive last month. Planning and Development Review Department Director Greg Guernsey wrote the Dec. 10 memo that provided…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 13, 2015
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Crestview office project gets initial approval
Changes to a proposed Crestview office project were enough to keep it alive at City Council last week. Currently, the 2.275 acres at Justin Lane and Cullen Avenue are home to a Korean Presbyterian Church. Developer David Kahn is proposing…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 21, 2014
Crestview rallies against office building
Crestview residents turned out in force at last week’s Planning Commission meeting to protest a proposed office building in their neighborhood. Though developer David Kahn argued that the office project was an appropriate buffer between residential and commercial uses, neighbors…
