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Save Our Springs Sues City Over Statesman Site Redevelopment
They claim city violated procedural rules and affordability requirements
"...the Open Meetings Act, the city charter relating to parkland, and certain procedural rules such as proper notice. They..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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"...More Park Maintenance: While Austin’s parkland acreage grows, maintenance staffing hasn’t kept pace, a city..."

May 31, 2024 News Feature

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"...However, some commissioners voiced concerns over the lack of parkland and affordable housing. The Planning Commission and City Council..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

Rethink35 Sues TxDOT Again to Block Highway Expansion
Claims state didn’t fully consider environmental, social fallout
"...the expansion and failed to find a replacement for parkland at Waller Beach that will be seized for the..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Mourns Officer Jorge Pastore, Killed While on Duty
SWAT officer was killed responding to hostage situation
"...during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., said Michael Bullock, an APD night shift patrol..."

Nov. 17, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Election Results for Constitutional Amendments and County Propositions
Voters approve child care tax breaks, teacher retirement boost, gas plant subsidies, and more
"...El Paso County deserves to be able to develop parkland just like the other major counties of the state...."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

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"...Senior Resource Center or Parkland at Festival Beach?: East Austin residents, the Parks and..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements for the November 7 Election
Looking for guidance on the ballot's constitutional amendments and county propositions? We got you.
"...be a little under $2. Proposition B – More Parkland: Yes..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature

Election Day Is Right Around the Corner. Register Quick!
Important dates and tips to ensure you're ready to vote
"...enough money to fix some roads and buy some parkland. You've got a precious few days left to register..."

Oct. 6, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

As Austin Grows, Parkland Will Shrink, Per New State Law
PARD is working to draft a new ordinance to comply with the law
"...Austin is supposed to come with a chunk of parkland, and when that’s not possible, developers must pay “parkland..."

Oct. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Demolition of City-Owned Home Depot Building Finally Underway
It only took 15 years
"...be torn down to make way for affordable housing, parkland, and new retail. Demolition of the building began Aug...."

Aug. 16, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites
After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites
"...in urban areas that could be used for housing, parkland, or other people-oriented uses; and the minimums incentivize the..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Give Us Greenspace
"...rich environmental history, it’s painful to be losing our parkland dedication fee because the legislature feels like punishing us...."

May 23, 2023 Postmarks

Council Preview: Planning to Plan Transit Station Areas
First step? Calibrating housing access on Project Connect routes
"...entitlements in exchange for affordable housing, nonprofit office space, parkland, etc. The memo stresses the “urgency” of the work..."

March 7, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

SXSW EDU Takes on Gun Violence, Queer Inclusion, and Youth Activism
The state of education
"...Peabody Award-winning documentary director and activist Kim A. Snyder, Parkland school shooting survivor Samantha Fuentes, activist Erica Ford, and..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Madi Donham

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List
Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin
"...youth. February 14th marks the 5th anniversary of the Parkland school shooting that took 17 lives and inspired a..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35
Riding on TxDOT's endless highway
"...now – or for National Register-eligible properties, or for parkland or farmland that may be rendered unusable...."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck
Change is coming, but how much?
"...Ryan Drive wanted it to only be used for parkland." Last year, Council approved a proposal to develop it..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Drunkenness, Affordability, and the Big Lie
"...and yet again the sticking points appear to be parkland and affordable housing, and yet again the "housing first"..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: More Drama in Hays County
Plus APD at City Council, and what’s one man’s trash ...
"...voted unanimously to require that commercial properties pay a parkland dedication fee and to clarify some of the regulations..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Can Council Get Its Sh*t Done by 10pm?
Austin City Council addresses a 93-item agenda Sept. 15 and aims to end by 10pm rather than voting to extend the meeting
"...Three of them we've told you about before: new parkland dedication fees for residential and commercial developments; reinstatement of..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Walk Through the Wildflower Center's Field of Light
Acclaimed artist Bruce Munro basks in the evening glow with his new installation
"...of oaks and meadows, "it was almost like English parkland." Each location reflects the local fauna and topography, and..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: No Deal on License Plate Readers
Decisions on surveillance program, Statesman PUD, and parkland dedication fees all postponed
"...agenda were once again postponed. First, approval of updated parkland dedication fees, which require developers to pay the city..."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
The fall schedule is heating up
"...license plate reader program; a possible showdown over expanding parkland dedication fees, which Mayor Steve Adler and Council Member..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: More Land, or a Big Ditch?
If we’re really going this far on the reimagined I-35, we might as well go all the way
"...north to Airport, so they too can have new parkland or whatever goes on these caps, if not the..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Everything’s a Priority Now
Council lines up its asks as a boom-time budget season nears its liturgical climax
"...has taken aim at Cronk's proposed doubling of the parkland dedication fees paid by new residential development, which already..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Lessons of Cady Lofts
An unusual zoning case may lay out the future contours of land-use politics
"...place for PSH – near grocery stores, medical services, parkland, and a bunch of bus routes, and someday the..."

June 17, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Think Globally, Act Locally
Planning for mobility, hoping for democracy
"...with a new underpass under Pleasant Valley Road and parkland improvements along the shore. The basic design concept has..."

March 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: The Pigs Inside Our Python
Austin takes a looooong time to digest what it swallows
"...the city's most used and most expensive pieces of parkland along the creeks and lakes...."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Showdown at the Batcave
Part I: What's all this we hear about a $277 million developer handout?
"...of the south shore west of South First became parkland and civic space in several waves of public investment;..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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