austin neighborhoods

At May’s Austin Neighborhoods Council (ANC) meeting, representatives from the City made a presentation about the Neighborhood Habitat Challenge.

This is an annual contest of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department, where the City of Austin and the National Wildlife...

Links to a bunch of Austin Neighborhood HOAs, plus a few pix. Send me ones I missed! (via Find Real Austin - Austin Texas Real Estate)

A couple of weeks ago, the Statesman reported that Austin's urban core lost a lot of children between 2000 and 2010.

  

Not a big surprise to me, but Chronicle publisher Nick Barbaro donated money to Kathie Tovo.

University Hills residents don't like a real estate listing for a 6 bdrm, 3 bath house being promoted as a... (via Austin Real Estate Blog)

Burnet and N Lamar are the public face of our North Central Austin neighborhoods. They have their gritty charm, but for the most part they are ugly and unsafe for pedestrians and children.

They encourage policymakers and developers to make the kinds of comments we heard during the VMU process: "Anything is better than what you have now." That's not true.

We have to fight that kind of thinking by taking better care of our streets.

Some City Council members evidently recognize that "historic landmark" tax breaks for wealthy West Austinites are an awful deal for the city.

 The solution, naturally, is not to eliminate the tax breaks but simply to slow the rate at which the city hands them out:

Some City Council members evidently recognize that "historic landmark" tax breaks for wealthy West Austinites are an awful deal for the city.

 The solution, naturally, is not to eliminate the tax breaks but simply to slow the rate at which the city hands them out:

Jeff Jack and I will appear in-studio on David Kobierowski's "A Neighborly Conversation" (KOOP 91.7FM)  tomorrow (September 2) from 12:00-12:45.

  Live streaming available here.  We will discuss the Austin Neighborhoods Council, Austin planning, growth and development, and anything else David asks us about.

Jeff Jack and I will appear in-studio on David Kobierowski's "A Neighborly Conversation" (KOOP 91.7FM)  tomorrow (September 2) from 12:00-12:45.

  Live streaming available here.  We will discuss the Austin Neighborhoods Council, Austin planning, growth and development, and anything else David asks us about.