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The developers of Spring Condominium -- one of the most affordable downtown properties, with 1-bedrooms starting in the low $200's -- announced today that they're on board to help lighten the load of back-ta

After demonstrations by both supporters and opponents of a proposed ban on plastic single-use shopping bags in Austin, the City Council has delayed voting on whether or not to implement the ban until the end of their meeting that started at 10 a.m. and included an extended lunch break.

The council also postponed voting on whether to extend the hours of downtown parking meters until a later meeting.

During previous discussions on the proposed plastic bag ban, city officials discussed the major cost to the environment, and to city funds that plastic bag use creates.

Halfway through summer, Austin residents are still looking for ways to beat the intense heat that may break records before the season ends.

This summer’s temperatures have not broken record highs in Austin but may reach an unprecedented number of 100-degree days if current weather patterns continue, said Bob Rose, chief meteorologist for the Lower Colorado River Authority.

There have been 40 days with temperatures over 100 degrees so far this summer, he said.

The first Formula 1 race in the U.S. is slated to start in 2012 in Austin, but construction on the track and debate over how much taxpayers should put into the project is well under way.

The Austin City Council’s chambers overflowed during their meeting Thursday with people who turned out to give public testimony on a contract that would give race promoters state money.

The council delayed a vote on the proposed contract with Formula One World Championship Limited until next Wednesday.

Four community leaders and one organization have received the 2nd annual Asian American Community Leadership Awards at The University of Texas at Austin for their contributions to the Asian community in Texas.

Longtime Austin residents Dr. George C. Chang and Ali Raza Khataw each received a community leadership circle award as did Dr.

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

  

Applicants must be Austin residents and real property owners.

Few local names are so known by Austin residents as that of Black Joe Lewis—hell, there's a decent chance he has more name recognition than the mayor—and he and the band that backs him, The Honeybears, are in the process of even further building their reputation both here and beyond with their latest album, the thoroughly enjoyable

The vacation rental industry is growing rapidly. Increasingly, downtown Austin condo owners are listing their units on services such as Homeaway as opposed to offering units in the traditional long-term rental market.

With rates of $1,000 - $2,000 per week, a few vacation renters can make a condo owner happy.

For the first time in a generation, Austin residents can plot the future of Austin... a future where Austin could have twice as many people living here in thirty years.

The Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan is the city's blueprint for the future - a plan that covers how we'll use land, how we'll get around, where we'll live, where we'll use our free time, and other elements that define the quality of life in our great city.

The City of Austin is developing a plan now for the next 30 years.