Yes, Austin needs more housing, but 50-story towers along the Drag make no sense | Opinion
Why encourage 50-story tall towers across the street from UT campus? Why are Austin planners proposing this dramatic ...
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As wildfire anxiety grows, Austin plans to designate half the city as at risk of fire damage
About two-thirds of land parcels in the city would be considered at risk of damage from wildfire, up from about 35% a decade ...
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TCEQ approves city's permit for first municipal seawater desalination facility in Texas
TCEQ unanimously approved the City of Corpus Christi's Texas Pollution on Environmental Quality (TPDES) permit for the Inner ...
Is your neighborhood at high wildfire risk? | Here's how to check the city's wildfire risk map
It's that time of year, when high temperatures, dry soil and high winds combine to create fire weather concerns across ...
600-foot towers on the Drag? Austin proposal would allow taller building near campus
Greg Anderson, a member of the city's Planning Commission, said most developers he's heard from don't want to build up to 600 feet, but do want to exceed the 300-foot limit currently in place for ...
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Mr. Vice President, Can We Have A Word With You About Austin’s Liberal Housing Policy?
Austin, really? Vice President J.D. Vance delivered remarks to the National League of Cities’ Congressional City Conference ...
‘Just horrifying’: Noise from nearby industrial business disrupts east Austin tiny homes
A tiny house community in east Austin said the sights and sounds coming from a nearby property is more than they can bare.
Austin Mayor Says the Key To Keeping the City 'Weird' Is Ensuring a Robust Supply of Housing—or People 'Will Go Elsewhere'
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay "weird" will be to ensure that ...
How does the city of Austin decide which homeless encampments to clear?
When deciding which homeless encampments to clear, the city of Austin ranks encampments based on metrics such as public safety and nearby critical infrastructure, according to Austin’s ...
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Officials explore new zoning district to diversify Georgetown housing, update Unified Development Code
The proposed district intends to accommodate single-family detached homes and encourage opportunities for homeownership by ...
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Austin's population boomed during the pandemic
Axios Visuals Austin had the greatest increase in population of any metro in the nation during the pandemic period, per new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Why it matters: The remote-work revolution ...