Restoration Effort for Norwood House
The city of Austin is moving toward remaking a historic property on Riverside Drive. For this week’s Changing Austin, KUT’s Matt Largey talked about the Norwood House near the intersection of I-35 and...
View ArticleCouncil Begins Drilling Into Austin Energy Rate Hike
The Austin City Council holds the first in a series of work sessions on a proposed rate increase for Austin Energy customers this morning. The proposal to raise the city-owned utility’s revenue by 12...
View ArticleCity Paring Down List of Bond Projects
How would you spend a few hundred million dollars of taxpayer money? The city of Austin is trying to narrow down a list of projects to include in a bond referendum this coming November. It includes...
View ArticleCity Seeks Input on Downtown Way-finding System
What can the city to help people find their way around the downtown core? That’s a question municipal bureaucrats are hoping you can help answer at a public forum later today. The Downtown Way-finding...
View ArticleWhat to Do With the Trees? Austin Seeks Input
How do you manage hundreds of thousands of trees spread across hundreds of square miles? In this week’s Changing Austin, KUT’s Matt Largey talks to Keith O’Herrin of the city’s Parks and Recreation...
View ArticleGet Involved in the City Budget Process
It’s that time again: City budget time. Over the coming weeks and months, the city of Austin is hosting a series of meetings to get input on the city budget: What people want more or less of, what the...
View ArticleMayor Speaks to Urban Rail Delay
Austin’s plans for an urban rail line were set back when Mayor Lee Leffingwell recently announced he opposed putting it before voters this fall. KUT’s Wells Dunbar met with Mayor Leffingwell in his...
View ArticleRepublic Square Park Due for an Update
Changes are coming to one of the city’s oldest downtown squares. Republic Square Park is in line for a makeover as new development is changing the face of that part of downtown. In this week’s Changing...
View ArticleHelp Make the City’s Air Quality Program Better
Have ideas for improving air quality in Austin? The city wants to hear about them. In this week’s Changing Austin, KUT’s Matt Largey talks to Pharr Andrews of the city’s Transportation Department about...
View ArticleDeciding What’s Next for Holly Power Plant
The former grounds of the Holly power plant in East Austin are slated for big change as the planning process gets under way to redesign the waterfront parcel of East Austin. In this week’s Changing...
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