April is National Fair Housing Month! President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 on April 11, 1968. Title VIII of that landmark legislation – known as the Fair Housing Act – prohibits discrimination in the...
What positions do you hold, besides being a HousingWorks Austin board member? For the past 24-and-a-half years, I have delivered Meals on Wheels to our elderly neighbors. Since 1988, I have been one of the choir directors, at St....
For Jeremiah Program Austin and dozens of young mothers, March 6th was a day they had been waiting for. The program officially opened its nearly 50-thousand square foot Moody Campus in the Guadalupe-Saldana Net-Zero Subdivision of East Austin. A...
As the process for rewriting a new Land Development Code for Austin continues, City officials are making great efforts to ensure that residents have opportunities to learn the basics about it, ask questions and provide input. The series of...
Rain did nothing to dilute interest in an event Saturday morning, March 4th at the Bullock Museum. “Traffic Jam!, a Mobility Solutions Workshop for Central Texans” drew a crowd of hundreds. The event sponsored by Capital Metro and the...
As the self-described “Live Music Capital of the World” Austin enjoys a reputation of being one of the most desirable places to live in the country. But, that reputation is currently in jeopardy. As the Executive Director of Ballet...
What position do you hold, besides being a HousingWorks Austin board member? I’m the executive director of GNDC. I also serve as the treasurer of the Austin Housing Coalition and the Secretary of the Guadalupe Association for an Improved...
On February 1st, Austin City officials were pleased to see the bustling crowd at the Palmer Events Center. The Roll Out event was an opportunity for residents to obtain information about the new draft Land Development Code, which City...
Weighing in at more than 1,100 pages Austin’s new draft Land Development Code can be intimidating. The good news is that we have a lot of time for public review, and this is an iterative, publicly-driven process. The initial...
The draft of Austin’s new Land Development Code was released on January 30th, and I must admit that I was intimidated by the sheer volume of the document. At 1,100+ pages, it’s going to take a large time commitment...