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After demolition plans are scrapped, segregation-era school could become museum
After much debate over redevelopment, Austin is considering buying the Montopolis Negro School to preserve the segregation-era property. At the height of segregation, there were 42 schools for black children throughout Travis County; the Montopolis school is one of the…
Preservation • By Syeda Hasan • Sep 28, 2017
Renteria weighs in on Montopolis School
Yesterday, Council Member Pio Renteria addressed his constituents’ questions and concerns about the Montopolis Negro School. In a letter, he explained that while next week’s City Council agenda includes the proposed rezoning of the school, that item will be postponed…
Reworked Kemp Street rezoning continues to draw fire
Today, Austin City Council will take up a contentious Montopolis zoning case that opponents say will speed gentrification and wreak havoc on a nearby preserve. But supporters of the reworked plan for 508 Kemp St. tout the creation of affordable…
Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 15, 2020
Montopolis rezonings draw community ire
The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear a cluster of five development cases in Montopolis today, and it hasn’t escaped the notice of community leaders. Eight separate addresses covering more than 10 acres of the Southeast Austin neighborhood are seeking…
Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 23, 2020
TipSheet: City Council, 6.28.18
Welcome to this week’s TipSheet. And welcome to the last regular meeting of City Council before the July break. This one, as is traditional, promises to be a doozy. As a heads-up, Council has opted to discuss both the soccer…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 28, 2018
Council approves preservation projects with $5.5M from hotel tax
More than a dozen projects related to the preservation of Austin’s historic buildings will move ahead, with more to follow in coming budget years, using money from the city’s portion of its Hotel Occupancy Tax. Last month City Council approved…
Preservation • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 9, 2018
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Renteria concentrates on affordable housing
For District 3 City Council Member Pio Renteria, 2017 saw the culmination of projects large and small, many of which he has been working on for years. Most of those projects are related to helping low-income people who continue to…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Jan 2, 2018
Houston stays true to her district
Council Member Ora Houston sums up this past year as “very interesting.” Speaking to the Austin Monitor, Houston started her review of 2017 by stressing her continued commitment to outreach in her district, which informs the work she does downtown…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 28, 2017
Travillion's first year set a brisk pace for continued advocacy
Travis County Commissioner Jeff Travillion hit the ground running in his first year as the representative of Precinct 1, a role that he sees as an opportunity to reverse decades of repressed opportunity east of Interstate 35. “Every day that…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 26, 2017
Valid petition helps broker compromise in Montopolis rezone
The Planning Commission recommended to limit the units for a Montopolis condominium project proposed in a rezoning request at its Dec. 12 meeting, largely in response to strong opposition from the neighborhood. “I think this is a testament to you…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Dec 20, 2017
Austin loosens rules for designating buildings historic
It may be easier for properties in Austin to be zoned historic now. Until a few weeks ago, if a property owner filed written opposition to the designation, the city’s Historic Landmark Commission needed a two-thirds vote to override those…
Preservation • By Syeda Hasan • Oct 18, 2017
Council approves historic changes
In addition to the myriad other things passed on Thursday, City Council also moved forward with changes to how the city handles historic preservation in cases where the owner is opposed to the designation. Council voted 9-1 to change the…
