Katy McElroy

The city is gearing up for PARK(ing) Day, an annual, worldwide event where people transform metered parking spaces into “parklets,” or miniature parks, for a day. This year’s big day is Friday, Sept. 21, and to make sure everyone is fully prepared, there is a planning kick-off meeting tomorrow. The event will offer interested people and […]

Save some energy this Labor Day weekend, because next weekend the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center will be celebrating Mexican Independence Day with two gallery exhibit openings and a party with live music and dance in remembrance of the late Anthony Ortiz Jr, a local musical prodigy who died of cancer last year […]

A combination of tax credits, city general obligation Rental Housing Development Assistance bond funding and federal funds has made possible the creation of 444 new multifamily, affordable housing units in the city, announced the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department in a press release today. The city received four awards from the Texas Department of […]

Art in Public Places, a program of the city’s Cultural Arts Division, has been showcasing local artwork in public spaces for six years. This year, the city is expanding the TEMPO program from its traditional concept of a public work in each of the 10 City Council districts. TEMPO 2D will add 12 murals, and […]

Labor Day is this Monday, Sept. 3, and all schools and offices in the Austin Independent School District will be closed in observance. Classes will resume, and all offices will reopen, on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Find a complete district calendar here.

Nine months ago, voters approved the largest Austin Independent School District bond in history, and today the district is seeing the first ceremony for a project funded with the money from that bond. T.A. Brown Elementary has been closed since November 2016, when structural problems were found in the building. Today, there will be a […]

As part of the Spicewood Springs Road Regional Mobility Project, Austin Transportation Department has developed three draft options for mobility and safety improvements to Spicewood Springs Road between Loop 360 and Mesa Drive. Residents are invited this evening to the second open house to check out the plans and provide feedback. The project is part […]

The City Council candidate forums kick off tomorrow with District 3. Joining the incumbent, Pio Renteria, in the race are his sister, Susana Almanza, as well as Amit Motwani, Jessica Cohen, Justin Jacobson and James Valadez. Each candidate will give a brief opening and closing statement and answer questions from a moderator. The forum will take place […]

Time magazine has included the Austin Central Library on this year’s World’s 100 Greatest Places list. The diverse list was selected from over 1,200 nominations, and it includes destinations around the world like the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama; the Temple of Mithras in London, England; and Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. […]

The Austin Animal Center’s July numbers are in and they’re good – the best the shelter has ever seen, in fact. Last week, Lee Ann Shenefiel, interim chief animal services officer, announced in a memo to the mayor and City Council that the shelter “was able to reach a live outcome rate of 99 percent […]

Have you noticed that some Capital Metro stations are a little more vibrant lately? This summer, the transportation agency chose works by 12 artists to beautify utility poles at seven MetroRapid stations on Nos. 801 and 803 as part of the Art Box program, made possible by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration. This […]

Municipal election season is rolling right along. The candidates for mayor and City Council have officially filed, and the ballot order has been determined. To help Austinites make informed choices, the Ethics Review Commission and the League of Women Voters are conducting a candidate forum for each district and one for the mayoral contest. At […]