Nina Hernandez

Is the problem with our Land Development Code rewrite the fact that it’s just not enough fun? Well, uh, yeah! Luckily, the Austin Monitor, Austin Tech Alliance, Downtown Austin Alliance, Austin Board of Realtors and Glasshouse Policy are teaming up to put on a CodeNEXT Game Night later this month. The evening will consist of […]

The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees will spend next Monday tying up the loose ends of its November bond proposal. Before taking a formal vote to call the election, the board will first hear from the community. At the last board meeting earlier this week, trustees emphasized the fact that any plan would […]

The Real Estate Council of Austin has hired Geoffrey Tahuahua as its new vice president of policy and government affairs. Most recently, Tahuahua was vice president of public policy for the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin, a post he took in 2015. He’s also worked for the Texas Public Policy Foundation and as district […]

The city is currently working on plans for transforming the Seaholm Waterfront, made up of the historic intake facility and associated parkland along Lady Bird Lake. Give the Parks and Recreation Department, along with the Austin Parks Foundation and Trail Foundation, your two cents at the first community input meeting on Saturday, June 24. Beginning […]

Yesterday, the city announced Mabel Davis Pool won’t open this swim season. The Southeast Austin facility was temporarily closed earlier this summer when the Parks and Recreation Department found it was leaking more than 200,000 gallons of water per day. According to a press release, crews found “significant leaks in the pool’s return lines” upon […]

In a special Father’s Day post to the City Council Message Board, Council Member Alison Alter alerted her colleagues to a change she is proposing to an item on Thursday’s agenda. Item 43 is a resolution tweaking the review process for the Land Development Code rewrite. Alter would like to clarify that both land use […]

Last week, City Council approved construction contracts that will pave the way for work to be done on some of Austin’s most dangerous intersections. The 2016 Mobility Bond provided $15 million in funds for safety improvements to more than two dozen “high-crash” intersections in the city. The first group of three intersections are Slaughter Lane […]

Today, the Travis County Commissioners Court, its staff and the community will celebrate Juneteenth. The ceremony starts at 10 a.m. at the court, after which the commissioners, staff and the community will make their way to the parking garage at Eighth and Lavaca streets to continue the celebration. It’s a tradition at the court, which […]

The Austin Street Design Guide makes its public debut next Tuesday, June 20. The guide, an effort spearheaded by the Austin Transportation Department, will be the basis for updates to the Transportation Criteria Manual that explains that element of the Land Development Code. For the rest of the year, the city is planning to pilot […]

Gather at the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center on Saturday afternoon for the 12th Annual Juneteenth Festival. Enjoy live music on the Juneteenth Memorial Lawn, a human gyroscope, mobile video game arcade and a multitude of other activities. There will also be an appearance by the Soultree Collective, a group that supports […]

At a special meeting on Monday, the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees heard a $989.3 million bond proposal from district administration. Under the proposal, the district would renovate or build 14 schools – without raising the tax rate. The board also considered a second group of projects that put together come out to […]