Tai Moses

Honestly, is there anything better than public transit? We don’t think so. Everyone in the community gets to share this sustainable method of transportation that reduces nasty pollution and traffic congestion, relieves us of the need to find a parking space and takes us nearly anywhere we want to go. You can show your affection […]

Austin Water is slated to begin work on the Nueces Street Wastewater Rehabilitation Project this Saturday, April 27. The project will take place on Nueces Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to Eighth Street and will take about eight months to complete, so lane closures and detours are a given. Workers plan to do […]

The Trail Foundation and Austin Parks and Recreation are holding a public open house to kick off the planning process for the Holly Point project. Neighbors, hikers, community rec groups and all other interested parties are invited to come and help design a vision for the site. The plan is to transition the decommissioned Holly […]

Mosquitoes love tires – not to put on their tiny mosquito-mobiles, but because they love to breed in the water that collects inside discarded tires. A single waterlogged tire can produce more than 10,000 mosquitos, all whining and droning and trying to suck your blood and carry nasty diseases. That’s why Austin Public Health is […]

Central Health invites Travis County residents to participate in a conversation about health care and the 2020 budget. The more people who have access to quality health care, the healthier the community will be. Central Health points out that in Travis County, “your tax dollars fund health care for more than one out of every […]

Austin Public Health is hiring a new community development specialist who will focus specifically on promoting health and well-being in the neighborhood of Rundberg. Rundberg residents are invited to attend a candidate forum to meet the top candidates vying for the job. Residents will have an opportunity to submit written questions to the facilitator at […]

The Austin Public Library and the Library Foundation are throwing a block party – planned especially for kids. This free event celebrates literacy and learning through play and is intended for children ages 0-12 and their families. There’s so much fun stuff packed into this event that we don’t have room to list it all, […]

The Trail Foundation and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department are throwing a pop-up community engagement event to solicit input on Drake Bridge Commons. Right now, there’s not much of a there there, and it’s kind of dark and dank under the bridge. That’s why the Trail Foundation hired top-notch Austin designers Rios Clementi Hale […]

If you’re anything like us, you just can’t get enough of Project Connect. Perhaps you were one of the 165-plus community members who participated in Capital Metro’s Orange Line Open House last week, where the agency shared its transit proposal for the Orange Line, the north/south transit line that will travel to, from and within […]

This is your lucky day: The 2019 Mobility Annual Plan has been posted online. That means a cool interactive map so you can check out all of the mobility and safety improvements in progress and plan your next bike ride or urban hike. You can find out where new sidewalks and bike trails will be […]

Austin Independent School District is hosting a series of community engagement workshops in order to solicit the community’s input on potential school closures and consolidations, program planning and repurposing facilities. AISD staff, community members, planners and developers will participate in the panel discussions with the ultimate goal of giving more students access to what the […]

Louis Grachos, who has served as executive director and CEO of the Contemporary Austin since 2013, will be stepping down from his position to take up a new post as executive director of the Palm Springs Art Museum. Margie Rine, currently the museum’s deputy director, will act as interim director until a new leader is […]