Tai Moses

Want to broadcast your support for Vision Zero, the community initiative to encourage safer driving and eliminate traffic fatalities? Get a free Vision Zero yard sign from the city to display in your front yard or on your porch. Just email the team to request a sign and then coordinate to pick it up at the […]

Austinites who frequent the area around East Fourth Street between the northbound Interstate 35 frontage road and San Marcos Street may have noticed that crews have begun work converting the street into a one-way configuration. According to a news release from the Transportation Department, the project is designed to make the road safer and prevent […]

If you love to talk about design and transportation, this one’s for you: The Project Connect design team is hosting two Zoom meetings this week to present design updates and options for the Orange Line, the 20-mile light rail route that will run from Tech Ridge Park & Ride to Slaughter Lane. A meeting on […]

Thanks to the largesse of the Austin Parks Foundation, Highland Neighborhood Park is getting a $150,000 Community Impact Grant to fund “specific amenities as part of the park’s overall vision plan implementation, including a pedestrian bridge, connection path, water fountain and more.” In a news release, the foundation also announces some updates to its ACL […]

Golf enthusiasts may know that golf course greens need renovating every 25-30 years “due to mutations in the grass, general contaminants in the soil and often unlevel surfaces,” according to the Parks and Recreation Department. The greens at Roy Kizer Golf Course, which was built in 1994, are due for a makeover “in order to […]

Spring has sprung, and humans aren’t the only ones enjoying the season. Spring is baby season for wildlife: birds, deer, skunks and many other species are raising their young, and you may encounter some of these offspring while you’re out and about. Unfortunately, people often assume a wild baby animal by itself is abandoned or […]

The Parks and Recreation Department has been conducting an extensive search to find the perfect candidate to fill an assistant director vacancy. With the search finally winnowed down to three finalists, the community is invited to meet the candidates and offer feedback at a virtual meet-and-greet that will also cover PARD’s hiring process and information […]

The weather may feel like summer, but the calendar says spring, and that means it’s time for Deep Eddy Pool to close for its annual deep-clean. The pool closes Sunday, April 10, and reopens Monday, April 25. In the meantime, Austin has many other fine swimming pools where you can get relief from the heat; […]

This month’s installment of the Wild Neighbors Speaker Series has birds and spring on the brain. As spring is peak migration season in Central Texas, Travis Audubon Executive Director Nicole Netherton will reveal “the magic and perils of spring migration, including the many ways humans can help migratory birds survive their amazing journeys.” She will also […]

A new Capital Metro pilot program allows passengers to request a drop-off between regular bus stops after 9 p.m. According to the transit agency, the “Courtesy Stop pilot lets you select safe, well-lit spots to exit the bus closer to your destination. So, if you want to be dropped off directly at your apartment complex […]

By this summer, Project Connect is expected to attain the milestone of 30 percent design. Two community meetings held last week revealed more details on the design of the Orange and Blue lines. Those who missed the meeting may review the materials on a virtual open house through April 29 that is split into four […]

Austin ISD is inviting fifth- through 12th-graders of all experience levels to audition for the district’s free Summer Theatre Series program. The program, which runs from June 6-July 25, features The Addams Family, which is a musical production; Alice in Wonderland, a black box studio production, and the new weeklong Rising Stars program, an “educational theater camp that offers […]