The city’s ongoing attempt to rewrite the Land Development Code touches on many facets of development in Austin. In this installment of our radio show, we take a closer look at how the rewrite will impact impervious cover – the amount of ground in the city covered by development – and what impact impervious cover […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Project Connect
This week, we talk about Project Connect, the joint effort of Capital Metro and the city of Austin to expand transit connectivity in the greater Austin area. Jackie Nirenberg, the community engagement manager with Capital Metro, and Anna Martin, an engineer with the Austin Transportation Department, sit down with Austin Monitor reporters Jessi Devenyns and […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: ABIA
Lyn Estabrook, who is with the Planning & Engineering Department at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, sits down with Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns to answer all of your questions about Austin’s airport. Listen in below to hear about how the airport is planning for the future and managing the growth of today. Austin Monitor Radio […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Brian Kelsey, CoTMF
This week, a member of the Capital of Texas Media Foundation family joins us to talk about the latest branch of our nonprofit parent company. Brian Kelsey sits down to talk about his new research organization, how it’s related to the Austin Monitor, and how he hopes to shape the organization in the future. Austin […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Jolt Texas
Jolt Texas is working to build a statewide movement of politically engaged and active Latinos. Maria Renee Morales, who is the Austin organizer at Jolt Texas, sits down with Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about how she is working to turn out the vote in Central Texas and share […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: ANC on LDC
This week, we check in with the Austin Neighborhoods Council for its take on the recently released draft of the new Land Development Code. ANC Vice President Justin Irving sits down with Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns and editor Elizabeth Pagano to give his impressions of the latest revision, the process and how likely the […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: AURA on LDC
This week we talk to Kevin McLaughlin, the Land Use Committee chair of AURA, a local urbanist group focused on land use and transportation policy. McLaughlin sits down with Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns and editor Elizabeth Pagano to discuss how the city’s most recent attempt at rewriting its Land Development Code meets – or […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Hill Country Conservancy
In this week’s edition of Austin Monitor Radio, Frank Davis, chief conservation officer of the Hill Country Conservancy, chats with Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns. Interested in what the Hill Country Conservancy does? Curious about conservation easements? Want to get the latest on HCC’s projects and goals? This is the show for you. Austin Monitor […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: The TREAD Coalition and the Kinder Morgan Pipeline
This week, David Smith, an attorney who is representing the Texas Real Estate Advocacy and Defense (or TREAD) Coalition, sits down to discuss ongoing legal action against a planned natural gas pipeline through the Hill Country. Smith describes where things stand at the moment in Kinder Morgan’s effort to construct the pipeline and the challenges […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Austin’s bicycle network
On this edition of Austin Monitor Radio, street designer and network planner Nathan Wilkes of the Austin Transportation Department sits down with Monitor editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about the city’s new, interactive All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Network tool, the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan, and recent barriers and triumphs in expanding Austin’s bicycle network. […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Water Forward
In this edition of Austin Monitor Radio, Austin Water Forward program manager Marisa Flores Gonzalez sits down with Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns to talk water conservation. Specifically, the pair dive into the city’s plan to ensure access to safe drinking water for the next 100 years. Curious to know what the plan entails? Ready to […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Wildfires with Justice Jones
This week, Austin Monitor reporter Jessi Devenyns sits down with Austin Fire Department Wildfire Division Manager Justice Jones. Listen in below for a comprehensive discussion about Austin’s wildfire risks, how the city is managing those risks and what still needs to be done. Austin Monitor Radio is produced in partnership with KOOP 91.7 FM. The […]