This week, Evolve Austin’s Eric Goff and Austin Housing Coalition Executive Director Nicole Joslin chat with Austin Monitor freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard and editor Liz Pagano about CodeNEXT. To hear more about Evolve’s take on what needs fixing in the city’s Land Development Code and how that fixing is going, tune in below! Curious about […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: The Aquatic Master Plan
This week, Interim Director of the Parks and Recreation Department Kimberly McNeeley sits down with Austin Monitor freelance reporter Jack Craver. Tune in below for a conversation about the Aquatic Master Plan, which is done after years of work and causing instant worry about the state of our pools. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/339777553″ params=”color=0066cc&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: The search for a new city manager with Laura Huffman
This week, Laura Huffman, the chair of the City Manager Search Advisory Task Force, sits down with Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano to talk about that search, how it’s going and why it’s so darn important anyway. Audio of the show is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/338759542″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] The Austin Monitor’s work […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Capital Metro’s Todd Hemingson
This week, Todd Hemingson, Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority’s vice president of strategic planning and development, joins freelance Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk transit – specifically Project Connect and a plan to put dedicated transit infrastructure on I-35, with a brief interlude to scoff at gondolas. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/337741984″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] The […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Some thoughts
In this week’s edition of Austin Monitor Radio, freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard joins Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano for an off-the-cuff discussion about the brand-new city budget, the upcoming county bond election and a whole bunch of other things we were somewhat unprepared to discuss. Listen in! Feel superior! Show embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/336763949″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Preservation Austin
Preservation Austin Executive Director Kate Singleton joins Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano for a conversation about preservation, Austin’s growth and (of course) CodeNEXT. It’s all embedded below for your listening pleasure: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/335527365″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] The Austin Monitor’s work is made possible by donations from the community. Though our reporting covers donors […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Eastside Memorial, LASA and the AISD bond
Former teacher, current AISD parent and Pride of the Eastside co-founder Vincent Tovar sits down with Austin Monitor copy editor Nina Hernandez to talk about the $1.05 billion bond package, the process of getting to that bond package and what it means for Eastside Memorial High School. The complete radio show is embedded below. [soundcloud […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: 308 Guadalupe
Mark Gilbert, the managing director of Travis County’s Economic & Strategic Planning Division, sits down with Austin Monitor freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about the deal to develop 308 Guadalupe Street as a mixed-use development, permanently shelving plans to develop a civil and family courthouse on the site. The complete radio show is embedded […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Travis County bonds
Travis County Bond Advisory Committee member John Langmore joins Austin Monitor freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about (what else?) bonds. Specifically, they discuss the upcoming November election, and what Travis County has in store for voters this time around. Audio embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/332612304″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] The Austin Monitor’s work is […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: City Demographer Ryan Robinson
City of Austin demographer Ryan Robinson sits down with Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano to talk about demographic shifts, trends and even a few predictions about the future of this fair city of ours. Join us, with the embedded audio below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/330443364″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Austin Monitor Radio: County Commissioner Jeff Travillion
Travis County Precinct 1 Commissioner Jeff Travillion sits down with Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about affordability, transportation and other pressing issues facing the county’s northeastern quadrant. Audio embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/329593430″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Talking Texas Legislature with Deece Eckstein
Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator for Travis County Deece Eckstein joins Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk over the ins and outs of the 85th Texas Legislature on the verge of what promises to be a very special session for the region. Listen in below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328779789″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]