Lyft approach riles some in Barton Hills… Last week, members of the Monument Group – a public relations firm representing the transportation networking company Lyft – began contacting neighborhood groups to see if they could bring Lyft’s case in support of Proposition 1 to a neighborhood meeting. Proposition 1 will be on the May 7 […]
Barton Hills Neighborhood Association
Barton Hills is located in south Austin and encompasses part of ZIP code 78704. Barton Hills is bounded by South Lamar to the east, Barton Springs Road and Zilker Park to the north, Barton Creek to the west and the Capital of Texas Highway to the south.
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Second Council district map emerges as critics pan ICRC’s first effort
A preliminary map drawn by the members of Austin‘s charter election-born Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is now not the only proposed single-member district Council outline drawing criticism. A map dubbed by its architects as a “Compact District Map” emerged over the past week and quickly drew fire from the group behind the election-day passage of […]