Tag Archives: Travis County Civil and Family Courthouse
Courthouse committee seeks Commissioners Court's guidance
Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt said on Tuesday that the current gold standard of potential sites for a new civil courthouse is another county-owned property in downtown Austin. “I do understand that, at least in the tier one analysis, it’s…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 3, 2016
County keeps controversial property in courthouse hunt
The Travis County Commissioners Court has revised the list of properties in their hunt for a new civil courthouse site, and one parcel that remains in the running is the one that voters rejected last November. Based on recommendations from…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 23, 2016
County moves to add new courthouse to its collection
In its quest to relieve overcrowding at the 85-year-old Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse, Travis County is turning its eyes to a younger building: the 81-year-old U.S. Courthouse at 200 W. Eighth St. On Tuesday, the Commissioners Court voted…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • May 25, 2016
State law stymies county courthouse plans
Travis County’s renewed search for a suitable site for a new civil courthouse is facing stiff headwinds from a state law aimed at stifling development in downtown Austin. Last Wednesday, the Civil and Family Courthouse Community Advisory Committee showed little…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • May 23, 2016
County ponders partnership with city on one-stop justice shop
With a pair of aging courthouses between them, Travis County and the city of Austin could find a solution to their problems through mutual cooperation. That idea was part of the focus of a Thursday afternoon work session at Travis…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Mar 25, 2016
Travis County approves screening process for courthouse sites
Travis County planners are heading back to the laboratory to hash out the pros and cons of several select properties – including the one that voters rejected in November – that could be home to a new civil courthouse. On…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 22, 2016
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County reboots civil courthouse project
Less than three months after voters rejected a nine-figure bond to build a new civil courthouse, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to effectively reboot the process that had been more than 15 years in the making. The…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 27, 2016
Zimmerman, Troxclair resurrect failed proposal for civil courthouse
Two Austin City Council members are renewing an effort to persuade Travis County to build a new civil courthouse in the so-called “Eastern Crescent.” The day after voters narrowly rejected the county’s $287 million bond to build the facility in downtown Austin,…
Austin • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 13, 2015
Travis County voters reject civil courthouse bonds
It was a tight match all night long, but in the end, Travis County’s $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond fell with a stiff punch in the gut. After several tense hours that at one extended point saw…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 4, 2015
Travis County committed to downtown courthouse
The downtown block at the center of Travis County’s proposed Civil & Family Courts Complex proposal won’t necessarily be freed up for private development if voters reject the $287 million bond today. Opposition to the proposal has sprouted from downtown…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 3, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: TravCo courthouse debate
Travis County Pct. 2 Commissioner Brigid Shea and Travis County Taxpayers Union representative Roger Falk join Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to debate the question of whether or not to fund the construction of a new Travis County Civil and…
Radio • By Michael Kanin • Nov 2, 2015
Commissioners get tangled up on Master Plan policy
A key component of Travis County’s Master Plan – a massive realignment of workers, buildings and valuable real estate holdings – remains grounded after staff signaled on Tuesday that it wasn’t quite ready for takeoff. Before the County Commissioners Court…
