Tag Archives: Mayor Steve Adler
City eyes Palm School, bigger convention center
City Council Member Kathie Tovo, with assistance from Mayor Steve Adler, has produced a 23-page resolution outlining Council’s desire to create a plan for the southeast part of downtown, including use of the Palm School for cultural programming and expansion…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • May 16, 2019
Council asks city staff for ideas on local Green New Deal, EVs
City Council unanimously approved its own Green New Deal resolution last week in response to the devastating consequences of the climate crisis, from record temperatures to the historic flooding seen in Austin and Central Texas over the last decade. Council…
City Council • By Ryan Thornton • May 15, 2019
DAA launches annual report and new nonprofit
Amidst a multitude of rosy economic statistics on Tuesday, the Downtown Austin Alliance released its first State of Downtown report at the inaugural Future of Downtown event. The report seeks to be “a market snapshot illustrating the central role downtown…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • May 1, 2019
Reporter's Notebook: Politics, resurrected
The return of Zimmerman… After a few years of (relative) silence from Don Zimmerman, it appears that the former District 6 Council member is once again ready to enter the fray. In an Easter Facebook post, Zimmerman announced he was…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Apr 22, 2019
Adler says Texas has 'declared war' on Austin: 'We must be prepared to defend ourselves'
Austin Mayor Steve Adler opened the annual State of the City address Wednesday with a quote from Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Adler said Austin is experiencing a “golden moment” and…
Austin • By Stephanie Federico • Apr 18, 2019
Reporter's Notebook: Chinese Democracy
The press release is made of cheese… How best to follow up a City Council meeting that saw unanimous action to ease the development of affordable housing? If you’ve got the big office on the second floor at City Hall,…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 25, 2019
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Mayor talks taxes, mobility at RECA lunch
Mayor Steve Adler faced a friendly crowd at Wednesday’s Real Estate Council of Austin meeting. He spoke about his hopes for the future, outlined challenges the city faces in the areas of mobility, affordability and property taxes and answered questions…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • Feb 21, 2019
Adler succeeds Conley as CAMPO chair
In accordance with its bylaws, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization unanimously approved Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s succession to chair of the Transportation Policy Board at the board’s meeting Monday evening. The previous chair, Will Conley, announced his plan to…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Feb 12, 2019
City putting high expectations on pending 'homelessness czar' position
By the end of this month, the city is expected to name a new “homelessness czar” – or homeless strategy officer in city hiring speak. The new hire will become the point person to coordinate programs from the city and…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 4, 2019
After re-election, Adler in 'do stuff' mode for 2019
As upbeat as Mayor Steve Adler stays most of the time when talking about the stalled and heavily criticized CodeNEXT rewrite of the city’s land use code, it’s still easy to hear the exasperation and disappointment that lingers over the…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 21, 2018
Reporters' Notebook: On tacos and cities
Bullish on tacos… Anyone who’s heard Mayor Steve Adler invoke his civic pride at events over the past four years has undoubtedly heard him praise the availability and variety of breakfast tacos as a badge of honor for the city.…
Reporters' Notebook • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 17, 2018
Movability aims to keep cutting traffic with 2019 Mobility Challenge
Several local businesses were honored for successful participation in the 2018 Mobility Challenge Thursday morning during the Mayor’s Mobility Leadership Breakfast. The Mobility Challenge, now in its fourth year, has received mobility commitments from 60 local organizations representing over 100,000…
