Where do your property taxes go? How much does the City of Austin spend on parks, libraries, police, firefighters, and more? How can you influence the future of the city's budget? We'll be going over all the basics in the first session of our Civic...
Daniela Silva, of Equity Action, will be joining us to talk all about the Community Investment Budget campaign. This is an effort being led by 40 local organizations to encourage City Council to prioritize making investments in community health, affordability, sustainability, & equity in their...
The Texas Legislature impacts local budgets in lots of ways. In the past few years, the Legislature has passed several laws that limit how cities can spend their money & how much money they can raise in property taxes. And just last month, the Legislature...
For this session, we're bringing in Lynn Boswell (an AISD school board member) to answer all of your burning questions about the biggest portion of your property tax bill (schools), how the state funds public education, and how the heck recapture works. She'll also fill...
This month's Sierra Club meeting will feature a presentation from Luke Metzger of Environment Texas. Click here to join the zoom event. Clean water, clean air, open spaces with healthy lakes, rivers and forests; sources of energy that don’t pollute and never run out —...
One would be hard-pressed to find someone to disagree with the precept that water is essential to all facets of life. However, beyond that generality, things tend to get fuzzy. How water is procured and delivered to our homes, fields, and businesses feels obscure and...
Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be BOTH online via Zoom AND in-person at Casa Chapala. Food, drink, and socializing from 6pm to 7pm. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/5133069449 At 7pm, we'll start off with Announcements on current events... Tonite's main program is Transit Forward and Project Connect, with Bill...
Join us this Sunday for a presentation by Bob Hendricks, Chair of Austin Sierra Club, for a discussion about the environmental impact of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. He will outline the billions of dollars that are to be spent to address climate issues.
The City of Austin Planning Department invites the community to participate in the Imagine Austin Speaker Series webinar, Climate Migration: How could sea-level rise impact the U.S., including Central Texas?, on Wednesday, September 20, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Click here to register. Austin just crossed the benchmark...
The Downtown Austin Alliance’s Issues & Eggs series is back and better than ever. We’re bringing experts to the breakfast table to provide perspective on the challenges and unique opportunities downtown faces. Join us as we unscramble complex issues one community conversation at a time....
