From the City of Austin - This Month | The American Agrarian myth celebrates the beauty and benefits of pastoral nature on farms and ranches, and it is grounded in an older Arcadian myth in Western culture, especially in the work of the Roman poet Virgil....
From the City of Austin Development Services and Watershed Protection departments - Join scientists from the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department and staff from the Waller Creek Conservancy to learn about plant life of the Waller Creek delta and the re-creation of Waller Creek. As...
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Are you an entrepreneur looking to make a social impact? Here's a great opportunity for you. Participate in the [Re]Verse Pitch Competition and help solve both an economic and environmental challenge. Here's how it works - Local companies and institutions will pitch their surplus and byproduct materials and you, the entrepreneur,...
After months of negotiations and meetings, the City of Austin has a budget. Last week, City Council approved a $3.7 billion budget for the 2016/2017 fiscal year, which begins on October 1st. The general fund (which pays for police, fire, libraries, parks, etc) is $970 million. Of...
From the Austin Recycling Economic Development Program- Entrepreneurs are used to pitching their business idea to investors, partners, and anyone they might share an elevator ride with. In this competition, the tables turn. The [Re]Verse Pitch Competition is a social innovation program to help turn valuable...
The City of Austin has just won an $820,000 grant from the EPA. The grant will help fund the cleanup of contaminated properties (with an emphasis on East Austin) through a revolving loan program. These properties are known as brownfields, which is essentially just a fancy word for...
The ever-important negotiations over the City of Austin's budget are now starting to heat up. Late last month, the city's Budget Office released a draft proposal for the city's $3.7 billion budget for the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1st. For a refresher on what...
This video and blog are part of our ongoing "Civics 101" series, designed to teach Austinites why local government matters and how to get involved. Let's be honest. Budgets are not inherently the most exciting of topics. Why watch a video about how the city spends...
In an effort to ensure its services and programs serve all Austinites, the city is opening a new Equity Office. But first, they need your input. They are holding two public meetings next week to gather ideas from the community about how the Equity Office should...
The City of Austin will host two town hall meetings later this month for the purpose of gathering community input on the mission and vision of the City’s new Equity Office. The meeting details are as follows: Thursday, May 26, 2016 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dove Springs Recreation...