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Changing Austin, NewsWhat to Do With the Trees? Austin Seeks InputIn this week’s Changing Austin, KUT’s Matt Largey talks to the city's Keith O’Herrin about the prospective long-term plan for its urban forest, and what the city wants to know from Austinites.... |
Changing Austin, News
Making Austin More Sustainable
Austin's city government makes no secret about the fact that it wants its citizens to help make Austin known as a top sustainable city. But what is "sustainable?" Is it recycling with zero waste? Is it specific rebates for home improvement? Or something else?
In this week’s segment of...
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Changing Austin, News
City To Host Community HIV/AIDS Forum
More than 4,000 people in the Austin area are now living with HIV/AIDS. Another 150 to 200 people here contract HIV every year.
In this week's Changing Austin segment, KUT's Emily Donahue speaks with Mark Peppler from Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services. The agency is holding a...
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Austin Youth Council Aims to Engage Yo...
A whopping 7 percent of voters took part in the 2011 Austin City Council Elections. Three council seats were at stake. Incumbents were reelected to two seats and one is set for a June 18 run-off .
Austin voters are historically disengaged when it comes to the civic process. Critics say people...
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Changing Austin, News
Flood Flashback: City Wants Your Stori...
In this week's segment of Changing Austin – The Memorial Day flood of 1981. A short, intense downpour caused flash flooding across the city. Thirteen people were killed. Austin reported millions in damages. Now the City of Austin wants to hear your story of that night and has created a website...
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Norwood Park Ready for RenovationsR...
Norwood Park is best known as an off-leash dog park but it’s also been the focus of repeated and sometimes unsuccessful efforts at restoration. The City of Austin is taking up that matter again and, this time, it’s asking for public input. In this week's "Changing Austin" segment, KUT's Emily...
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Changing Austin, News
Austin Police Monitor Seeks Citizen Vo...
Austin’s office of the Police Monitor is looking for volunteers to serve on its Citizen Review Panel. The panel works with the Police Monitor to review disputed Internal Affairs cases and critical incidents. Margo Frasier is Austin’s Police Monitor. She took over from Cliff Brown in December...
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Block Grants Face Potential Roadblock
The City of Austin is looking for input on how it should spend federal public housing money. In this week’s Changing Austin, the city’s community outreach coordinator Larry Schooler speaks with KUT’s Emily Donahue about why people should engage on this.
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City Seeks Input on Airport Boulevard
Airport Boulevard is an eclectic stretch of road, cutting across Austin from east to west. It is also ground zero for the City of Austin’s next big experiment in urban planning.
In this week's "Changing Austin," KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke with Larry Schooler, Austin’s Community Engagement...
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City Seeks Resident Input on Budget
City Council members reacted Tuesday to a menu of proposed budget cuts from Austin City Manager Mark Ott, and there’s still time to weigh in by sending your budget suggestions to speakupaustin.org. In this week's edition of Changing Austin, KUT's Emily Donahue sits down with Austin’s Community...
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Changing Austin, News
Budget for 2012: City Wants Your Input
In this week’s segment of “Changing Austin,” City Engagement Consultant Larry Schooler talks about the 2012 budget process including an online budget forum. If you have an opinion about how...
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Austin to Regulate Boarding Houses
In this week's segment of "Changing Austin" KUT's Emily Donahue speaks with Vincent Delisi of the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department.
In 2009, the Texas legislature passed House Bill 216. It directed the Health and Human Services Commission to develop model standards for...
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Changing Austin, News
City’s Speak Up Site: Lots of Opinions
The City of Austin provides citizens plenty of opportunity to give opinions. And now it's providing a space where you can share ideas that the city didn’t even ask for. It's called speakupaustin.org and since it launched people are posting plenty of ideas. Some are familiar, like calls to...
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Changing Austin, News
Voice Your Choice
The City of Austin has been looking for new ways to engage the public on city issues. They've also been looking for new ways to get more input on city projects and about city departments. ...
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Changing Austin, News
Centers of Attention
When it comes to community recreation and senior activity centers, how does Austin measure up? In this week's "Changing Austin" segment, KUT's Emily Donahue speaks with Patrick Corona of the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Officials are looking for public input on what types of programs...
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