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City Hall Says It Wants to Fight Displacement, but Inaction Speaks Louder Than Words

Community Not CommodityApril 8, 2019

Last year, a group of community activists from East Austin marked Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by releasing The People’s Plan, a six-point initiative for fighting gentrification and displacement in ...

Why Are Austin’s Officials So Reluctant to Listen to Local Residents?

Community Not CommodityMarch 25, 2019

Remember the Zucker Report? If you work in the land development industry or follow Austin politics, then the answer is a resounding (but tragic) yes. City officials appear to have ...

Redoing Austin’s Land Code the Right Way Is More Important than Getting It Done Fast

Community Not CommodityFebruary 27, 2019

Earlier this month, we highlighted the need for community consensus as City Hall’s process for updating our land development code begins to come together. Austin’s public officials failed to involve ...

Austin Needs an Updated Land Code, and Community Consensus Will Be Key to Its Success

Community Not CommodityFebruary 8, 2019

Consensus. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned” and “group solidarity in sentiment and belief.” Unfortunately, Austin City Councilmember Sabino “Pio” Renteria seems to ...

It’s Official: Prop J Opponents Under Investigation for Hiding Cash from Land Developers

Community Not CommodityNovember 5, 2018

According to a report by KXAN, the “No on Prop J” political action committee running ads opposing Proposition J is now under investigation by the City of Austin’s ethics commission ...

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This map does not reflect data released by the City of Austin on October 4, 2019. Community Not Commodity is incorporating that data into its map now and will release an update as soon as possible. In Community Not Commodity’s current map, transition zones extend generally 2-5 lots from Imagine Austin Corridors and Centers and from the new Transit Priority Network. The red area estimates a potential 850-foot maximum discussed by staff. Because staff has said that their map of the 850-foot distance will begin at the front property line of the corridor-facing lot, we have added 50 feet to the transition zones to account for half of estimated corridor widths. This dimension likely overestimates street width for some transition priority neighborhood streets because they are narrower than major corridors.