Howdy Neighbors,
As most of you know, there is a large development proposed in our hood called “The Grove” that has been looming over our heads/the listserve for months and months. I know we are all sick of hearing about it, well most of us, but don’t throw in the towel just yet! It is finally coming to a head on September 22nd in front of the City Council (mark your calendars). WOO HOO!
You have just until September 22 to pick a topic, any topic, and PLEASE WRITE THE FOLKS
BELOW letting them know that you would like for them to hold the developers
accountable and build a better project for Austin.
- The Grove’s entitlement request is for… 1,515 Residential Units and 683,000 sf of commercial/civic development and allows 19,442 new trips per day.
- If the Grove was granted the same entitlements as Mueller, they would get to build… just 698 Residential Units, 577,000 sf of commercial/civic development and 25 hotel rooms and allow 8,003 new trips per day.
- If the Grove had the same development intensity as Crestview Station, they would build… just 1,363 Residential Units, 11x LESS commercial development, and allow 9,404 new trips per day at a Transit Oriented Development adjacent to rail.
If you are short on ideas, see bcrc-amendments-table for more inspiration or a simple email with a subject line on your position and location works too.
The “Mailing List” link will email all the appropriate names below:
Or you can click on these names individually if you’d like.
Steve.Adler@austintexas.gov
Ora.Houston@austintexas.gov
Delia.Garza@austintexas.gov
Sabino.Renteria@austintexas.gov
Greg.Casar@austintexas.gov
Ann.Kitchen@austintexas.gov
Don.Zimmerman@austintexas.gov
Leslie.Pool@austintexas.gov
Ellen.Troxclair@austintexas.gov
Kathie.Tovo@austintexas.gov
Sheri.Gallo@austintexas.gov
Amy.Everhart@austintexas.gov
Joi.Harden@austintexas.gov
CJ.Hutchins@austintexas.gov
Katherine.Nicely@austintexas.gov
Ashley.Richardson@austintexas.gov
John.Lawler@austintexas.gov
Donna.Tiemann@austintexas.gov
Louisa.Brinsmade@austintexas.gov
Taylor.Smith@austintexas.gov