Open Mansfield Dam
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Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association
The following was written by the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association (Full Disclosure: I am a 2012-2012… [more]
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Open Mansfield Dam
It has been ages since I’ve taken the time to write an actual blog post and not just share something on Facebook or Google+. This though, I think, deserved some more attention. As you know too well, Austin, as is much of Texas, is wrestling with years of drought. As our population continues to explode, [...]
Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association
The following was written by the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association (Full Disclosure: I am a 2012-2012 Member of the Board of the Association) Did you know there are approximately 900 new households are on the table for construction in Steiner Ranch, with more than 80% being multi-family units? Did you know that substantial new commercial [...]
Resident Owned, Funded, and Operated Zack’s American Bistro
When Julie and I started work on our survey of resident dining habits so long ago, it never occurred to me that a separate project was underway by two very successful Austin restauranteurs to open the very restaurant Steiner Ranch seeks. That survey, of nearly 1,000 residents, reported that among the top 10 things desired [...]
Snake Season in Central Texas
As the warmth returns to the hills, so do the snakes crawl from their wherever it is that they hide away to return to our backyards. Texas is home to a wider diversity of snakes than any other state and while most native snakes are non-venomous, two families of snakes, coral and some pit vipers [...]
MBA Student Begins Researching Fire Related Congestion
Alarmingly, while we all experienced the tremendous traffic leaving the neighborhood in the wake of the 2011 fires, the congestion received very little media attention and even less documentation. Indeed, I can only find one photo of the congestion, this on an Amazon “Cloud” server (for those of you in the know about how cloud-computing [...]
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