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Greetings from Executive Director Sally W. Campbell
Welcome to the Fall Edition of
HORIZON, the
Envision Central Texas quarterly online
newsletter! We are especially excited to tell you the details of
the upcoming SH 130 Corridor Summit on November 19. We
would like to thank Bob Gregory at Texas Disposal Systems for
allowing us to hold this important event at his beautiful
facility. If you have never visited the TDS Exotic Game
Ranch and Pavilion, you are in for a real treat!
| New Highway Brings Opportunities and Challenges : SH 130 Corridor Summit Set for November 19 |
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Envision Central Texas, in partnership with the
Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council, will host
a public SH 130 Corridor Summit for all SH 130
Corridor stakeholders on Saturday, November 19
from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Texas Disposal Systems
Exotic Game Ranch and Pavilion in Creedmoor.
With State Highway 130 set to open in 2007, Central
Texas has an unprecedented opportunity to shape its
future. The type of development that occurs along
SH 130 will determine how thousands of people live,
work and travel for generations. As you are probably
aware, the Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor
Council has been involved with the development of
SH 130 since its inception. More recently, Envision
Central Texas has been working to address how
Central Texas is going to accommodate another
million people over the next 20-40 years while at the
same time preserving and enhancing our quality of
life, natural resources, and economic prosperity. The
leadership of these two organizations believes that
thoughtful development along SH 130 is critical to
addressing these goals.
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| Visionary Robert J. Grow is Keynote Speaker at Summit |
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Robert J. Grow, founding chair emeritus of
Envision Utah, a private/public quality growth
partnership founded in 1997, will be the keynote
speaker at the SH 130 Corridor Summit. He was the
organizer of the Mountain View Corridor Study in
Utah, an unprecedented project that successfully
integrated local land-use planning in a corridor that
crosses 16 cities, two counties and two MPOs.
Envision Utah is widely recognized as one of the
country’s most successful public involvement efforts
for the development of a broad-based, long-term
growth strategy for a major metropolitan area. As a
model for regional visioning efforts nationwide,
Envision Utah has been recognized with the Urban
Land Institute’s Award for Excellence, the Alliance for
Regional Stewardship’s Gold Recognition Award, and
the American Planning Association’s Daniel Burnham
Award.
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| Three New Directors join Envision Central Texas Board |
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Three new directors have joined the the Envision
Central Texas Board. They are Frank
Estrada, mayor pro-tem, City of Lockhart;
John Langmore, Transportation and Land Use
Consultant; and, Nyle Maxwell, mayor, City
of Round
Rock.
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| Pflugerville Wins APA Award for Downtown Master Plan |
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The City of Pflugerville’s Downtown Master Plan was
selected as the winner of the 2005 Plan of the Year
Award by the Central Texas Section of the American
Planning Association (APA). The award was
presented at the Central Texas APA Awards Banquet
on Friday, July 29, 2005. Nominations were reviewed
by a committee of Section members and judged
against five review criteria including innovation,
transferability, quality, implementation and
comprehensiveness.
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| Making the Vision Real: Committees Update |
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The seven Implementation Committees
established by Envision Central Texas have been
continuing their work in key issue areas
including density and mixed uses, transportation
and
land use
integration, housing and jobs balance, open
space
funding plan,
social equity and recognition of best practices.
Here is an update about current committee
activities that are helping make the vision real.
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| News and Events From Around the Region |
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East Austin Economic Summit. The Austin
Community Development Corporation is hosting the
East Austin Economic Summit 3, "an engaging
discussion about the changing East Austin economy
and inspiration speeches from successful
entrepreneurs" on Saturday, October 1 from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at the ACC Eastview Campus at 3401
Webberville Road. It is underwritten by Washington
Mutual. A Networking Reception will be held on
Friday, September 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Wells
Fargo Bank at 1000 East 11th Street. For information
about speakers and tickets, visit http://www.austinc
dc.org.
2005 State Trails Conference. Texas Trails
Networks is hosting its annual conference
titled "Connecting Communities" on November 4-6 in
San Marcos. It is hosted by San Marcos Greenbelt
Alliance and the City of San Marcos. For more
information visit texastrails.org
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Everyone On Board for TODs: Public-Private Collaboration Puts Land Use on Right Track |
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The following article by Frederick R. Steiner
and John Langmore, co-chairmen,
Envision Central Texas Transportation and Land Use
Integration Committee, is reprinted with permission
from the September - October Issue of
Austin Business District Magazine.
When
Central Texans talk about “planning”
and “transportation” and “land use,” they’re really
talking about choices - choices for living, working,
shopping, and playing in a healthy region.
People want that region to be a place where they
can choose to live in a great neighborhood,
irrespective of income, age or cultural background.
They want meaningful transportation choices that
include walking, cycling, taking a bus or a train, and
driving their own vehicles. And they want our region
to be a place where they can work close to home, do
their shopping in their own neighborhood, and truly
enjoy all the amenities Austin and all of Central Texas
have to offer.
Read more....
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