Owners of massive ranch outside Austin ink deal with city to prevent development
Shield Ranch and the city of Austin finalized a 202-acre conservation easement to protect the land from future development.
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Landowners of nearly a century make deal with the city of Austin to protect it
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The owners of Shield Ranch ... they would have earned much more, said Jeff Francell, director of land protection for the Nature Conservancy in Texas.
City of Austin honors community advocate after passing, declares March 7 ‘Heath Donell Creech Day’
On a day where family, friends, and community members mourned the passing of a Central Texas leader who elevated black voices ...
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202 acres of Barton Creek's watershed protected from future development
AUSTIN, Texas — A significant portion of ... “I think of Shield Ranch as the lungs of Barton Creek,” Jeff Francell, associate director of land protection for The Nature Conservancy in ...
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Q&A: As work on NFM in Cedar Park continues, exec says 118-acre development is looking for retailers
The company opened a store in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2003 ... "We're really just looking forward to getting open," said Jeff Lind, NFM's chief strategy and development officer.
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Barton Creek gets conservation protection with city of Austin, Shield Ranch agreement
The city of Austin purchased a conservation easement ... The Nature Conservancy in Texas Director of Land Protection Jeff Francell said the protection of Shield Ranch land is important for the ...
City of Austin launches campaign to hire laid-off federal workers
The city recently launched the “Get Hired in Austin" campaign in an effort to fill more than 2,000 job openings.
Austin Mayor Says the Key To Keeping the City 'Weird' Is Ensuring a Robust Supply of Housing—or People 'Will Go Elsewhere'
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay "weird" will be to ensure that ...
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Austin Wants You: City hiring campaign targets dismissed federal employees
The city has about 2,400 unfilled jobs. It's prioritizing often tough-to-fill positions in engineering, information ...
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City of Austin enforces stricter parking violations
City of Austin officials increased parking-related fines and added new parking violations that went into effect on March 1.