From Austin Business Journal, November 28, 2008...
A nearly $200 million, 19-mile rail line between downtown Austin and Manor/Elgin may begin chugging along as regional transportation leaders convene soon to determine how to move the line from concept to reality.
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transit Working Group, tasked with evaluating rail options for Central Texas, will begin reviewing the so-called Green Line proposal in December. Over the next few months the group’s members, led by State Sen. Kirk Watson and Austin Mayor Will Wynn, will decide whether the proposal should appear on election ballots in the near term.
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Cap Metro Courting Prospective Partners
From Austin Chronicle, July 4, 2008...
New rail transit service between Elgin and Austin – enthusiastically advocated by Elgin leaders – came a step closer to reality Monday. So did the broader initiative for a transit system linking the entire Central Texas region.
Capital Metro's board approved a new Service Expansion Policy that paves the way for actively inviting surrounding communities to become contractual partners in new or expanded transit services. The board's action signals a major policy shift for Cap Metro.
Until now, efforts to create regional rail systems linking Austin with surrounding communities have been stymied by the fact that many are outside the Cap Metro service area – that is, they've been unwilling or unable to cough up the 1% of their local sales tax that's the price of admission. But under "pay to play" contracts, these communities could simply agree to pay for service outright, unhindered by state restrictions on raising local sales tax.
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New rail transit service between Elgin and Austin – enthusiastically advocated by Elgin leaders – came a step closer to reality Monday. So did the broader initiative for a transit system linking the entire Central Texas region.
Capital Metro's board approved a new Service Expansion Policy that paves the way for actively inviting surrounding communities to become contractual partners in new or expanded transit services. The board's action signals a major policy shift for Cap Metro.
Until now, efforts to create regional rail systems linking Austin with surrounding communities have been stymied by the fact that many are outside the Cap Metro service area – that is, they've been unwilling or unable to cough up the 1% of their local sales tax that's the price of admission. But under "pay to play" contracts, these communities could simply agree to pay for service outright, unhindered by state restrictions on raising local sales tax.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Wild horses learn a new life through training program
From statesman.com, May 25, 2008...
More than 150 people went to an Elgin horse farm Saturday to pick up wild mustangs to be trained as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover program.
Run by the Mustang Heritage Foundation, the program gives horse lovers a chance to train mustangs for a few months and prepare them to be adopted at a September auction and horse show in Fort Worth.
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More than 150 people went to an Elgin horse farm Saturday to pick up wild mustangs to be trained as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover program.
Run by the Mustang Heritage Foundation, the program gives horse lovers a chance to train mustangs for a few months and prepare them to be adopted at a September auction and horse show in Fort Worth.
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Where to sample the best Texas Hill Country barbecue
From dallasnews.com, May 20, 2008...
There's excellent barbecue all around the state, if you know where to look. But the concentration of pits in and near the Hill Country makes Austin a logical base camp for a day or a weekend of barbecue.
When Roadfoodies Jane and Michael Stern led a barbecue bus tour earlier this year, they followed a path east of Interstate 35 that took them to four of the most revered pits in the state. With, of course, a breakfast stop at Round Rock Donuts. You don't want to be too hungry at the first barbecue joint.
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There's excellent barbecue all around the state, if you know where to look. But the concentration of pits in and near the Hill Country makes Austin a logical base camp for a day or a weekend of barbecue.
When Roadfoodies Jane and Michael Stern led a barbecue bus tour earlier this year, they followed a path east of Interstate 35 that took them to four of the most revered pits in the state. With, of course, a breakfast stop at Round Rock Donuts. You don't want to be too hungry at the first barbecue joint.
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