This is a development issue if you’d like to make your voice heard in this day and age of re-thinking the way the city handles new construction and development, especially in sensitive areas like those right on Town -er Lady Bird Lake.

There are plans for new development at this old site to either rebuild on the current footprint or allow the Hike & Bike trail to go through.

Do you support the trail or the building? If you support the trail, visit the link above for more information and to sign a petition online.

It isn’t just about Austin’s joggers… This is a similar but different issue than allowing homeowners to add a bathroom or garage apartment for a caretaker or a builder building a 2500 square foot 2-story home where there was once a 1200 square foot bungalow in central Austin. I really believe this should be argued separately since this is for a large apartment building. It is LEGAL for the developer of this issue to develop either way but responsible building should be supported. If you have followed my projects in central Austin you’ll know that I do build larger homes than those build 80 years ago but they fit into today’s idea of central Austin architecture as well as functioning family spaces (more kitchen space, more than 1 bathroom).