Great news! We've hired 470 lifeguards ready to work, up from 333 this time last year. Recruitment plays a critical role in our ability to open our pools for the Summer.

The next lifeguard hiring event is 5/17, from 4-8 PM. Learn more: LifeguardAustin.com.

HOME Phase 2: Coming Soon to Austin. 🤠

🏘️ In just 10 days, #ATXCouncil will vote on another set of exciting, progressive land use reforms.

📅 Have questions? Make a plan to attend the last 2 in-person open houses this week.

Read more on our newsletter: bit.ly/4b89IIW

Austin's front setback requirements should be reduced to 10' or less under HOME 2, as the Planning Commission recommends.

Chito Vela III deftly addressed staff concerns last week (full video below) & showed Council should adopt PC’s recommendations.

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youtube.com/watch?v=O8aoDy…

Please join Council Member Zo Qadri, District 9 and I for a mobility town hall Thursday, May 9! Staff from CapMetro, ATX Transportation and Public Works and Project Connect will be there to answer questions. We will start w brief remarks and move to Q and A. Free parking, please validate your ticket at the event.

Great time at Dr. Kevin Foster’s crawfish boil yesterday! Good food and good people.

The key to winning the land-use reform battle is by winning the communication game.

They guys at Cedar are KILLING it with beautiful visualization and technical rundowns of what can be built with Austin’s proposed changes.

Been a while since we cut it this close but we voted! Vote Hanna, Wang and Levine. Get it done!

Join me and Council Member Zo Qadri, District 9 to talk about all things mobility!

RSVP using the link below. 👇

Despite University of Texas at Austin officials’ claims about weapons and assaults at the recent campus protests, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza says her office hasn't seen a single charge. bit.ly/44qkDv6

Since UT-Austin cracked down on a pro-Palestine demonstration last week, an ill-informed debate has ensued about the authority Texas public universities have– & don’t have– to remove protesters.

So I asked five First Amendment law experts.🧵
bit.ly/4a547Sz

The day you've been waiting for is finally here: ELECTION DAY!!

First thing on your Saturday to-do list = VOTE!

Excellent explainer from Austin Statesman's Bayliss Wagner: In Texas, here's when police can remove protesters, encampments from public universities
statesman.com/story/news/pol…

Today is Election Day for members of the Travis County Appraisal District board of directors! Get out there and vote for these three good candidates. In a low turnout election, your vote counts even more.

Hancock Golf Course is the oldest continuously operated course in TX. In 1899, it was the first location of the Austin Country Club, thanks to golf enthusiast and former mayor Lewis Hancock and a group of passionate folks from the community.
More: tinyurl.com/2fnhkm48

The Pecan Street Festival is this weekend! We are excited to have 300+ artisans and vendors take over E 6th Street with live music and activities. Please plan your route to avoid E 6th Street if you come downtown over the weekend.

Austin eliminated downtown parking requirements in 2013, which means they now have over a decade worth of data showing how applicants responded.

Turns out the average project only needed about half of what the city used to mandate:

services.austintexas.gov/edims/document…

An FYI for anyone interested in Austin mobility issues.