Differences Over Mixed-Use Emerge In East Austin

After initially supporting the city's new mixed-use ordinance, some residents of East Austin asking the city to apply the brakes on adoption of the measure due to concerns about gentrification.

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May 18, 2007, 8:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"In a letter to the mayor and the City Council, [11 neighborhood groups] say the ordinance -- which promotes projects with stores and restaurants on the ground floor and offices or apartments above -- will accelerate gentrification and the loss of affordable housing and locally owned businesses and hurt the "community culture" of East Austin.

"Many of our neighborhood planning teams adopted mixed-use zoning with the vision of small businesses with owners and operators living above, in neighborhood-friendly and neighborhood-scaled structures," the letter states. "We did not foresee the advent of expensive, multi-family housing above chain businesses."

Read the full story: Some East Austin groups change minds on mixed-use

Thursday, May 17, 2007 in Austin American-Statesman

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