Please See Memo Below from Austin Planning. Join Us! Austin Planning is hosting four in-person open houses and one virtual meeting in October to gather community input on the update to Imagine Austin, the City’s comprehensive plan. At these open…

The City Manager has now presented his proposed budget to City Council. Now, council members are carefully reviewing the document to understand what this means for our City and what it means for District 3. One of the priorities going…

Travis County Clerk Elections is hiring poll workers for the upcoming November Election! Election staff play a vital role in ensuring every voter has a positive experience at the polls. Poll workers are often the first friendly face voters see…

At GENA’s September 2025 meeting, we heard from two speakers (Steven Rivas and Jeffery Bowen) on the pros and cons of Proposition Q, which will appear on ballots on the November 4th, 2025 election. ✅ In support of Prop Q,…

An 8-story high-rise is set to break ground soon at Cumberland Rd. and S. 1st St., bringing 120 rental units with setbacks as small as 2–5 feet from nearby single-family homes. This scale of development is unheard of in our…

Our very own Paul Dietz, Secretary of GENA, spoke at City Hall on Wednesday August 13th and was featured on Fox 7! Speaking during the public hearing portion of the FY25-26 Budget agenda item, Paul urged council members to consider…

Lend a helping paw at the Austin Animal Center and Greater Good Charities’ FREE Spay/Neuter Clinic for dogs and cats! They need volunteers to help provide services for 1,000 pets from Travis County Sign up here to help your community. Or, find out more about how…

The rezoning proposal to change the ABGB property at 1305 W. Oltorf from commercial-only to mixed-use passed the Planning Commission without discussion. It was scheduled to go before City Council (Item 174) on Thursday, July 24, but the applicant has now…