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Travis county you say?

Southwest Travis County Growth Dialog Process

Draft Vision Statement Consensus January 6, 2005

In twenty years Southwestern Travis County will be a thriving community known for its economic diversity and for its stewardship initiatives to conserve the area’s historic hill country character, natural beauty and environmental quality.

The community features open space and natural areas as a logical component of development that add economic value, assure the quality of life for all residents and, protect critical water and rural resources. In addition to public parkland and a trails system, substantial land has been voluntarily and permanently protected as ranchland, nature preserves or public open space in order to protect the area’s historic rural character, view sheds and environmental quality.

Development in the area has a hill country flavor through adherence to a thoughtful set of community guidelines that favor native materials and vegetation, wide setbacks for highways and major roadways, and desirable neighborhoods of homes, schools and business that blend into the landscape and are developed to conserve the surrounding ranch and open space lands. While the area’s overall development density is low, community “Town Centers”have been developed that are the area’s primary business and employment centers. The Town Centers are also focal points for the community’s high density or multi-family residential development. The area is supported and connected through transportation, utility and support service infrastructure that is adequate to meet the anticipated needs of its residents.

You want me to shoot this monitor, don'cha?

They want toll roads all over Austin - roads that we've already paid for

Don't get me started on this POS city, please.

Cheers, HT, and thanks for starting this discussion here. Other than my "social" threads, this is the most I've posted on fr in several years - it's been fun. Seen some old friends, and might have made some new ones.

Cheers.