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Farm&City and AURA are proud to host YIMBYtown 2024 in Austin

February 22, 2024 Scott White

YIMBYtown 2024, February 26-28, Austin, TX

YIMBYtown is the premier nationwide conference for pro-housing advocates, organizers, and policymakers. Over several days of trainings, panels, discussions, speeches, and networking, YIMBYtown provides vital space for the pro-housing movement to connect, learn, share, wrestle with difficult questions, and lay the groundwork for the next great burst of wins for abundant housing across the country. Previously hosted in Boulder, Colorado; …

City of Austin becomes America’s largest City yet to end the climate denial, market perverting practice of minimum parking mandates

November 3, 2023 Jay Blazek Crossley

AUSTIN, TX – In a historic vote, the Austin City Council voted 8-2 today to finalize the elimination of the costly practice of requiring parking as a pre-requisite to building homes and businesses citywide. Farm&City commends city staff, Mayor Watson and Austin City Council for their strong climate leadership with this effective market-based solution, and calls upon Houston Mayor Sylvester …

Austin World Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Traffic Violence

November 3, 2023 Jay Blazek Crossley

On an average day in Texas, twelve people will die in traffic crashes and more than 50 will suffer life-altering injuries, such as brain damage or loss of a limb. We gather every year for the World Day of Remembrance to honor and remember those who have died in traffic crashes and demand solutions from Texas governments that will reduce …