by admin | Apr 4, 2022 | County Authority, Economics of Sound Planning, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
The standard approach for engineering projects is well-established. A team of technical experts determines that a project needs to happen. They get whatever authorization they need to move forward in evaluating options. They put together options, most frequently three...
by Leah Cuddeback | Apr 4, 2022 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Transportation Planning, Uncategorized, Water Planning
Editorial by Francine Romero, University of Texas at San Antonio After visiting Gruene recently and encountering the explosion of new housing developments along the old rural roads leading to downtown, I was further disheartened to read that 252 duplex units on 22...
by admin | Apr 3, 2022 | Drought, Economics of Sound Planning, Ecosystem Services, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, One Water, Uncategorized, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The Texas Hill Country has long been lauded as the Land of 1,100 Springs, but there’s trouble brewing in those pristine waters. The area is growing at breakneck speed. More people are drawing water from a finite supply. More are putting wastewater — which helps...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Economics of Sound Planning, Ecosystem Services, Habitat Conservation Plans, HCA in the News, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
Deep in the heart of Texas, the traffic is backed up for almost a mile. It’s a jarring sight for long-time residents of the Hill Country, a rural oasis of scrubby green hills, crystalline water, and bright white limestone west of Austin and San Antonio. But it’s not...
by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 16, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, County Authority, Economics of Sound Planning, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Resources
Editorial by Ben Eldredge, Cibolo Center for Conservation As the new State of the Hill Country Report illustrates, the Hill Country population has increased by 50% since 1990, with most of this growth occurring along the I-35 corridor. The fastest growing counties are...
by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 6, 2022 | County Authority, Economics of Sound Planning, HCA in the News, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Planning, Water Resources
Gone are the days when the Texas Hill Country was just that — rolling hills as the backdrop to a country way of life, a relatively undeveloped and untouched region of the Lone Star State. Gone are the days when dark skies were actually dark, longhorns roamed in...
