by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | News, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
The rail district that has spent a decade and more than $26 million looking into a Georgetown to San Antonio commuter line, floundering after Union Pacific shut off the possibility of using its freight tracks, for now has survived one move to cut off critical funding.... by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | County Authority, Groundwater Resources, News, Regional Planning, UT Study, Water Planning
A major new study on protecting the Hill Country from unrelenting population growth and land development was recently unveiled for Comal County residents. “People love this place and they really want to be here and appreciate the beauty that the Hill Country has to...
by admin | Jan 8, 2016 | Land Stewardship, News, Regional Planning
In 1973, during the administration of Governor Dolph Briscoe, the Governor’s Office authorized a comprehensive study of land resource management in Texas. At that time, as described in the forward to the study, our state was beginning to face... by admin | Oct 26, 2015 | News, Regional Planning
San Antonio is expected to gain 1 million people by 2040 and the City is planning to annex 66 square miles of commercial and residential areas. What should the city prioritize as it grows? Without pause, Christine Drennon, head of Trinity University‘s Urban...
by admin | Oct 5, 2015 | News, Regional Planning
“Snelgrove said users can view 15-year trends in private working lands for such metrics as land use, market value, ownership size and population by county, river basin, eco-region or region of interest. They can also choose different regional areas to make...
by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Economics of Sound Planning, News, Regional Planning
In strictly economic terms, sprawl is inefficient. Spread people out, and it takes them longer to drive where they need to go, and it costs them more in gas money to get there. Disperse a few people over a lot of land, and that land is used inefficiently, too. Then...
