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BG Reads Weekend (8.24.2024)
BG Reads Week in Review
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[WEEKEND NEWS]
In a fight between a gentrified Austin and even newer newcomers, a notorious running club is rubbing residents raw.
On a Saturday morning in February, a quartet of brawny, Generation-Z men laced up their running shoes, donned their preferred sunglasses and leisurewear, and readied to run the lakeside trails. In the months that followed, the jogs rapidly grew into the Raw Dawg Run Club, an organized group of hundreds, fanning out along the trail on the shores of Lady Bird Lake.
What started out as a casual, sweaty way to build community has been met with pushback from residents and the intervention of the city of Austin.
Residents of one East Austin neighborhood filed enough complaints against the run club to have it expelled from the area. The tension between "new Austin" and "newer Austin" is often most pronounced in areas like East Austin, which have been gentrified and culturally displaced… (LINK TO FULL STORY)
🟣 Only 1.2% of homes near schools affordable for Austin-Round Rock metro teachers (KXAN)
A new report from real estate company Redfin states that teachers in the Austin metro can only afford 59% of apartments and 1.2% of homes near schools.
That share of apartments grew from 45.9% in 2023. But the share of homes near schools only grew from 1%.
“The small improvement in housing affordability for teachers who rent is only a drop in the bucket,” said Redfin senior economist Sheharyar Bokhari, in the release… (LINK TO FULL STORY)
🟣 Could Uber's new partnership bring Cruise's self-driving cars back to Austin streets? (KVUE)
Your next Uber ride in Austin may not have a driver.
While self-driving car company Cruise has yet to resume operations in Austin, supervised autonomous driving has resumed in Houston and Dallas. Now, a multiyear partnership between Cruise and Uber, beginning next year, hopes to shake up the rideshare industry… (LINK TO FULL STORY)
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🟣 Council formally authorizes November election with 13 proposed charter amendments (Austin Monitor)
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