In November they will begin work on their final report to the Council. Heritage Austin is a program of the Heritage Society of Austin. The team, comprising five local architects, meets weekly to develop a community values based vision for downtown, as well as eighteen issue papers. Heritage Austin has a Storefront Community Design Center at 807 Congress Avenue, where they have been holding public input sessions. They are working on an update of their Community Workbook , the first draft of which was released last November.
Further improvements are under development.
Poleyard Residential Development Action on some items related to the Poleyard development may be before the City Council at their November 19 meeting. Construction commenced on five additional home ownership units on Olive Street which will be available for purchase by income qualified individuals or families within the next 60 days. Construction of an additional 10 units is slated to begin within the next 30 days. The units will be available for home ownership and are to be located on the comer of E12th Street and Angelina. Tentative plans reroute current drainage lines in the SCIP 11 project area, south on Navasota, then proceeding west under Catalpa Street to Branch.