City officials have released a draft of the broad new 30-year plan for downtown Austin development. While just a draft, the new plan paints a picture of the Austin of the future as a more dense and livable City that evolves to include as many as 700,000 new residents over the next 3 decades. If the plan is well received, the draft will be subject to public comment and a City Council vote before becoming final by next spring. After that, the City will spend as long as a year putting the policies and ordinances in place to . . .
