New Case Study Posted

February 16, 2016  

Austin, Texas: Realizing a Sustainably Planned Community in Mueller Redevelopment

HUD User publishes a series of case studies based on federal, state, and local strategies that increase affordable housing opportunities and support sustainable community development. The projects and community development efforts featured in these reports have demonstrated innovation through a multitude of partnerships and initiatives.

A decades-long community planning and redevelopment process has transformed the 700-acre site of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport on the eastern side of Austin, Texas. A grassroots planning effort that began in the 1980s coupled with the airport's closure in 1999 paved the way for redevelopment of the airport site into Mueller, a planned community that has improved economic conditions in the surrounding neighborhoods. Emphasizing housing affordability, environmental sustainability, economic development, and community participation, the airport's redevelopment represents model urban development practice in both its planning and implementation.

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