The long-term future of the crown jewel of Austin municipal golf -- Lions Municipal Golf Course -- is in question after UT's Brackenridge Tract Task Force recommended hiring an outside master planner and redeveloping the land occupied by the course. Lions was built in 1928 and has hosted some of history's most notable golfers. Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite have won the annual Fourth of July Firecracker Open there, and Ben Hogan's comment on... more ›

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The Neighborhood Plan Kickoff Meeting for the Central West Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan is tonight, Thursday, June 21 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Lions Club House @ Lions Municipal Golf Course, 2901 Enfield Road. The First Workshop will be Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 6:30-8:30pm also at the Lions Club House @ Lions Municipal Golf Course, 2901 Enfield Road. more ›

The chairman of the UT Board of Regents is recommending the formation of a task force of university and community leaders to evaluate and make recommendations regarding the future use and development of 345 acres along Town Lake west of MoPac. The land currently hosts the Colorado and Brackenridge student housing complexes, the Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Lions Municipal Golf Course, a Randall's and some other tenants. The Brackenridge Field Labaratory, of course, is well... more ›