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Dog's Head Development Divide | Texas News
East Austin’s “Dog’s Head” zone—2,600 acres shaped like its name, once a mine, now eyed for massive mixed-use development—is sparking a fierce local showdown. The city’s pushing forward with a TIRZ to fund growth, with Amazon already signed on, but residents are rallying against it, fearing environmental harm and corporate favoritism. Developers say they’re taking on risk and only get paid if property values rise, but locals are preparing legal challenges, making it clear Austinites won’t stand idly by as their neighborhood becomes a battleground for big business and big money. Listen in…
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