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Liveable City Reception at El Sol y La Luna

What’s not to like about Liveable City? …

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Brigid Shea and Donna Howard

The Austin advocacy group pushes sustainability, affordability, equity and other quality of life issues. They are as likely to use the sweet carrot as the hard stick in seeking those ends …

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John Michael Cortez, Pricilla Cortez and Kathie Tovo

Hard to argue with that, at least in the abstract. Few disagreements were overheard among those who gathered on a nasty night at El Sol y La Luna on East Sixth Street to salute Liveable City …

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Ian Davis and Amy Everhart

Some political leaders dropped by, but it was mostly folks working on clean energy, affordable health care, local agriculture and other close-to-the-ground efforts …

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Miriam Mendoza and Johnny Barnett

The restaurant itself is emblematic of the group’s aims, as it anchors improvements along Lower East Sixth Street …

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Greg Esparza and Ann Kitchen

The food was warm, the conversation was warmer and I left with an increased sense of connection to these Austin guardians.

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By Heidi Gibbons

December 8, 2009 9:23 PM | Link to this

Thank you, Michael, for the good words about Liveable City and for braving the weather to join us! Sincerely, Heidi Gibbons, Outreach Coordinator, Liveable City

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