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Dear Friend:

Thanks for visiting our website. 

It's my honor and pleasure to serve as the 51st mayor of Austin, Texas - my hometown.

We hope this site will be useful to Austin citizens interested in what's happening at City Hall, as well as to anyone interested in visiting, moving to, or doing business in Austin.

Please check our blog and social networks frequently to stay up-to-date on the doings in our office. We're also following and posting news, commentary and other items of interest that impact Austin.

To get to the City of Austin's website, click here or on the "City Website" navigation tab above. You can learn a little bit about me, my Council colleagues and the City Manager here.

If there's anything you need or want and can't find here, please feel free to contact us directly and we'll respond as fast as we can.

Thanks again for visiting and I hope to see you soon. 

Sincerely,  

 
 


Lee Leffingwell
Austin Mayor
 

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Setting the record straight: My longtime support of Town Lake Animal Center...
Mayor Leffingwell pledges support for full marriage equality...
Austin Energy: Why I don't support the rate increase proposal...
Ring in the New Year with a resolution to volunteer...
On moving Council elections from May to November...
Remarks on the 10th anniversary of 9/11...
It's time to bag the bags...
Changes in the mayor's office...
Simon Says: Let's Move, Austin...
Early voting in May 14th City Council election begins today...
Council endorses AustinCorps idea: Austin Youth Council...
Setting the stage for major reforms at Austin City Hall...
Inaugural AustinCorps class 'graduates' next week...
Mayor unveils "Serve Austin" community service plan...
Mayor announces Austin efforts to aid Japan...
Mayor Leffingwell survives Politifact debut...
The week that was...
Mayor's Forum 2011: Planning Austin's Future...
Mayor Leffingwell delivers 2011 "State of the City" remarks...
Cisneros, White, Miller and Watson headline next forum...
Mayor's "State of the City" remarks set for February 25...
I shall not seek, and I will not accept...
Report: Austin recovering from recession better than any U.S. city...
Mayor's work on Prop. 1 honored by Save Barton Creek Association...
Urban rail car on display in Austin on Monday, Nov. 29...
Tackling the problem of childhood obesity in Austin...
Mayor and City staff open up Austin's checkbook online...
Proposition 1 results...
New recycling rules mean progress toward our “zero waste” goals…
Victory on Prop. 1: What it means, and where we go from here...
City of Austin and U.T. partner to launch life-sciences research lab...
Coming soon: Locally-produced carbon offsets...
City Council memos go online for your reading pleasure...
Have a great ACL Fest...
Austin Energy moving forward with "Affordability Matrix"...
Mayor's remarks at Scarbrough / Littlefield centennial celebration...
Commuters rejoice: Missing MoPac flyovers under construction...
Don't miss the Austin Futures Fair tonight...
AustinCorps kicks off inaugural year...
Statement regarding today's incident on the U.T. campus...
Meet Austin's new Chief Service Officer...
Now is your chance to play a role in shaping Austin's future...
City Council takes meetings out of City Hall, into the community...
It's HAAM Benefit Day in Austin...
Mayor Leffingwell's remarks to the Austin Film Alliance...
The Imagine Austin comprehensive plan "vision statement"...
Mayor Leffingwell welcomes President Obama to Austin...
Statement regarding the Nathaniel Sanders II settlement...
Thoughts on Austin after a year in the mayor's office...
City of Austin launches the Online Contract Catalog...
November 2012: A game-changing election for Austin's future...?
At long last, flyovers under construction at I-35 and 290...
Have your say about the 2010-2011 City budget...
Samung announces major expansion in Austin...
ZAP! POW! BAM! Here comes Batman and his awesome ride...
Mayor's remarks on Memorial Day...
Mayor: Formula One U.S. Grand Prix chooses Austin as host city…
The Band of Heathens will headline inaugural "Night of the Bat"...
More on the KeyPoint report...
Mayor's testimony at the Commitee on Business and Commerce...
Council unanimously re-affirms commitment to transparency...
Statement from Mayor Leffingwell regarding KeyPoint Report
Mayor and Council Members back new water conservation goal...
A statue and street name to honor Willie Nelson...
Mayor, Council Members propose Arizona boycott...
Please, please, please fill out your census form...
Happy Passover Austin...
Small Business Summit meeting tonight...
Remembering Liz Carpenter...
Thoughts on the City's website redesign...
Doing urban rail right...
Mayor competes in Austin-based iPhone trivia game QRANK...
Spring developers donate $50,000 to the Austin Parks Foundation...
Mayor's remarks at plane crash memorial service...
Council to consider proposal to bring Facebook offices to Austin...
Surveying the damage at the Echelon building...
Statement regarding today's plane crash in Austin...
City and AISD Team Up To Launch AustinCorps...
Mayor recognizes first "Austin Small Business of the Month"...
Mayor Leffingwell delivers "State of the City" speech...
Statesman: Hanger lured to Austin by sound dealing...
Statement regarding the Haiti earthquake...
Mayor's remarks at Interreligious Ministries breakfast...
Mayor Leffingwell's "State of Downtown Austin" speech...
 
Charting the history of Austin's population growth...
Sign up for email notice of upcoming Council meeting agendas...
Campaign and officeholder finance reports online...
 
Mayor declares "Batman and Robin Day" in Austin...
Leffingwell and Martinez go sane at Austin rally...
Downtown condos: Not just for superheroes anymore...
Willie Nelson Boulevard street signs go up on Second Street...
It was a dark and stormy night...
Mayor Leffingwell and Batman team up to keep Austin weird...
Calculate your carbon footprint online...
Channel 6 launches "CityView" news program...
Barton Springs Polar Bears take the leap...
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Austin postcards from the past...
 
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