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26-470: The community is being developed by Catellus , whose parent company was ProLogis . Per the developer, the value of the Mueller development upon completion will be $ 1.3 billion, and will comprise 4.2 million square feet of non-residential development, 650,000 square feet of retail space, 4,600 homes, and 140 acres of open space. An estimated 10,000 permanent jobs within the development will have been created by

52-486: A shared equity or fixed appreciation scheme (fixed appreciation was implemented during July 2012 and applies to all affordable housing entered into subsequent to the implementation date). The affordable program has a purchase component which is available to households earning less than 80% of the city's mean family income (MFI), and a rental program available to those earning less than 60% of the Austin MFI. Members of

78-549: A 42-acre site in Southwest Austin on La Crosse Avenue. Five acres of native plant gardens and landscapes, designed by J. Robert Anderson, FASLA (principal), Eleanor McKinney (EMLA) and Darrel Morrison (FASLA), were installed throughout a complex of award-winning buildings designed by Overland Partners to reflect the land and regional architecture of the Texas Hill Country . The center was officially renamed

104-487: A duck-filled lake, hike and bike trails, and Browning Hangar, a historic airport hangar originally constructed in the 1940s and retroconverted into an open-air amphitheater. The Hangar currently houses Mueller's weekly Sunday Farmers' Market, and is periodically used for special events as well. Next door to the Hangar is Mueller Central, a former airport administration building that now houses an information center for Mueller as

130-532: A fact partially attributable to an incentive program. Home construction companies that are active in the area include David Weekley Homes, Meritage Homes Corporation , CalAtlantic Homes , Streetman Homes, Saldaña Homes, Wes Peoples, Centerra, Homes By Avi, and Muskin Homes. Approximately 25% of the planned residential homes are to be part of the Mueller Affordable Program, available under

156-477: A restoration project for the endangered Blackland Prairie. Finally, Ella Wooten Neighborhood Park is a three-acre green space located roughly in the center of Mueller's residential section. It houses a Junior Olympic-sized swimming pool, open seasonally, as well as a playscape and basketball court. The Mueller Community also has more electric cars per capita than any other neighborhood in the United States -

182-570: A whole. A block away from Mueller Central and Lake Park, Mueller's Northwest Greenway meanders its way along the area's border all the way to its termination point at I-35. South of Lake Park is the Southwest Greenway, where native plants and outdoor art installations share space with walking trails and water features. Here, Mueller officials have partnered with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on

208-428: Is home to a breadth of educational programs and events. The center is 284 acres and located 10 miles southwest of downtown Austin, Texas just inside the edge of the distinctive Texas Hill Country . It straddles both Edwards Plateau and Texas Blackland Prairies ecosystems. The center is dedicated to "inspiring the conservation of native plants" and promoting the environmental benefits of native plant landscapes. It

234-579: Is home to the most comprehensive native plant database in the U.S., which features profiles of more than 9,000 North American native plants along with a number of other resources (see Native Plants of North America ). The Wildflower Center has 9 acres of cultivated gardens, including the Luci and Ian Family Garden and the Ann and O.J. Weber Pollinator Habitat Garden. Its 16-acre Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum features collections of tree and shrub species from across

260-616: Is the Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas , a 32-acre campus with 248 patient beds and a total of 1,400 employees. In keeping with Mueller's best-practices ethos regarding environmentally friendly development, the Center is the first acute-care facility in the world to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Its 30-room Ronald McDonald House serves patients from both within the Dell facility as well as other children's hospitals in

286-628: The Austin Independent School District . The first half of the community is zoned to Maplewood Elementary School, Kealing Middle School , and McCallum High School , although Reagan High School is only 1.5 miles away from the development. The community includes a site for a future middle school. The second part of the development tracks to Blanton Elementary School, Bertha Sadler Means and Gus Garcia Middle Schools and Reagan High School. Catellus Development Corporation Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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312-638: The National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 to protect and preserve North America's native plants and natural landscapes . The original center was located on a 60-acre site in East Austin. Public demand to view native gardens and learn more about native plants soon overwhelmed the original site, and led the Board of Directors to build a larger campus to accommodate public interest. The current campus opened in 1995 on

338-616: The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in 1997. By 2002, in response to rapidly encroaching land development, the center acquired an additional 237 acres of adjacent land through purchase and donation. This expansion of the campus made possible the development of larger scale research on the ecology of the Central Texas region and how best to restore healthy landscapes in the region. It also established education and public outreach as core functions of

364-561: The Mueller community formed the Mueller Neighborhood Association to foment strong ties among neighbors, as well as awareness of new developments in the area. The neighborhood association has its own website muellerneighborhood.org . Other neighborhood social tools include a closed Mueller Neighbors Facebook group, a closed Next Door group, and the POA-sponsored community Web site Residents are zoned to

390-498: The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Pecan Street, Inc. $ 10.4 Million in federal stimulus funds to develop an advanced smart grid demonstration project at Mueller, which included a demonstration house—known as the Pike Powers Commercialization Lab—that made its debut in 2013. Numerous eco-friendly green spaces have debuted in Mueller as well. At the center of it all is Lake Park, a 30-acre landscape featuring

416-617: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 541095855 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:56:39 GMT Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin is the state botanical garden and arboretum of Texas. The center features more than 900 species of native Texas plants in both garden and natural settings and

442-555: The Wildflower Center has gained national recognition as a leader in plant conservation and environmental sustainability. In partnership with the U.S. Botanic Garden and American Society of Landscape Architects , the center led the Sustainable Sites Initiative , a program that established performance benchmarks for sustainable land design and is now offered through GBCI . The current mission of

468-549: The center is "inspiring the conservation of native plants." On June 20, 2006, the University of Texas System Board of Regents announced a plan to incorporate the Wildflower Center into The University of Texas at Austin. In 2010, a donation of $ 1.4 million from the San Antonio Area Foundation was designated toward the establishment of a 16-acre arboretum. The Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum, which

494-544: The center. The inscription on the Presidential Medal of Freedom award presented to Lady Bird Johnson in 1977 by President Gerald Ford concludes with the words "Her leadership transformed the American landscape and preserved its natural beauty as a national treasure." The Wildflower Center joined The University of Texas at Austin in 2006 (see below). With its focus on native plants, research and education,

520-560: The entire Austin Independent School District . Upon completion in late 2014, it will incorporate a 1,200-seat auditorium as well as a 250-person capacity "black box theater." In Mueller's north-center area, at the intersection of East 51st St. and Berkman Drive, the Mueller Market District made its debut in mid-2013, anchored by a state-of-the-art H-E-B Grocery Store. The 83,000 square foot store

546-525: The first tenants of the Mueller Town Center, and a 279-unit AMLI Residential apartment community is under construction next door. It will join two already completed luxury apartment complexes inside Mueller: Mosaic and Elements. Finally, Wildflower Terrace, an upscale apartment community, with 201 units, for seniors 65 and up, is open and located at Mueller's southern edge, near the intersection of Berkman Drive and Manor Road. In December 2009,

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572-639: The region. The Center was expanded in 2011 to add a new patient wing. To the Dell Center's immediate north, the 14-acre University of Texas Health Research Campus is under development. Its first building, the Dell Pediatric Research Institute, is already open, and next door a Residence Inn by Marriott is scheduled to open in early 2014. East of the Research Campus is a new Performing Arts Center designed to serve

598-503: The state of Texas. Miles of walking trails, educational exhibits, a gift store, cafe and biannual sales of native plants round out the offerings. In 2013, the syndicated television series , Texas Country Reporter , hosted by Bob Phillips , declared the center the No. 1 site from which to view wildflowers within Texas. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes founded

624-492: The time it is complete. The Mueller Master Plan includes a mix of residential, commercial and retail developments, along with designated parks and green space, with many of the elements completed and many more in the planning stages. On Mueller's northwest edge, bordering I-35, the Mueller Retail Center has been completed, and is anchored by The Home Depot , Best Buy , Old Navy , and PetSmart . Adjacent to it

650-418: Was dedicated on April 30, 2011 and opened in the spring of 2012, displays all 53 species of oak trees that are native to Texas. In April 2012, Luci Baines Johnson , daughter of Lady Bird Johnson, and her husband Ian Turpin donated $ 1 million toward a family garden to be named in their honor. The 4.5-acre native plant garden features a wading creek, a maze of 3-foot-tall native hedges, and a walk-in grotto. It

676-799: Was designed to consume a full 80% less electricity than a standard grocery store, as well as 50% less water, and H-E-B officials plan to seek LEED Silver Certification for the project. The store features Cafe Mueller, which includes a stage for band performances; dedicated stations for making guacamole and sushi on-site; two recharging stations for electric vehicles ; and the only gas station in Central Austin that sells ethanol-based E85 car fuel. A number of other facilities have been completed inside Mueller as well. The Austin Children's Museum—rebranded as The Thinkery —and Austin Playhouse were among

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