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November 13, 2018
Lions golf course threatened, according to national preservation report
UT negotiates lease with city, continues to eye historic muny site for development
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April 12, 2017
Texas Legislature could wrest control of historic Lions Muny land from UT
Senate votes to transfer property to state Parks & Wildlife Department; proposal expected to pass in House.
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January 19, 2017
Lions will have to pay a lot more to play with new lease
The MUNY site, long the focus preservation struggle in the face of increasing development pressure, has received a possible reprieve from an unlikely source—if it can afford it.
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October 5, 2016
Lions Muny quietly added to national register but still at risk
In a major victory for Save Muny, the course was added to the National Parks Service’s Register of Historic Places in June and to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2016 list of 11 Most Endangered Places.
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September 13, 2016
Here are the winners of Preservation Austin’s 2016 Merit Awards
There are no huge surprises in the list of winners of the 56th Annual Preservation Merit Awards, but there is a range of styles and eras in the mix.
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June 29, 2016
Lions Golf Course historic designation gets backing of U.S. Congress Black Caucus members
The fight to save Lions Municipal Golf Course—or "Muny"—has gone national, with three U.S. Congress members throwing their support behind the effort to include the course in the National Register of Historic Places because of the early role it played in desegregation in the South.
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February 12, 2016
City Backs Lions Historic Designation
The municipal golf course's early role in desegregation merits listing National Register of HIstoric Places, says council.
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January 25, 2016
Civil Rights History Might Make Lions Course a Landmark
The Texas Historical Commission has recommended that the Lions Municipal Golf Course be listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.