The Chrontourage Guide to Local Business Month

Recommendations for how to get the most out of IBIZ districts in April.

"...The Austin Independent Business Alliance & the City of Austin have officially..."

April 15, 2014 Events Post by Parisa Kosari

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...to partner with the Urban League, Meals on Wheels, American YouthWorks, etc. – now it's called [Interfaith Action of..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

AISD's Underutilized Business

AISD weighs equity study to improve its limited program for minority- and women-owned firms

"...The district calls them HUBs – historically underutilized businesses. Historic­ally, women- and minority-owned firms have been excluded from..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bowing to Business Wheels, AISD Cans Tax Hike

Board passes new budget but drops ballot proposal

"...On Aug. 23, the Austin Independent School District board of trustees approved a nearly $1..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ho-Ho-Homegrown Holidays

Austin's independent "iconic" businesses hope we'll all put them on our list

"..."Think independently. Shop locally owned."..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...best develop and grow – whether convened by the business sector, community nonprofits, or the city of Aus­tin –..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Hightower Report

Governments won't support local business, so we have to; and 'Support Our Troops' – and their families – must be more than rhetoric

"...hardly alone in suffering a steady erosion of homegrown businesses to impersonal corporate giants, big-box stores, and cookie-cutter chains...."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...city's charitable resources and organizations. At A.B. Cantu Pan American Recreation Center on East Third Street, volunteers provided haircuts..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...secondary residential and commercial growth," said Save Our Springs Alliance leader Bill Bunch. "All their 'greenbuilding' wash will do..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin and beyond.

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance is in court this week arguing against the Lazy..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...big-box mania in the Austin area, a coalition of business, labor, and community activists have mobilized behind Full CIRCLE..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Reining in the Mother of All Big Boxes

Local activists seek community-wide benefits analyses of big-box proposals

"...city-funded study on big-box development downplayed damage to local business and focused its recommendations on building design standards, dismayed..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Battle Lines Drawn on Convention Center Expansion

Arguments escalate on how to spend hotel occupancy tax revenue

"...political action committee formed by leaders of the Austin Independent Business Alliance, Save our Springs Alliance, and others, is..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Culture Flash

Calling all Eastside artists, here come the Russians, visual artists talk residency programs, and Steven Dietz comes to UT

"...on the Eastside.ÊFor six months, PeopleFund and the Austin Independent Business Alliance have been holding monthly meetings of East..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Put That in Your Big Box and ...

Activist groups beg to differ with the city's big-box report

"...a study would conclude: that big boxes harm local independent business – a species whose health and welfare is..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...Staring down a deepening recession, what's an Austin small-business owner to do? The consensus advice: Get out in..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: More to Be Thankful For

An overdue (if tentative) win in Southwest Austin

"...the Barton Springs Conservancy and the Save Our Springs Alliance, plus the local chapters of the American Insti­tute of..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Waterloo, IowaActually There Are Three Independent Business GroupsDear Editor,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column

News/Print

There is no Dana. Only Zoul.

"...Bookending BookPeople's "Independents Week" to celebrate the Austin Independent Business Alliance are..."

July 11, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Headlines

"...› The Independent Citizens Redis­tricting Com­mission has chosen an executive director, management..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Feature

Public Notice: On and Off the Rails

Debating a Downtown rail station, AISD land purchase

"...10% of all silent auction proceeds to the Austin Independent Business Alliance. Friday, Dec. 2, 6pm-midnight at the American..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Government by Committee

Council committees get up to speed

"...a gem of understatement: discussion of the Austin Energy business model. Given that some in the Texas Legislature have..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Once again, only Mayor Will Wynn votes no.

"...environment; the influence on local wages, charitable contributions, and business-to-business spending; and ramifications for land use and growth management...."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Remember Sixth + Lamar?

"...by the nonprofit group Liveable City showed would attract business away from their stores...."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW: Week Two

Your guide to free events on SXSW's second weekend

"...Sunday, March 19 austinchronicle.com/axa The Austin Chronicle and Austin Independent Business Alliance have teamed up to get folks away..."

March 17, 2017 Features Feature by Tucker Whatley

Soccer Watch

UT Longhorns get set to start, first-place Aztex hit the road, and more

"...on the squad: junior Stacey-Ann Smith, who's a two-time all-American 400-meter runner on the UT track team, and a..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Headlines

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Happenings

"...16, representatives of BookPeople, Waterloo Records, and other local businesses will join author/columnist/radio commentator Jim Hightower at 5pm for..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

"...legal action. The broad-based group of area residents and business owners seeks a mixed-use, community-oriented mall redevelopment without a..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...with the Paramount Theatre, known as the Austin Theatre Alliance. The union has never been complimentary to the State,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

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