Palm School: A Battle Between City, County, Advocates, and Rodeo Austin

County Judge Eckhardt goes big, community stands firm

"...County, local Latinx leaders, mental health providers, the Fairmont Hotel, and even Rodeo Austin. At the center of the..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Congratulations!

"...rest of her plan – to hold the effective tax rate increase to 6%. With all the hoop-de-doo about..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Postmarks

Here's What's on the Nov. 5 Ballot in Austin

A quick guide to the propositions you'll be yea-ing or nay-ing

"...a cap of 34% on how much of Austin's Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) can be allocated toward expanding the..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

City Council Moves Along From the Ballot to the Budget

4700 Riverside inches forward, propositions tweaked

"...includes the citizen-drafted ordinance's proposed allocation of the city's Hotel Occupancy Tax revenues...."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Downtown Puzzle: It Ain’t Solved Yet

Can the mayor make the pieces fit together?

"...issued in June, proposed a 2% increase in the hotel occupancy tax (HOT), as a funding stream to address..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

A Dem Sweep in Travis County Commissioners Court?

Four vie for a shot at Commissioners Court's last red seat

"...to consider asking voters to pay more in property taxes. If voters approved a tax rate higher than that..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin & Travis County 2019 Election Results

FINAL: Both city props fail; Expo Center wins

"...us to retire our debt early, to make that [Hotel Occupancy Tax] money available, and we’ll need to continue..."

Nov. 5, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Austin at Large: Drop Your Ballot Like It's HOT

And then, someday, we'll make serious policy about our venues

"...operations could be financed once it opens with ... hotel occupancy tax revenue. I Know. Heads Are Exploding...."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

County Revives Proposal for Palm School / Expo Center Land Swap

County Judge’s latest offer to city manager expires Dec. 16

"...Center, and the city and county's respective levies of hotel occupancy tax. On Monday, Nov. 18, County Judge Sarah..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Accused of Killing Contracts in Retaliation for Prop B Support

City spokesperson denies political retribution against Austin Independent Business Alliance in ongoing convention center drama

"...major expansion of the Convention Center and re-allocate the Hotel Occupancy Tax funds). Wrote Melançon: "These are longstanding contracts..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

It's Almost Time for an Election!

Are you ready for November 5?

"...a cap of 34% on how much of Austin's Hotel Occupancy Tax can be allocated toward expanding the Neal..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Saskia Henn

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves 2019 funding, ponders next move

"...a year when the source of that funding, the hotel occupancy tax, flattened out, but the approval rate for..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Robert Faires

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves FY 19 arts funding, ponders its next move

"...a year when the source of that funding, the Hotel Occupancy Tax, flattened out, but the approval rate for..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Would You Like to Swap a Vowel?

City Council gets into its A-E-I-O-Us

"...fact that 100 more applicants are competing for less hotel occupancy tax money this year than in previous years..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...has a budget of $50,000, all coming from the hotel occupancy tax, and individual artists will be paid $3,000..."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Council: Visitors Welcome?

CodeNEXT, Visit Austin return to City Council

"...of $150 million in local economic impact (and related hotel occupancy tax revenues), writing: "All the money invested in..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: A Toy Store Full of Puzzles

The mayor’s Downtown Puzzle proposal returns to Council this week

"...were drawn on the dais over the use of hotel occupancy tax revenues. A temporary truce evoked a unanimous..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Downtown Puzzle: HOT History

Projects under consideration for the historic preservation “funding bucket”

"...potential tourist destinations, both broadly allowed under the state hotel occupancy tax legislation, although city officials sometimes differ over..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...with a counter (or parallel) proposal to move some hotel occupancy tax funding to "heritage preservation." See "Council: Still..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature

Pushing for Expansion

Casar, Houston not warming up to expansion proposal

"...from a decade ago, when a lack of Downtown hotel rooms meant the center had trouble bidding on big..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Creative Alliance

Marcy Hoen's work for the ACA has won her the executive director gig permanently

"...community cultural organizations; advocated for cultural tourism to the hotel occupancy tax task force working group; organized three public..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chronicle Endorsements for the November 5 Election

"...The law it's tied to requires localities to grant tax exemptions (regardless of their post-disaster fiscal needs) to impacted..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Council Recap: The Beat Goes On, Ever So Slowly

Music scene frustrated at pace of COVID relief

"...Spencer Cronk to allocate $15 million in revenues from hotel taxes to support “iconic” Austin businesses, beginning with a..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Prop B Campaigns Exchange Charges of Being "Republican"

As election day nears both sides of the debate trade barbs

"...also move to re-allocate the city's portion of the Hotel Occupancy Tax in ways that supporters say are more..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Post by Michael King

To Expand or Not to Expand

That is the question

"...John Riedie (Austin Creative Alliance) and Scott Joslove (Texas Hotel and Lodging Assoc­ia­tion) clashed yet again over Riedie's pet..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Visit Austin, But How?

Defining oversight for city tourism

"...industry, which also supplies the city with millions in hotel occupancy taxes, a tightly regulated revenue stream that some,..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...entanglements in the rearview (revisit "Historic Approval of City Tax Fund for Local Music," Sept. 27), music wonks move..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"..."Where the hotel Proper is now – that was the edge of..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect

The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.

"...school finance, "Robin Hood," and the proposed city property tax rate...."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Lines: Film Incentive Program Funding Uncertain, Anti-Choice Buffoonery, and More

Lege considers film incentive program funding and anti-choice antics take hold

"...other $63 million came from a portion of the hotel occupancy tax. Why hotels? Because film and TV productions..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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