Conventional Wisdom

Is It Wise To Expand Austin's Convention Center?

"...Austin music -- along with quick cuts of our hotels, restaurants, corporate giants, leisure hot spots, and bats --..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...Road. STRs have been a godsend, she says, because hotels are both cost-prohibitive and impossible for her son to..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Cedar Park, Over Ice

Southwest Sports Group's high-powered campaign to win voter approval for an ice rink/concert complex could "put Cedar Park on the map."

"...Cedar Park Development Corporation, which collects a one-cent sales tax to "promote" -- that is, subsidize -- employers and..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...by favorable currency exchange rates, economic incentive programs, and tax rebates that -- for the cost-conscious Hollywood producer --..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Economic Forecast Is Unsurprisingly Bleak

City budgeteers project COVID-19 recovery could take two years

"...job growth leads to a 1% change in sales tax...."

April 7, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Preview: City Finds $15 Million to Help Struggling Businesses

Three programs designed to assist economic sectors forced to close early in the pandemic

"...established the Live Music Fund, allocating a portion of hotel occupancy taxes to help prop up struggling creatives and..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

STRs: Trying To Draw the Line

City staff recommend the lightest possible regulations for short-term rentals

"...meanwhile, argue that not only do the rentals generate tax revenue and provide housing for attendees of the city's..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Paint By Numbers

Racial Divides in Austin's Public Arts Funding

"...but it seems that when you mix art and tax money, it's never pretty. When you add race to..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

Public arts funding doesn't get much messier than the City of Austin's Cultural Contracts Program, but this year's process may go down in history as the messiest yet.

"...drop in the amount of funding available from the hotel-motel occupancy tax -- about 20% down from last year's..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...legendary club, then declared them in violation of maximum occupancy. Approximately 30 minutes before 1999 even began, Antone's was..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Heal Thyself

City to Perform Self-Reflection

"...might have been wise to include a few everyday taxpayers, since it is they who foot the overwhelming majority..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...city avoids increasing the Parks Department budget or raising taxes to address PARD's budget woes. As Downtown Commissioner (and..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Deconstructing Downtown

The Economy Sneezes -- and Austin's Central Business District Catches a Cold

"...Worth, despite the city's willingness to cut the company's tax bill by $117 million over 10 years. Intel has..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...coming, and 2) it drives up prices and property taxes. How do you strike that balance?..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...last cheap night's lodging in downtown Austin, the Alamo Hotel, was demolished in 1984, people with thin wallets have..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...continued Downtown construction of luxury condominiums, and the dizzying occupancy rates generated by tens of thousands of local college..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

No Parking Garage, Says Downtown Crowd

The proposed Convention Center garage finds few friends, and even trips over a city official's own testimony.

"...rationale for taking a potential gold mine off the tax rolls to build a public parking garage with little..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...The latest data from Capitol Market Research shows an occupancy rate of 97.4% in the city; rents, according to..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Growing State of Downtown

Downtown Austin Alliance releases status report on development

"...The area brought in more than $540 million in tax revenue for the city in 2018, with 47% of..."

April 30, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council: Down by Lady Bird

City Council returns with a less imposing agenda

"...contentious, exhausting – and still unconfirmed – decision on occupancy limits in certain residential neighborhoods (aka "stealth dorms"; see..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...in town or to drum up business at the hotels. And because June is a shitty time of the..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Point Austin: Unfinished Business

Working Austin's weirding ways to New Year's resolutions

"...central component of a Con­ven­tion Center expansion triggering new hotel tax funding to address a brace of other Downtown..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Short-Term Regs Getting Longer ... and Longer

Council split on regulating Type 2 STRs

"...• stricter occupancy limits,..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...conference, New Directions in Corrections, at the Capitol Marriott Hotel, all day today, July 8, and tomorrow, July 9...."

July 9, 1999 News Feature

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