Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives
Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape
"...review the Omnibus and return to the City Council Economic Opportunity Committee within 90 days with a plan of..."
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June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits
Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?
"...recently, the city hasn't required much of developers beyond "economic development" – too often a euphemism for business as..."
April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
The Best-Case Scenario
After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.
"...including this one. Advocacy groups interested in growth and development, from the Travis Co. Green Party on the left..."
Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
That Figures
City Manager Jesus Garza introduces a budget that focuses on roads, utilities, and cops, and skates around a needed tax increase.
"...staff and contracts get transferred out to the new Redevelopment Services department...."
Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Public Notice: First, Do No Harm
Council dives in
"...Monday, March 2: Resource Recovery; Economic Development (including incentives); Austin Energy (portfolio, business model over..."
Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro
What Is the Texas Energy Center?
Is it a taxpayer-financed boondoggle for the oil and gas industry, or an economic development driver of new jobs and cutting-edge technology?
"...boondoggle for the oil and gas industry, or an economic development driver of new jobs and cutting-edge technology? Consider..."
Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
Point Austin: Samsung's Domain
The city eagerly raises the corporate incentive flag, and we're all expected to salute
"...had a chance to read and review the proposed "Economic Development Agreement" between the city of Austin and Samsung..."
Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Michael King
Austin @ Large: Welcome Back, Kirk
Kirk Watson's new job at the chamber stands at odds with his "message" as mayor.
"...he (in the chamber's words) "presided over Austin's biggest economic boom." He left office to run for state attorney..."
Dec. 5, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
The Next Austin Bust
Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?
"...losses by 2011, without any fundamental change in our economic trajectory. "We were one of the last cities in..."
March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Creating Sustainability
City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood
"...grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – to develop an environmentally driven master plan for..."
Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Reinventing Airport Boulevard
Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?
"..."SmartCode," the zoning regulations specify the form for new development – how buildings, streetscapes, and the public realm should..."
Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Can the Bands Play On?
The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame
"...of Austin Music to call attention to the dire economic realities of the local music scene. In a nutshell,..."
July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Sons of Smart Growth
"...briefing the City Council on progress toward a new economic development policy, city planning director Austan Librach noted that..."
June 13, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Economics From the Bottom Up
A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders
"...entrepreneurs who were riding the crest of the biggest economic swell Austin's ever seen convened their second 360 Summit:..."
Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Mulling Over Mueller
"...road to this future -- the planning, disposition and development for re-use of the site after 1999, when the..."
Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
New City Music Manager: Erica Shamaly
Marketing veteran takes over top municipal music post
"...at the monthly Music Commission meeting. Shamaly, accompanied by Economic Development Department head Kevin Johns, addressed the board and..."
July 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Don Pitts Calls It Quits
City Music Manager resigns citing bureaucracy
"...the communication to Alex Lopez, deputy director of Austin’s Economic Development Department. “I am excited to focus on that..."
Feb. 14, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Project Connect Accelerates
As decisions near, controversy dogs urban rail plan
"...little public advocacy organization on behalf of the project. Economic Reverberations..."
June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann
Then There's This: Even More Reason to Buy Local
City may restore funding that was cut to indie business group
"...the millions the city doles out each year in economic development incentives. Next year, for example, the city is..."
Aug. 23, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith
Count the Blessings
The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival at 25
"...On the business side, we would commend the economic growth and the creation of jobs in a fast-growing..."
April 16, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Take Three
Texas film incentives don't always carry sufficient funding
"...for themselves and proving the program's worth as an economic driver. Since the Texas Film Commission started taking applications..."
Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Despite Loss, Prop. 2 Makes Its Point
The amendment lost – but not without sending a message
"...about bringing forward a formal city ordinance that bars economic development incentives for large-scale development
projects with retail...."
Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
The Small-Business Amendment
Why I'm going to vote for Prop. 2 (even though we endorsed against it)
"...wins, Simon Property Group is cut loose from the development agreement: no more payments from the city, but also..."
Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Nick Barbaro
Working on the Railroad
The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail
"...endorsements of transit and density (and their progeny, transit-oriented development) from diverse groups – the Real Estate Council of..."
Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Point Austin: Refighting the Last Wars
Prop. 1, Prop. 2, Saving Barton Springs ... and Everything Else
"...major employers like IBM and Dell to the desired development zone. This idyllic past, declares Sal ominously, is threatened..."
April 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King
Pete's Principle
Ex-Chamber Head Winstead Takes Us to the Toll Road
"...(in its current incarnation), plus millions more in related "co-development" -- including real estate, housing, and retail in the..."
May 22, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Making Cents of Websense and Dropbox [UPDATE]
Council votes 5-2 to approve economic incentive deals
"...Although economic development deals in good times are under increasing local..."
Feb. 20, 2014 News Post by Michael King
Point Austin: Questions for Visa
A few things we might ask before we provide corporate welfare
"...(over the next 10 years) to Visa Inc. The "economic development grant," of course, is not exactly charity. Under..."
Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King
Austin Unchained
Think globally, shop locally, and we'll all be better for it
"...This year, the local economic shadows cast by the darkening national economy provide a..."
Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Council's Got ... Talent?
At intermission, we talk to the headliners
"...loan program] and figuring out how to harness the economic opportunity of the redevelopment occurring in the urban core..."
