Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...Industry): Yasmin Green is the director of research and development for Jigsaw. Green leads the team’s innovation efforts and..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Council Proposes “Austin Affordability Action Plan”

Looking for ways to balance the budget

"...trouble on the "affordability" agenda, Mayor Adler returns his economic incentive reforms in another version (Item 34)...."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Mayor’s Omnibus Resolution: Actualization Is Hard

Moving into Phase II

"...When the Economic Development Department delivered its 68-page "Music & Creative Ecosystem..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: A Year Later

Twelve months after Mayor Steve Adler rolled out his plan to save live music and the arts, what's happened?

"...problems in those industries (affordability; permitting and licensing regulations; economic incentives; et al.) and stimulating our creative economy...."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Report on Music Division Revealed

Findings: Manager Don Pitts didn’t report fraudulent invoice

"...her and told her that executive management in the Economic Development Department didn’t want her boyfriend hired as a..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Council Preview: Promised Land Use

Austin Oaks, Plaza Saltillo loom large at Thursday meeting

"...Austin Oaks promises its own donnybrook, as the development was already embattled last year. Along with the Grove..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

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

Straus Announces House Committees

Lots of seats but no chair positions for reps in Travis County

"...since former Rep. Mark Strama headed the now-defunct Technol­ogy, Economic Development & Workforce in 2009; that streak continued this..."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Restaurants Are Leading the Trump Era Resistance

Economically culture-jamming the new administration

"...The potential for Austin restaurants to economically culture-jam the values of Trump and his team of..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Ready for Solar and Recycling Too

Council approves solar roofs and textile recycling pilot

"...cancellation penalty for the city and a perhaps fatal economic hit to Simple Recycling and its employees...."

Feb. 6, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Playback: Shorter Hours Could Be Coming for Venues During SXSW

Another clubs ordinance change drops right before the Festival

"..."There are negative economic consequences all around for it," says Cowan, noting that..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Farewell, Sue Edwards

The assistant city manager retires after four decades serving Austin

"...managed by Edwards, including creation of what became the Economic Development Department, overseeing the construction of City Hall, and..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council Roundup: Late Nights, Longer Meetings

Now let’s find a way to get out of meetings earlier

"...or gain of market-affordable housing when calibrating new site development standards and when mapping changes in development entitlements." The..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Crowdsourcing Medical Data Through Gaming

UT’s Simulation and Game Applications Lab helps researchers reach further

"...to be at the intersection of research and game development. The SAGA Lab pivoted from a teaching and learning..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by felix morgan

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...balance of suburban roads, urban bike routes, and the redevelopment of major transit corridors, that could pass voters' muster..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Mayor Muses 2017 Goals

"Downtown puzzle," music initiative among his priorities

"...also wants to address "homelessness ... and other interconnected economic, cultural, and safety aspects that relate to the ARCH,..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Changing of the Guard

The mayor and the next City Council will have plenty to do

"...logical swing vote on most of these growth and development questions. The mayor was audibly pleased by the compromise..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...deliver a talk on the latest Texas and Austin developments in renewable energy. Smitty recalled, "the first time I..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

EPA Raises Questions About Dripping Springs Wastewater

Opinions differ on Onion Creek water standards

"...maintained and protected" unless the state can demonstrate necessary "economic or social development." Although the TCEQ has made a..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Down in the Grove

Agreement on latest PUD portends … a little progress?

"...to consider the Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development, there was sufficient comity in the room to suggest..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Public Notice: Angry Hornets

Happy ending to Grove saga leaves questions

"...your preferred land use policies represent a struggle for economic justice, desegregation, urban re-renewal. And I do not for..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A New Generation Opens Up to Global Cuisine

Local tastemakers think outside America's borders

"...expanded the MT market in the new Chinatown Center development...."

Dec. 9, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Fred Lewis, Friends of “the Poor” Go to War on Central Health

Is there a doctor in the house?

"...not fulfill that mission. "I think the purpose is economic development," concluded Lewis. "I think it has nothing to..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Grieve Globally, Act Locally

Texas' Legislative circus comes to town in just six short weeks

"...panels, in a number of tracks: Health and Wellness, Economic Opportunity, Education, Invest in Texas, and "And beyond" –..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin as Tech Hub: Myth or Reality?

Start-ups abound here in Bat City, but they rarely stick around

"...a garage in Palo Alto in 1939 to the development of household tech names like Google and Facebook, everyone..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Screens Feature by Johnny Holden

Rundberg Rising

How do you keep improving a neighborhood after $1 million in grant money runs out?

"...of Austin's most densely populated areas, with the greatest economic distress, and highest crime rates. It also spread across..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Pay-to-Play City Politics

When it comes to Austin's independent businesses, the City too often is part of the problem

"...for music's sake but rather as a tool of economic development. Here the underlying dynamic was often missed, that..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Playback: Austin Week in Angers, France

Kevin Curtin runs into more than a handful of musical Austinites on the other side of the globe

"...Angers Week operates on a four-digit grant from Austin's Economic Development Department and private fundraising...."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...sounds like a parody of an Austin utopia, the development is real, and the first phase is planned to..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?

A growing wave of musical expats heads south

"...Austin's first economic boom brought music to the Lockhart that Fox uncovered..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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