"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, was to embed an artist in each..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Will Austin Applicants Get a "Fair Chance"?

Proposed ordinance would require businesses consider job applicants with criminal histories

"...sooner, as the proposal was the topic of multiple Economic Development Committee meetings.)..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Mayor Presents Creative Stimulus Policy

Addressing music and arts survival in this “affordability crisis”

"...Change Principal” into the upcoming revision of Austin’s land development code, meaning whichever party changes the circumstances of a..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Courthouse Opponents: Kill the Bond ... and Wait

CM Zimmerman says need for new courthouse not urgent

"...the site at Fourth & Guadalupe) and for the "economic development" of neglected East Austin. (Conspicuous by her absence..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council Budget Afterthoughts

Council members offer post-approval thoughts on FY 2016 budget

"...• Shifting $2 million of funding from the Economic Incentives Reserves Funds to prioritize community-based economic development and..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Council Wrap-up

Staff not amused by some CMs' ideas on how to cut the budget

"...only indirectly related to the matter at hand, budget development. The evening before, City Manager Marc Ott had forwarded..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Recycled Reconsiderations

Council deliberates, deliberately

"...bounced to another committee, and on the latter, the Economic Development Department has asked for a withdrawal for a..."

March 27, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Austin is Which Way?

Austin's planning woes have a long history

"...Manager Marc Ott's decision to bifurcate the Planning and Development Review Department, separating its planning and zoning functions from..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Speed Limit?

City government: Rebuilt in two weeks

"...and "Factors Affecting the Cost of Living in Austin"; Economic Development (including incentives and innovation zone)..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Winners and Losers on the Senate Committees

The shakeout from Dan Patrick's first chair shuffle

"...Gone are Economic Development (which is folded into Natural Resources), Government Organization,..."

Jan. 25, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

District 1: A Hill to Climb

"...a more "progressive" vision for Austin and its future development, and that as the Pecan Springs/Springdale Hills neighborhood association..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

HD 50 Special Election Candidate Snapshot

"...Sustainable Food Center, Capital Area Food Bank, Robert Mueller Redevelopment Committee..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Feature

Budget Imbalance, Yet Again

House and Senate spending proposals yet more slice and dice

"...floor. Four articles – Judiciary, Natural Resources, Business & Economic Development, and Regulatory – all see substantial cuts, after..."

Jan. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

By the Numbers: Awful vs. Horrific

Schools and public health funding left hanging

"...worse – except, of course, for the business and economic development funding, which is the only area to see..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Reaches for the Sun

Council considers incentives for solar tech company

"...After inking a high-profile economic development agreement with Facebook, the city is set to..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

This Week in Campaign Fail

Perry's funds, Staples' Interwebs and Patterson's plane

"...as "a non-profit and non-partisan program of the Texas Economic Development Corporation" aimed at "strategic economic development." Not so,..."

June 21, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Leffingwell Proposes Rail/Comp Bond Vote in 2012

Change to city attorney's office, single-member districts also

"...we have seen recently as a result of the economic recession." Leffingwell said that the city's various public works..."

June 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

East Riverside

Master plan at Planning Commission tonight

"...the airport … Leveraging the transformational powers of transit-oriented development, the corridor plan shows East Riverside losing its car..."

Feb. 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Hard Times in the Land of Plenty

Service nonprofits and their funders face the economic gale

"...Central Texas. Her business card may say director of development and communications, but she's filling in as head for..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...Ike. We will be asking council to approve Community Development Block Grant funding so that we can update a..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Cool City: Getting Down With the Grid

Everybody's excited about the Pecan Street Project – they're just not sure what it is

"...discussion on the project, explaining the tech market and economic development it hopes to generate and how inventing an..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Schieffer's House

Ranking Texas Democratic Reps come out for gubernatorial candidate

"...issues, including education, health care, appropriations, criminal justice and economic development, and all have received numerous awards for their..."

Aug. 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 Municipal Election

"...the central issue would be how to survive the economic bust. Now that problem is front and center –..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 municipal election (early voting, April 27-May 5)

"...the central issue would be how to survive the economic bust. Now that problem is front and center –..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature

LegeLines

Odds and ends from the Capitol

"...with credit-card data... Horse-racing political action committee Texans for Economic Development is keeping up the pressure to legalize racinos..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

From Penitentiaries to Picture Shows

Spiderwood Studios founder Tommy Warren follows the dream

"...he knew how to construct the perfect film studio. "Development and this business are very similar," he says, noting..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Naked City

"...be more accepting if Lincoln had proposed a good redevelopment for Northcross.) Other early-voting moves: Rather than continuing their..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Solar Celebrity HelioVolt Lands in Austin

Darling of international renewable energy circles to build its first solar-manufacturing plant here

"...Economically, it's no longer possible to dismiss companies like HelioVolt..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Point Austin: Union Goons

In Coxworld, the unions are always the enemy

"...use, public schools to capital punishment, mental-health resources to economic development...."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

Eminent-domain fight moves to Perry's desk

"...play the "blight" card in condemning entire neighborhoods for redevelopment...."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

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