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The creation of the new interactive signs was possible through support from the City of Austin Economic Development Department’s Heritage Preservation Grant Program.
Steph explores Austin, reflecting on the artists and moments that made it a City of Songs. Austin, the "Live Music Capital of the World," is renowned for SXSW and the Austin City Limits Festival ...
In her office, City Manager Brenda Eivens was watching the sun begin to melt the ice on roads when a colleague from the city’s economic development department ... this city in Austin’s ...
This week, cities across the nation are celebrating Small Business Week, and Austin is no exception. The city's Economic Development Department says this year it's more important than ever to ...
Plano had several city council and school board races ... “We should be strategically working with our economic development department and plot those out and maybe to smaller organizations ...
Development for the ... increased unionization and economic shifts made that model obsolete. For companies too, the system posed challenges. Running a city, as Highsmith put it, “is expensive ...
A city must benefit the public. Economic development is considered a public purpose in Texas, said Bojorquez, the Austin attorney ... creating its own police department or contracting that ...
Four years ago, Los Angeles City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez stood on the steps of City Hall and celebrated the creation of the Youth Development Department. She had pushed since 2018 for the ...
Reconnecting East and West Austin will enhance the city’s economic and cultural vitality by supporting small businesses, creating new community public spaces and new development opportunities.
From streetcars to light rails, book stores to sports bars, post-win football parades and impassioned protests, the Drag is an ever-changing, ever-evolving symbol of both Austin and UT’s cultural, ...
The median listing price was down last month from a year earlier in most of the nation’s biggest 50 metro areas, including a more than 6% drop in Austin, Miami, and Kansas City ... by the Department ...