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Downtown Commission wants city to open three new homeless shelters by 2020
The Austin Downtown Commission wants the city to push harder to create homeless shelters outside of downtown, asking City Council to create three satellite facilities by September 2020. The directive came as part of a recommendation passed unanimously at last…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • May 21, 2019
Homelessness roundtable calls for coordinated programs to provide relief
With homelessness one of the top concerns for city leaders, the most recent Imagine Austin speaker series brought together a trio of specialists who have spent years looking for ways to help those who lack a permanent home. Among the…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • May 7, 2019
DAA launches annual report and new nonprofit
Amidst a multitude of rosy economic statistics on Tuesday, the Downtown Austin Alliance released its first State of Downtown report at the inaugural Future of Downtown event. The report seeks to be “a market snapshot illustrating the central role downtown…
Austin • By Jo Clifton • May 1, 2019
ARCH prepares to improve results by serving fewer clients
As of April 1, the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless is moving forward with a renewed 18-month contract with Front Steps Inc. to redesign its services to have better focus on individual clients and improve efficiency. Vella Karman, manager…
Austin • By Ryan Thornton • May 1, 2019
City eyes loan to cover facilities costs for job training nonprofit
City Council has committed to offering financial help to the Workforce Solutions Capital Area job training program to help it address facilities expenses that resulted in a 20 percent cut to its programs this year. The resolution, which passed as…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 29, 2019
Real estate leaders look for support for airport's $4.5 billion expansion
By mid-2020, city officials are likely to begin seeing options for how to fund the $4.5 billion expansion at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport that stakeholders say is needed to keep up with demand for the growing Central Texas market. There are…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 26, 2019
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Tourism Commission asks Council to pursue hotel tax collection on STRs
The Tourism Commission wants City Council to revisit and possibly make changes to its ordinance covering short-term rentals, with the goal of increasing the amount of Hotel Occupancy Tax coming into city coffers. The commission voted unanimously at this month’s…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 22, 2019
Yep. A lot more people have moved to Austin, the Census Bureau confirms.
New numbers out today from the U.S. Census Bureau confirm something you’ve definitely noticed or complained about in the last eight years: Austin is growing. But that growth isn’t confined to the Austin area. The data put Texas counties and…
Austin • By Andrew Weber, KUT • Apr 19, 2019
Adler says Texas has 'declared war' on Austin: 'We must be prepared to defend ourselves'
Austin Mayor Steve Adler opened the annual State of the City address Wednesday with a quote from Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Adler said Austin is experiencing a “golden moment” and…
Austin • By Stephanie Federico • Apr 18, 2019
Arts, music proponents push for bond money to help existing groups
A coalition of more than 20 arts and music groups has called on the city to use $12 million in creative spaces bond money on multiple properties that would be used by existing threatened entities. The coalition known as Supporting…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 5, 2019
Report offers options but no recommendations for convention center
The University of Texas analysis of the city’s options for expanding the Austin Convention Center – including the costs and effects of taking no action – paint the facility as the likely hub in a variety of development plans going…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 1, 2019
Homelessness in Austin increased 5 percent this year
Homelessness increased 5 percent in Austin over last year, according to the results of Ending Community Homelessness Coalition’s annual census. The survey, which was conducted overnight on Jan. 26 by about 500 volunteers, found 2,255 people experiencing homelessness on Austin…
