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Middle-class job growth to be focus of Austin's economic incentives revision
The city appears set to reform its economic incentives policies so they focus squarely on middle-class jobs that economists and local politicos worry aren’t growing fast enough. Last week, Mayor Steve Adler posted a draft resolution created with City Council…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 15, 2017
More funding, policy work for Waller Creek in 2017
With work slated to begin later this year on the biggest of the park improvement projects along Waller Creek, there is expected to be a semi-regular drumbeat of news of new funding and collaboration throughout the rest of 2017. Peter…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 13, 2017
What will Trump mean for Austin?
In addition to bracing for a flurry of laws proposed at the state legislature aimed at constraining the power of local governments, City Council is looking ahead at the first year in a decade in which its majority is at…
Austin • By Jack Craver • Feb 8, 2017
Hotel tax increase would fund most aggressive convention center plan
A 2-percentage-point uptick in the city’s hotel occupancy tax appears to be the most favored method of expanding the Austin Convention Center and turning the area around it into a lifestyle and tourist epicenter. That financing option, which would be…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 7, 2017
Speakers at Muslim Capitol Day call for dialogue and civic engagement
Demonstrators linked arms to form a human wall around Muslims and protect them from potential protesters at the state Capitol on Tuesday for Muslim Capitol Day. Calling themselves “peace observers,” the demonstrators joined in support of Muslim participants from across…
Austin • By KUT News • Feb 1, 2017
Economic forecast puts focus on transit, housing, jobs for 2017
AngelouEconomics’ annual economic forecast for Austin sees the city’s economy slowing its growth somewhat in 2017 and 2018. But roughly 107,000 new residents in that timespan will add more pressure on the local cost of living and transportation systems. The…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 30, 2017
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Adler delivers State of the City address this weekend
Last year was a busy one for Mayor Steve Adler. Among many other things, he kicked off a mammoth undertaking to shepherd through a $720 million mobility bond, worked diligently on public outreach on the city’s land use code rewrite…
Austin • By Nina Hernandez • Jan 27, 2017
For Austin tech Trump means uncertainty, mixed with opportunity
On issues ranging from immigration to support for clean energy technology to the future of media, the coming Donald Trump presidency brings a whole lot of uncertainty and possibly some opportunity to the tech scene in Austin. That was the…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 19, 2017
Has Austin's booming population finally peaked?
For years, we’ve been hearing about how Austin is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Thousands of people move here each year, but recent reports show that some of the factors that draw people to the city –…
Austin • By Syeda Hasan • Jan 12, 2017
Will Trump's vow to cut funding for sanctuary cities affect Austin?
In a windowless office in a Northwest Austin thrift store, past several racks of high-end used clothing, Todd Logan pored over a list of names. “We had about 84 folks we were helping through our housing program,” he said. Logan…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jan 12, 2017
Hotel business – and HOT revenue – would accelerate with convention center expansion
The biggest number looming over the Visitor Impact Task Force is fairly easy to grasp: The city’s Hotel Occupancy Tax generated more than $90 million in revenue in 2016, with double-digit growth expected well into the future. It’s the many…
