The Travis County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a contract on Tuesday awarding Tegrity Contractors the right to construct the Austin Sobering Center. Austin/Travis County Sobriety Center will remain the name of the local government corporation that operates the facility. The contract worth $770,777 clears the way for Tegrity to convert the old Medical Examiner’s Office building […]
Sobriety Center
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Sobriety center likely won’t open until 2018
After years of planning, the downtown Austin sobriety center is still months away from opening its doors. On Wednesday night, the interim head of the nonprofit outfit that will operate the center told the Downtown Commission that the center’s future building is still waiting for its current occupant – the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Austin/Travis County Sobriety Center
Attorney and former Travis County Democratic Party Chair Andy Brown talks with Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin about the Austin/Travis County Sobriety Center. Audio is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/291788450″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]