jobs: FASTEST GROWING SUBURBS: Some right here in Austin - 07/19/07 01:16 PM
According to Forbes Online Cedar Park, Pflugerville & Round Rock are all found on the top 100 fastest growing Suburbs since the year 2000.
Cedar Park nearly cracked the top ten at number 11 with 93% population growth rate!
The Commercial Development of the Cedar Park Town Center, Hwy 183A, and a possible … (1 comments)
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jobs: Austin's Job Growth Still at Historic Low - 06/16/07 10:28 PM
The Austin-Round Rock area gained 1,500 jobs in May, keeping the local unemployment rate in check at 3.2 percent, according to the latest labor figures from the state.
Also according to one of Austin's Economic Development Groups, Opportunity Austin, in its first three years, Opportunity Austin surpassed its five-year job creation goals, … (0 comments)
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jobs: Austin Ice Bats Coming to Cedar Park...Finally - 06/07/07 09:50 AM
For the past few years the Austin Ice Bats, Austin area's Ice Hockey team, has been aggressively trying to move to Cedar Park. For their first few years in business they were just renting downtown, then they have been renting in North Austin off I-35, but they want a permanent fixture, … (0 comments)
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jobs: Uh-Ohs for Central Texas - 05/31/07 10:50 PM
Austin's been hopping, but it's only inevitable that the recent recession in the rest of the country is beginning to affect Central TX. Although there is still a ton of growth and new jobs coming in, there are signs of at least some Austinites needing to find new jobs:
Survey: Manufacturing … (0 comments)
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jobs: Austin's Film Community Anxious for Bill - 05/31/07 10:26 PM
Okay, this doesn't just affect Austin, this is a Texas wide thing, but come on Austin is already the hot spot for movie makers.
According to an article in the Austin Business Journal, "The long-awaited Texas film and television industry incentive bill is one step closer to being official.
The Senate … (0 comments)
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jobs: LOWES in HUTTO coming...not Green built :( - 05/31/07 10:02 PM
For a few months now just as you get into the Hutto area right next to the Sonic, there has been a "COMING SOON" sign for a Lowes Home Improvement Store.
It was just released that this store will now open some time in the fall.
Lowe's says the new store … (0 comments)
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jobs: Austin's still growing NOT DUE To SPECULATION - 05/24/07 01:00 PM
I've written a few times on the dangers of Investment Speculation. It's like a friend of mind said about his experience investing in the Stock Market, "No thanks, I prefer Craps or Blackjack."
The Stock Market like all investing avenues is about education. There are plenty of stocks that go up & … (1 comments)
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jobs: Georgia Flooring Outlet Came to Austin because of GROWTH - 05/14/07 10:15 PM
Floor & Décor Outlets of America opened the doors of its new 48,000-square-foot store at 4501 W. Braker Lane on Friday.
According to an Article in the Austin Business Journal, Floor & Décor chose the Austin market because it continues to be one of the highest-growth markets in the country with … (0 comments)
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jobs: Job Growth spurs continued Real Estate Growth - 05/10/07 12:03 AM
A few years ago Austin put together a Committee with the sole purpose of adding jobs and therefore revenue to the Austin Area. I have written other posts on some of their successes in the past, and now another one has popped up.
The new Jewelry Channel is locating to Round Rock. … (0 comments)
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jobs: Inc magazine says Austin is a HOTSPOT for Businesses! - 05/09/07 06:38 PM
There's yet another affirmation of what most people in Austin already know -- this town is a great place to do business.
Austin ranked 16th among big cities on Inc. magazine's 2007 list of "Business Boomtowns," rising 10 spots from its No. 26 ranking last year. The city hit hard … (0 comments)
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jobs: New Poll shows Austin as STONGEST MARKET - 10/17/06 11:01 AM
A qoute from the recent report is that, "Austin Remained the Strongest of the Top 20 Markets On Every Metric in September"
Other notable facets of the report were that there were 17,076 single-family permits in 2005, Autin is the 19th largest market in the country.
Reasons for Austin's Market Strengthe were due … (3 comments)
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jobs: Austin Area's Appreciation through Sept 2006 - 10/10/06 09:23 AM
Here is my monthly update for the Austin Area's Appreciation YTD by MLS Area.
In the month of Sept we are beginning to see the first signs of some slowing down in the real estate market as there were 122 more new listings in Sept 06 compared to Sept 05, but 4 … (2 comments)
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jobs: Your Area BOOMED, now it's BUMMED...what's up with that? - 10/09/06 09:52 AM
Throughout many parts of the country the housing industry seemed to go crazy. I have a friend that bought three brand new homes in Phoenix area and 1 year later sold them for $100K each. $300K in 1 year for median priced homes...I'm sorry, that's insane! Now it appears that many … (3 comments)
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jobs: Hyper Housing Bubble or Economic Downturn? - 10/07/06 10:43 AM
There will always be a some sort of growth in real estate, but sometimes just as in the stock market, if there is high appreciation (or price increases) mainly due to hype, then there comes a time when the "market corrects itself"
This is the so-called bubble effect. It's not … (3 comments)
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jobs: Austin's Job's Grow by 51,000 since 2003 - 09/21/06 03:17 PM
Opportunity Austin is an economic developement that was to bring 72000 jobs to the local area. Since the end of 2003 they have been key in bringing in 51000 jobs thus far.
They were instrumental in getting 76 companies have relocated to the region only 24 short of their goal in half … (1 comments)
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jobs: Austin Area's Healthcare GROWING - 09/21/06 02:57 PM
Just as I've reported in past blogs, Central Texas is determined to increase the healthcare industry in this area. Central Texas' healthcare industry leaders contributed $8.8 billion to the local economy, leading to new opportunities and the need to expand the industry, according to a recent report.
The primary medical sector directly … (0 comments)
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jobs: Why does Austin/San Antonio keep Appreciating while the rest of the County Suffers? - 09/15/06 01:14 PM
In my opinion, JOB GROWTH.
A couple of years ago, Venture Capital Money spent in the Austin/San Antonio areas significantly declined. The upside to that decline was that the firms were spending the majority of their time raising additional funds.
The result is that the past year or so, they've been spending it. … (2 comments)
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