In 2006 voters approved a $228 million bond for road projects in Williamson County. The first of the projects began in 2008 with $152 million of the funds going towards projects. In November 2010 commissioners released the remaining $76 million in approved bonds.The county was able to come in
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02/24/2011
Google is very well known for their web searches, but now they are also trying to gain their part of the market share when it comes to location-based marketing and mobile recommendations.Google is launching a new marketing campaign and has chosen the great city of Austin to target. They are looki
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02/22/2011
In 2004 the Greater Austin Chamber Of Commerce founded Opportunity Austin. Gary Farmer, founding chairman of Opportunity Austin, said the first part of Opportunity Austin's plan is to create jobs for families and the second part is the return for taxpayers and what communities will get from a com
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02/17/2011
In the final quarter of 2010 the nation saw existing home sales jump 15.4 percent. Existing home sales rose, and so did home prices in more than half of the cities across the nation. The Austin area is one of those cities that saw an increase in the price of homes. Home prices rose 4.1 percent in
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02/15/2011
Before the recession hit it was fairly easy for a homeowner to borrow against their home equity when they needed extra cash for something. When the economy began to tank, lenders stopped giving out home equity lines of credit so easily. However, after almost three years of tightening their lendi
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02/10/2011
With the recent freezing weather that we just experienced, it is hard to imagine the warmer weather of summer. Before we know it summer will be here and our kids will be looking for ways to keep cool. In May of 2012, Schlitterbahn is scheduled to open a new water park in Cedar Park which will pro
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02/08/2011
Austin placed towards the top when it came to which real estate market was searched for most often, according to a recent report released by Realtor.com. The cities of Las Vegas and Los Angeles came in first and second for the most-searched housing markets every month in 2010. Third, fourth and
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02/03/2011
For years the old Walmart building on North Main Street in Taylor has sat empty, but that is all about to change. Marketplace Austin LTD has big plans to make over this building and make it functional once again. Marketplace Austin LTD has struck an agreement with Capital Leasing Management & Sa
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02/01/2011
