Posts Tagged "SXSW"

I’ve got a short-term rental available from March 6th through the 20th for the SXSW event! It’s a 2/2.5 (two bedrooms/two and a half baths) Condo on East 6th, literally only a few short blocks from Fort Fader and several SXSW events centers. View Larger Map Forget the hotels and cabs and all the other nonsense! Save your money for the event and having a good time in downtown Austin, and when you’re finally exhausted, crash where it’s comfortable! Staying at this place will be part of the story you tell when you get home. Believe that! It’s not just SXSW either. This location was chosen specifically for having access to everything you’ll need while you’re in town for the event. Check it out: ≈ LOCATION ≈ LOCATION ≈...

Some POSITIVE “News” for Austin and Texas in the article below.  Basically the outlook is positive based on several key factors: Texas is a business friendly state with tax friendly policies and incentives which are enticing nation wide companies to relocate to Austin as well as the rest of Texas Low cost of living for the employees of the companies that are relocating to Texas Job growth in several key sectors in Texas I’m so lucky to live in Texas and especially Austin.  If you don’t live in Texas you should TEXAS POSTED TO OUTPACE NATION (AGAIN) COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Texas’ economic outlook for 2012 is positive. Job growth is occurring in several sectors, and a low cost of living is enticing businesses to...

Top Demographic Trends for Austin, TX Total growth and population increase during the decade: Austin’s total growth increased incrementally over the past 50 years.  During the 1960s, the total growth in Austin totaled 90,000.  The numbers rose to 190,000 during the 70s and 250,000 in the 80s.  By the 90s, the total growth number was almost 400,000 and in 2010, hit 466,000.  The total population for the Austin-Metropolitan Area was 1,720,000 in 2010.  The metropolitan area is often referred to as the Austin MSA, or the Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The Austin MSA ranked third in a list of top 30 metropolitan areas ranked by percentage growth.  In 2010, the City of Austin ranked 14th, just under San Francisco, for Top 30 largest cities in the...

Have you ever wondered what makes Austin……. Austin?!?!  I have!  So what is Austin’s unique equation? This is (distilled!) result of over a year’s worth of conversations and research distilled into a simple expression: Experience + Community = Scene. Cities that have what I call Unique Ambition are: Boston: be smart Silicon Valley: be powerful Berkeley: live well NYC: be rich LA: be famous DC: be an insider Austin? We have all heard Austin, TX described as: Keep Austin Weird, Live Music Capital of the World, an Open City ……. What makes Austin, TX uniquely Austin is it’s powerful social exchange!!!  The scenes that make Austin...

The quality of life is what attracts new-comers to Austin, TX Music: No matter how many things you’ve heard about the music scene in Austin, you can’t visualize its full depth and breadth.  More than 150 venues offer regular musical sets.  At any given time, more than 3,000 musical acts navigate this maze, and public places are a magnet for live music.  Almost across the board it’s a consistently high level of musicianship that twice a year peaks in mammoth festivals:  South by Southwest (SXSW) in the spring and Austin City Limits Music Festival in the fall.  The SXSW Conference & Festival offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.  It’s a unique environment and experience...