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Tag Archives: Economic Development Department
Economic development corp. stands out as answer to creative space crunch
A long-burgeoning effort to have the city create an economic development corporation that would help public and private entities to partner on ambitious development projects may be the best solution to help Austin’s creative community address a rapidly worsening space…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 24, 2018
Incentive proposals target middle class, creatives in push to address affordability
After more than a year of community input and research, the city is taking the next steps to dramatically overhaul its policies for economic incentives to grow businesses in Austin. The proposed changes, which will be presented at today’s City…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • May 8, 2018
Audit: City jobs programs disorganized
The city’s workforce development programs are neither well-planned nor well-coordinated, and the city does not have reliable data to evaluate the success of the programs, according to an audit released last week by the Office of the City Auditor. The…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Nov 21, 2017
Austin's creative culture holds weight in economic incentives revision
In response to City Council direction in March, Austin’s Economic Development Department has spent the better part of the year meeting with specific groups in the community that have a stake in how the city approaches policies such as business…
Austin • By Jessi Devenyns • Sep 22, 2017
Venue rent relief seen as goal of new incentives programs
As Economic Development Department staff worked on plans to update the city’s economic incentives program, the department’s top executive gave a preview earlier this week of how the creative economy could be helped in the coming years. At Monday’s meeting…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 14, 2017
City reveals new music division manager
The city has selected the new head of the Music and Entertainment Division, roughly three months after the position opened following a cloud of controversy. The announcement that Erica Shamaly, a longtime Austinite with close to two decades in local…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 11, 2017
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Colony Park development expected to move forward this fall
The city’s next big planned unit development will begin moving forward this fall when potential developers begin showing their bona fides and ability to handle the multistage project. The Request for Qualifications process for the Colony Park community in Northeast…
Development • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 6, 2017
Council approves workforce training audit
It took a while for City Council to wrap its collective head around the concept, but after an hour and a half of discussion it overwhelmingly approved a study that will try to assess the effectiveness of some area workforce…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jul 5, 2017
Agent of change revamp to add hotels could delay vote on proposal
Austin’s much-debated policy proposal to address conflicts between music venues and nearby developments appears to be getting a makeover and a possible delay from a planned early June vote by City Council. That was the feeling of venue owners, city…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • May 31, 2017
Music omnibus advances as venues await agent of change, licensing moves
The city is touring its early progress in enacting pieces of the Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus, a slate of actions designed to protect Austin creatives and venues from further eroding under development pressure. Presentations to the city’s Arts and…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 17, 2017
Music venues' 'agent of change' proposal faces revisions ahead of spring vote
The city of Austin has concluded its series of public forums on a pair of proposed policy moves that would attempt to draw clear lines of responsibility between new residential developments and creative spaces that are increasingly co-mingling in the…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 3, 2017
Council expected to take up agent of change and entertainment licenses in March
Regulations for live music venues throughout Austin appear to be changing both very quickly and remarkably slowly. At Monday’s meeting of the city’s Music Commission, the dominant topic was the long-proposed “agent of change” principle that is intended to reduce…
