I Like TX

07/04/2017

With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state’s demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation’s bellwether.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/americas-future-is-texas

With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state’s demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation’s bellwether.

04/12/2017

Austin to Dallas in 20 minutes? 'Texas Triangle' among 11 proposed Hyperloop routes in the U.S.
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2017/04/07/austin-to-dallas-in-20-minutes-texas-triangle.html

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One unveiled 11 potential projects April 6 during meetings with policy makers in Washington, D.C. That included the "Texas Triangle," a route that would reach five metros in the Lone Star State.

11/02/2016

Cub's pitcher spends off season in the ATX
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/102853448/family-matters-chicago-cubs-pitcher-jake-arrieta-doesnt-prepare-alone/

CHICAGO -- This week, Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta will likely start throwing more as he prepares for next season. But if the sun is shining in Austin, Texas, then he's most likely outside, and could be using his kids in his training. Arrieta often hits hiking trails near his home with 3-year-old son C...

10/05/2016

After delays, Austin surf park prepares to open for business
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/10/04/after-delays-austin-surf-park-prepares-to-open-for.html

Operators of NLand Surf Park said they have settled their legal dispute with the county over how to best regulate the 14-acre lagoon, which is 45 times larger than an Olympic-size swimming pool.

07/19/2016

Remember the Alamo, contractors; hundreds of millions may be spent to revamp icon and surrounding area
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/07/18/remember-the-alamo-contractors-hundreds-of.html

The city has agreed to spend $17 million to fund the redevelopment project. The state will contribute $31 million and the Alamo Endowment could raise hundreds of millions of additional dollars for the historic initiative, which could bring dramatic change to one of Texas’ most visited areas.

06/30/2016

Economist: NFL team could succeed in Central Texas
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/06/27/economist-nfl-team-could-succeed-in-central-texas.html

Las Vegas leaders have rolled out a new NFL stadium concept to lukewarm responses. What would happen if the Austin-San Antonio corridor landed a pro football team instead? A prominent California economist weighs in.

06/30/2016

Developers want to build Austin's tallest skyscraper overlooking Lady Bird Lake
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/06/24/developers-want-to-build-austins-tallest.html

Rent would start at about $2,000 a month at the apartments planned for this massive downtown project.

06/22/2016

https://www.facebook.com/craig.denham.3/posts/10209483243623896

Located on the western edge of Texas, right on the intersection of routes 90 and 67, Marfa is as unlikely a town as any to be such an important centre for modern American art and culture. Founded in the 1880s as a railroad water-stop, it still feels a ...

06/22/2016

https://www.facebook.com/C3Concerts/posts/10154274260996624

Willie Nelson's annual Fourth of July Picnic will return to Circuit of the Americas’ Austin360 Amphitheater for its second consecutive year in 2016.

06/20/2016

Torchy's, Sky Cinemas, Spec's and more to pour into big development near Dripping Springs
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2016/06/torchys-sky-cinemas-specs-and-more-to-pour-into.html

A new kind of movie theater from the creators of Violet Crown Cinema will be built near U.S. Highway 290 and Nutty Brown Road, and quite a few other retailers — plus a hotel — have signed for the large mixed-use project in the works.

06/03/2016

https://www.facebook.com/ScottFisherFOX7/videos/1137847246256354/

05/18/2016

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/liz-lambert-socos-hotel-queen-takes-over-iconic-au/nrNnR/

Austin hotelier Liz Lambert, whose touch turns older properties into boutique gold, is about to leave her mark on another Austin business that has been part of the city’s history for decades.