Archive for August 12th, 2008

Building Austin from the Ground Up »

Austin’s explosive growth in the 1990s was followed by a stagnant economy, layoffs and job reductions in the first part of the century. The Economic Development Council of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, in response to Austin’s struggling economy, implemented Opportunity Austin in 2003.
Opportunity Austin is a five-year, five-county “roadmap for recovery” which was designed [...]