Austin Cares - Community Works Together To Help Fix WWII Veterans Home

There's no doubt that it's been a cold, wet winter for Austin but what if you don't have a home with working heating to keep you warm on those cold winter days? That's exactly what happened to Louis Hicks, a 92 year old WWII Veteran who found himself having to use his stove to heat his home.

Still, living in a house built in the 1930's means sometimes things slip through the cracks. For Hicks that includes repairing walls, ceilings and floors.

After members of the community saw the story on FOX 7 Austin News, they realized they could help the veteran live more comfortably, they immediately started showing up for him. “We want to try to coordinate as much as we can getting the public's help, coming over giving back to a veteran,” said Jared…

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Austin Still A Top Contender for Amazon’s HQ2

As of August 2018, Austin Texas is still a contender for Amazon.com’s HQ2, the second headquarters location for the fast-growing Seattle based company.

Austin is actually in contention along with Dallas along with several other major cities in the United States but there’s hope that Amazon will choose Austin because our city meets all of their criteria for HQ2 including the following:

•          Austin has a stable business environment
•          We have a population of over 1 million people
•          Great urban and suburban locations that will be attractive to Amazon’s employees
•          Communities that think big and have great plans for the future

A Highly Coveted Position

Once Amazon finally picks the location of…

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Could NASCAR Be Coming To Austin Texas?

Over the last 30 days Austin Texas has received a lot of great press coverage regarding the city being an excellent place to move, find a job, and so much more but will one of best cities in the United States soon also be the host to a NASCAR at Circuit of the Americas?

Thanks to a recent article in autoweek.com, and the hard work of Bobby Epstein, COTA chairman, it’s likely that Austin Texas will soon have the Monster Energy NASCAR cup series here.

“I’ve had contact with NASCAR officials, and we’ve heard from their fans and drivers,” Epstein told the Austin American-Statesman for a published article. “Everyone seems to want to be here, so I see no reason why it couldn’t come together.

“It’s something fans are asking for in droves. We hear…

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Realtor.com Names Austin Best City in the United States for Making New Friends

By The Kent Redding Group

AUSTIN, TX. – This week Realtor.com named Austin Texas as the best city in the United States for making new friends because we have more meetup groups than any other city in the United States, lots of fun places to hang out and plenty of fun things to do in the area.

If you’re new in town here is a list of great places to meet people in Austin Texas.

Rainey Street

One of the many great things about life in Austin is that there are lots of bars and restaurants to choose from in the city, especially on Rainey Street since the area has a young, hip, vibe but you don’t have to necessarily be a hipster there to have a good time. J

Our favorite spot to hang out on Rainey Street is Javelina, (69 Rainey St), here you…

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Austin Texas News – Learn More about What’s Happening in Austin

By The Kent Redding Group

AUSTIN, TX. – Are you searching for Austin Texas News? If so, you’ve come to the right place! In this article, we will break down some of the latest news in Austin.

Travel

Southwest Airlines announced recently that beginning on March 13, 2017, they will be offering nonstop flights between Kansas City and Austin Texas.

This is awesome news for travelers because Austin has been the biggest destination from KC that Southwest doesn’t offer a nonstop flight to and once this flight becomes active Southwest expects that it will service more than 100 passengers per day between Austin and Kansas City. 

More info here.

Music

The Euphoria Music Festival announced that it’s returning to Austin Texas in 2017 for their…

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iCars – Learn More about This Luxury Ride-Hailing Service Available in Austin

AUSTIN, TX. – There’s no denying that Uber and Lyft’s departure from Austin a few months ago left a major hole in the ride-hailing business here but with that hole also opened up tons of new opportunities for companies that might not have been able to compete against Uber including companies like iCars.

iCars is different from Uber because it’s a ride-hailing service that offers executive level service for people who are traveling here on business or for the individual who loves the finer things in life and wants a luxurious ride.

About iCars

Launched this year in San Francisco, CA, iCars is an innovative service that allows users to book immediate rides and future rides right from the comfort of their smart phone plus third parties can also…

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Keep Austin Weird – Why Austin Is Still Weird In 2016

AUSTIN, TX – If you’ve grown up in Austin you most likely will have heard the slogan “keep Austin weird” at least once over the years and that’s because it’s Austin’s unofficial motto but over the last two years as we’ve seen more companies relocate to here from California and other states many people are starting to wonder if Austin can still be considered to be “weird” like it was in the past and the answer is yes.

About Keep Austin Weird

Keep Austin Weird is the slogan adopted by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses in Austin, Texas. It is intended to promote local businesses and is inspired by comments made by Red Wassenich in 2000 while giving a pledge to an Austin radio station.

Source – Wikipedia

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