April 21, 2016
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The Smart City Challenge is an effort to encourage mid-size cities to integrate technologies into their mobility solutions. The winner will get $40 million from the Department of Transportation, as well as $10 million from Vulcan Inc., to help make technologies like self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors a part of that city’s transportation network.
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The City of Austin’s new effort to create a strategic housing plan for Austinites is underway, and the community now has the opportunity to weigh-in. The creation of the Austin Housing Plan launched in March 2016 and will run through June 2016 with a goal "to increase housing choices available to all Austinites," according the city’s website. This is the first comprehensive housing plan of its kind.
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"Lessons from the Leading Edge" is a study of the 200 Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award winning projects since 1997.
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Two new data reports on the commercial real estate sector offer very different visions regarding the sector’s vibrancy, with one detailing a healthy 2015 and the other forecasting a bumpy near-term future.
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Conversation Corps began last May to engage residents on a variety of topics, such as the city’s budget, recycling, parking and transit. Trained facilitators lead groups through discussion.
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Officials with Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that they will consolidate offices and build a new headquarters in Mueller.
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Some parts of Oklahoma and Texas now have about the same risk of an earthquake as parts of California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Kirkpatrick says other than oil prices, there are few similarities between Houston in 2016 and Houston in the 1980s.
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The weirdest city in Texas is growing up fast. It has become a hotspot for startups and well-established corporations alike, and people are flocking to central Texas from both coasts and everywhere in between. All that growth has done nothing to squelch the character of the city, though. Here are seven places and experiences unique to the Texas capital.
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The city wants to add 18,500 student residence beds by the year 2030. CannonDesign's Lynne Deninger identifies three strategies that will help schools maximize value over the next decade or so.
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To micro-unit or not to micro-unit. That is the question Origin Investments is attempting to answer with its Austin-based development partner eyeing an Atlanta debut.
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In a first-of-its-kind partnership between P.B. Bell and Cox Communications, residents will have access to Gigablast and Cox Homelife smart home perks.
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NYC’s Hollwich Kushner has conceptualized a skyscraper built for 1,000 residents that is specifically tailored to meet the needs of various ages. Called Skyler, the building would include nurseries, offices, business hubs for retirees, a ‘spiritual center’, and healthcare facilities for those who need medical assistance.
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Thursday, April 28 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Four Seasons Hotel 98 San Jacinto Blvd Join us as we celebrate RECA's 25th anniversary with a panel discussion between the organization's founders
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