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Last week, in the wee hours of Friday morning, at the tail end of its last meeting, the outgoing Austin City Council chose not to do something very important. And that is good. What the Council avoided was a misguided attempt to amend the city’s comprehensive plan, Imagine Austin, in the guise of an innocuous wording change that almost passed unnoticed. I’m new here at RECA after nearly a decade of working for Austin City Council Members and in the City Manager’s office, I’ve never seen anything this fundamentally important to the future of Austin placed on an agenda in such a hidden way.
Visit http://www.reca.org/blog/post/compact-and-connected-is-crucial-to-citys-future to view the full article online.
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Local News
The most entrepreneur-friendly states under the "Small Business Policy Index 2014" are: 1) South Dakota, 2) Nevada, 3) Texas, 4) Wyoming, 5) Florida, 6) Washington, 7) Alabama, 8) Indiana, 9) Colorado, 10) North Dakota, 11) Ohio, 12) Arizona, 13) Utah, 14) Michigan, and 15) Virginia.
Visit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sbe-council-ranks-the-50-states-in-small-business-policy-index-2014-300008579.html to view the full article online.
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National News
Improving commercial property fundamentals, a steady stream of offshore capital and an accommodating Federal Reserve interest rate policy will sustain robust property investment in 2015, real estate analysts predict, as buyers keep seeking yield and safe havens in the U.S. But rising interest rates, the cooling of energy markets amid oil's price plummet, and other variables threaten to thwart those expectations. What's more, 2015 could be the year that reveals whether escalating property prices are sustainable, especially as underwriting becomes more aggressive.
Visit http://news.investors.com/business-inside-real-estate/122414-732045-commercial-real-estate-forecast-2015-sees-fundamentals-improve.htm to view the full article online.
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