Apple’s 1 billion expansion in NW Austin

December 14, 2018December 17, 2018 ~ tomokohall ~ Leave a comment

As Mayor Adler says: “We are a young, growing, creative, forward-charging, entrepreneurial, friendly & welcoming community.”

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/apple-expanding-with-1b-campus-in-north-austin-set-to-open-in-3-years/269-623283415

Amazon took more than a year to decide its new location and chose East Coast after all. On the other hand Apple has announced its new location overnight. This expansion in the NW Austin will create 5000 new jobs in the next 3 years, growing to have 15,000 new employees. Apple is expected to be the largest private company in the city. Austin currently employs 6200 people a couple of miles from its new campus.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-build-new-campus-in-austin-11544691545

—–Austin seems to be over building houses and apartments at a moment, however we may be needing more quickly.

Austin is the fastest-growing big city in the U.S.

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 ~ tomokohall ~ Leave a comment

Austin made to another top of the list in the United States.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-is-the-fastest-growing-big-city-in-the-us-study-shows/269-600448441

Austin Mayor Steve Adler speaks at CTCAR meeting

October 17, 2017October 20, 2017 ~ tomokohall ~ Leave a comment

CTCAR meeting hosted a special speaker, Steve Adler, Austin Mayor.

He was very boastful of Austin. He describes Austin as follows.

Austin is:

A very healthy city
A environmentally sensitive city
A Safest metropolitan city

Here is a little extra about Steve Adler:

The Mayor supports Code Next. Affordability is becoming more serious concern as the city grows bigger. We will need to be the big city that supports diversity. This is how Mayor explains on the strategic housing plan.

He also supports a Major League Soccer team coming to Austin. Announcement from 3 days ago was the MLS team, Columbus considering relocating to Austin. Austin is one of the very few major cities without a pro sport team.

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