Improving Regional Mobility Together Recap

Oct 9, 2019

On October 7, 2019, more than 400 people attended our annual transportation summit at the JW Marriott in Austin. This year, the focus was on improving regional mobility by working together.

Austin Chamber honors large businesses with outstanding company culture

Oct 9, 2019

On August 21st, the Austin Chamber hosted the 19th annual Greater Austin Business Awards. With more than 125 nominees across 12 categories, we wanted to share some of the great things each of our honorees are doing. Today, we are focusing on large business honorees for the Texas Capital Bank Company Culture award.

City of Kyle, Austin Chamber's Opportunity Austin, and GSMP announce SmileDirectClub's Access Dental Lab expansion

Oct 8, 2019

The City of Kyle, Opportunity Austin, the Greater Austin Chamber's five-county prosperity initiative, and the Greater San Marcos Partnership today announced SmileDirectClub's Access Dental Lab will create 850 jobs in the Austin region. Opportunity Austin worked alongside the City of Kyle to help SmileDirectClub navigate the expansion process.

Commuting Patterns

Oct 8, 2019

In 2017, over 74% of the Austin MSA’s workforce lives within the 5-county region.

UNITS Moving and Portable Storage celebrates grand opening

Oct 2, 2019

UNITS Moving and Portable Storage, located at 3741 Drossett Drive in Austin, celebrated the grand opening of their new Austin franchise with a special ribbon-cutting celebration on Sept. 12.

Austin Chamber Board endorses proposed Texas constitutional amendments, opposes local ballot initiatives

Sep 30, 2019

On September 26, 2019 the Austin Chamber Board of Directors endorsed several proposed Texas constitutional amendments and voiced opposition to two local ballot initiatives.

2019 InterCity Vist to Minneapolis-St.Paul Recap

Sep 30, 2019

We wanted to share some experiences and takeaways from our annual InterCity Visit. From September 15-17, we led a delegation of more than 100 business and community leaders to Minneapolis-St. Paul for this year's InterCity Visit. Having first visited the Twin cities in 2010, we came back because the region has led the country on several priorities that the Austin region is focused on.

Save money by using exclusive Office Depot discounts through the Chamber

Sep 26, 2019

Being a member of the Chamber gives you exclusive discounts on all your office and supplies needs through Office Depot.

KLM Airlines announces nonstop service from Austin to Amsterdam beginning in May 2020

Sep 24, 2019

On September 24, KLM Airlines announced that starting on May 4, 2020, it will begin connecting Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol three times a week.

Job growth & unemployment

Sep 24, 2019

Austin added 22,200 net new jobs, growth of 2.1%, in the 12 months ending in August, making Austin the 15th fastest growing major metro.

Q&A with LightEdge

Sep 23, 2019

Chamber Member, LightEdge is the leader in compliant cloud and colocation.

Q&A with WorkSTEPS

Sep 20, 2019

We caught up with Chamber Member, WorkSTEPS, the largest national provider of functional employment testing.