City of Austin Executive Order - COVID-19 signage for your business

Jan 25, 2022

On Thursday, January 13th, Mayor Adler and Travis County issued a new COVID-19 signage order for all businesses that are open to the public. One sign requires the business to notify customers and employees about the COVID-19 precautions that are in place. The second sign notifies the public of the local health recommendations during Stages 3-5.

Job growth & unemployment

Jan 25, 2022

Austin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.3% in December, improved from 3.5% in November.

ABJ: Austin metro's record-smashing year ended with nearly 27K jobs announced

Jan 14, 2022

The Austin Business Journal recently published an article giving an overview of the extremely successful year the Austin region had for expansions and relocations. Even with the economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was a historic year for job growth in our region.

Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette named Austinite of the Year

Jan 13, 2022

The Austin Chamber of Commerce has named Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, president and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University, as the 2021 Austinite of the Year. Burnette will be honored at our annual “Cheers to the Year” event on March 9.

Austin Job Postings Report December 2021

Jan 12, 2022

There were approximately 87,800 available job postings during the December 2021 monthly reporting period, a decrease of 3,000 postings compared to the previous month. There are currently about 3,000 postings indicating vaccination requirements or mentions, an increase of 1,100 more postings when compared to the previous month.

Gross domestic product by metro & county

Jan 10, 2022

Austin’s economy grew by 1.2% in 2020. Only one other major metro, San Jose, also saw positive growth.

How St. David’s HealthCare employees navigated a challenging 2021

Jan 4, 2022

Healthcare is hard under normal circumstances. We help patients and their families during times of immense happiness as they welcome new life into this world and during extraordinary stress when patients are facing health battles.

Get back to business with these 7 networking best practices

Jan 3, 2022

It's a new year full of resolutions, goals to achieve, and events to look forward to. If you've already started eating healthy or joined the new gym, way to go!

Commemorating Honorable Bruce Todd

Dec 29, 2021

We’re so saddened to hear of the passing of our friend, former Austin Mayor Bruce Todd. A pillar of the Austin community, Bruce served two terms as Mayor and spearheaded the city’s growth throughout his tenure that included recruiting major employers, most notably Samsung Austin Semiconductor, AMD, Applied Materials and the expansion of Motorola.

CapMetro breaks ground on the MetroRapid Expo Center

Dec 21, 2021

Capital Metro held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, December 15 to celebrate the MetroRapid Expo Center groundbreaking.

Where to sparkle to ring in 2022

Dec 21, 2021

New year already? We just got used to the last one. After nearly two years of sweatpants and slippers, we know everyone is ready to glam up, pop the champagne, and toast to the new year.

Job growth & unemployment

Dec 20, 2021

Austin has made up all of 2020’s pandemic-related job losses and currently has 47,000 more jobs than it had in February 2020.