14 on Forbes' list of the Best Places for Business and Careers (directly below Dallas, No. [81] The most recent major snow event occurred on December 7, 2017, when 1.3 inches was recorded at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.[82]. The Texas Department of Transportation operates the Austin District Office in Austin. For more details and info on three-day passes (on sale now), and single-day tickets, click here. [30], After the mid-20th century, Austin became established as one of Texas' major metropolitan centers. [61][62] The area is very diverse ecologically and biologically, and is home to a variety of animals and plants. A referendum approved by voters on November 6, 2012 changed the council composition from six council members plus a mayor elected at large to the current "10+1" district system. [113], The Greater Austin metropolitan statistical area had a gross domestic product (GDP) of $86 billion in 2010. Roughly every two years Austin experiences an ice storm that freezes roads over and cripples travel in the city for 24 to 48 hours. [42] However, as other new railroads were built through the region in the 1870s, Austin began to lose its primacy in trade to the surrounding communities. The Capitol 10,000 is the largest 10 k race in Texas, and approximately fifth largest in the United States. The population density was 2,610.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,007.9/km2). Two districts—Eanes and Round Rock—are rated "gold medal," the highest of the magazine's cost-performance categories.[276].

A series of bombings occurred in Austin in March 2018. KLRU produces several award-winning locally produced programs such as Austin City Limits. During the 2005–06 academic term, Longhorns football team was named the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Champion, and Longhorns baseball team won the College World Series. [22][failed verification], When settlers arrived from Europe, the Tonkawa tribe inhabited the area.

[needs update][98] The median value of a house in which the owner occupies it was $227,800 in 2014, which is higher than the average American home value of $175,700. [109], In June 2019, following a federal court ruling on homelessness sleeping in public,[110] the Austin City Council lifted a 25-year-old ban on camping, sitting, or lying down in public unless doing so causes an obstruction. Law enforcement in Austin is provided by the Austin Police Department, except for state government buildings, which are patrolled by the Texas Department of Public Safety. On August 1, 1839, the first auction of 217 out of 306 lots total was held. However, failure to come to an agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad, the tracks' current owner, ended the project in 2016.[297]. Feb 23, 2018 - Explore 365festivals's board "Austin City Limits Music Festival", followed by 2040 people on Pinterest. Started in 1991 by Thundercloud Subs, a local sandwich chain (who still sponsors the event), the event has grown to host over 20,000 runners. [312] Dockless electric scooters and bikes are banned from Austin city parks and the Ann and Roy Butler Trail and boardwalk.

The Zilker Tree is lit in December along with the "Trail of Lights," an Austin Christmas tradition. In the mid-1980s, construction was completed on Loop 360, a scenic highway that curves through the hill country from near the 71/Mopac interchange in the south to near the 183/Mopac interchange in the north. Much of the environmental movement has matured into a debate on issues related to saving and creating an Austin "sense of place. Its climate, topography, and vegetation share characteristics of both. Johnson.

[320] More recently, Walk Score rated some Austin neighborhoods among the most walkable in Texas. Austin's business newspaper is the weekly Austin Business Journal. Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake)[210] is a river-like reservoir on the Colorado River. Starting in March,[177][178] up to 1.5 million bats take up residence inside the bridge's expansion and contraction zones as well as in long horizontal grooves running the length of the bridge's underside, an environment ideally suited for raising their young. Watching the bat emergence is an event that is popular with locals and tourists, with more than 100,000 viewers per year.

Also known as "Castle Hill" or simply "Graffiti Park," the site on Baylor Street was closed to the public in early January 2019 but remained intact, behind a fence and with an armed guard, in mid-March 2019. The Austin Aces played their matches at the Cedar Park Center northwest of Austin, and featured former professionals Andy Roddick and Marion Bartoli, as well as current WTA tour player Vera Zvonareva.

The median age was 30 years.

[112] On October 17, 2019, the City Council revised the camping ordinance, which imposed increased restrictions on sidewalk camping. Sam Houston fought bitterly against Lamar's decision to establish the capital in such a remote wilderness. [30] The first dam washed away in a flood on April 7, 1900. "[169][170], The Central Library, which is an anchor to the redevelopment of the former Seaholm Power Plant site and the Shoal Creek Walk, opened on October 28, 2017. Natural features like the bicycle-friendly Texas Hill Country and generally mild climate make Austin the home of several endurance and multi-sport races and communities. Smith co-founded the Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, non-partisan public media organization, with Austin venture capitalist John Thornton and veteran journalist Ross Ramsey.[279][281]. The 14-block grid plan was bisected by a broad north–south thoroughfare, Congress Avenue, running up from the river to Capital Square, where the new Texas State Capitol was to be constructed.

Residents of Austin are known as Austinites. Interstate 35 continues south through San Antonio to Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border. Downtown Austin scored 88 points out of a possible 100, with the West Campus neighborhood scoring 87, and East Austin scoring 81.

Since the early 2010s, the former working class residential street has turned into a popular nightlife district. Sunshine is common during all seasons, with 2,650 hours, or 60.3% of the possible total, of bright sunshine per year. The men and women who traveled mainly from Houston to conduct government business were intensely disappointed as well. Established in 1977, the largest mosque in Austin is the Islamic Center of Greater Austin. This includes the popular bluebonnets, some planted by "Lady Bird" Johnson, wife of former President Lyndon B. [108] In September 2019, the Austin City Council approved $62.7 million for programs aimed at homelessness, which includes housing displacement prevention, crisis mitigation, and affordable housing; the city council also earmarked $500,000 for crisis services and encampment cleanups. [90] The Lower Colorado River Authority opened four floodgates of the Mansfield Dam after Lake Travis was recorded at 146% full at 704.3 feet. Reserve your parking spot today at Austin City Limits with ParkMobile in Austin, TX.

During the run up to the election in November, a presidential debate was held at the University of Texas at Austin student union involving the two candidates. Coetzee). Austin hosts the Fuse Box Festival each April featuring theater artists.

[213] Zilker Park is also home to numerous attractions, including the Zilker Botanical Garden, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Zilker Hillside Theater, the Austin Nature & Science Center, and the Zilker Zephyr, a 12 in (305 mm) gauge miniature railway carries passengers on a tour around the park. Opponents characterized the resulting district layout as excessively partisan gerrymandering, and the plan was challenged in court by Democratic and minority activists. To strengthen the region's parks system, which spans more than 29,000 acres (11,736 ha), The Austin Parks Foundation (APF) was established in 1992 to develop and improve parks in and around Austin. Other recreational attractions along the shores of the lake include swimming in Deep Eddy Pool, the oldest swimming pool in Texas, and Red Bud Isle, a small island formed by the 1900 collapse of the McDonald Dam that serves as a recreation area with a dog park and access to the lake for canoeing and fishing. With ParkMobile, you can reserve a parking spot ahead of time for concerts and sporting events. [73] This was a result of La Niña conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean where water was significantly cooler than normal. This affected Austin's districting, as U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's district (U.S. Congressional District 25) was found to be insufficiently compact to compensate for the reduced minority influence in the southwest district; it was redrawn so that it took in most of southeastern Travis County and several counties to its south and east.

At the 2000 United States Census,[97] there were 656,562 people, 265,649 households, and 141,590 families residing in the city (roughly comparable in size to San Francisco, Leeds, UK; and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). Mansfield Dam and the foot of Lake Travis are located within the city's limits. [66] Austin is currently undergoing a skyscraper boom, which includes recent construction on new office, hotel and residential buildings. [214][215] Auditorium Shores, an urban park along the lake, is home to the Palmer Auditorium, the Long Center for the Performing Arts, and an off-leash dog park on the water. Approximately 7.2 square miles (18.6 km2) of this area is water. Future expansion could include a line to Manor and another to Round Rock. Nationwide, 23% of Americans identified as Catholic in 2016. Ballet Austin is the fourth largest ballet academy in the country. The opening of the Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) in 1871[39] turned Austin into the major trading center for the region, with the ability to transport both cotton and cattle.

[43][44], In September 1881, Austin public schools held their first classes. [159] In 2004 the city was first in MovieMaker Magazine's annual top ten cities to live and make movies.[160]. [264][265][266], Two of the candidates for president in the 2004 race called Austin home. [60], Austin is located at the intersection of four major ecological regions, and is consequently a temperate-to-hot green oasis with a highly variable climate having some characteristics of the desert, the tropics, and a wetter climate. All proceeds are donated to Caritas of Austin, a local charity.

Austin. [274], Austin is home to the University of Texas at Austin, the flagship institution of the University of Texas System with over 40,000 undergraduate students and 11,000 graduate students.[275]. [276] Most of the city is served by the Austin Independent School District. [151] Austin's first food hall, "Fareground," features a number of Austin-based food vendors and a bar in the ground level and courtyard of One Congress Plaza.[152]. The Barton Creek Greenbelt is a 7.25-mile (11.67 km) public green belt managed by the City of Austin's Park and Recreation Department. [125] Austin residents have the highest Internet usage in all of Texas. Austin City Limits AUSTIN CITY LIMITS continues its longstanding tradition of showcasing the best of original American music and beyond. [4] The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,227,083 as of July 1, 2019[update], nearly an 80% increase from the year 2000. [14][15] Austin's music revolves around the many nightclubs on 6th Street and an annual film/music/interactive festival known as South by Southwest (SXSW). The overnight low drops to or below freezing 19 times per year,[73] and sinks below 45 °F (7 °C) during 88 evenings per year, including most nights between mid-December and mid-February. Just because you're going to get $45 million for a company to come to town – if it's not in the best interest of the town, I don't think they should do it. [40] Austin was also the terminus of the southernmost leg of the Chisholm Trail, and "drovers" pushed cattle north to the railroad. [116][117] By 2013, Austin was ranked No. [171] The 6-story Central Library contains a living rooftop garden, reading porches, an indoor reading room, bicycle parking station, large indoor and outdoor event spaces, a gift shop, an art gallery, café, and a "technology petting zoo" where visitors can play with next-generation gadgets like 3D printers.

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