I-35 expansion project in Austin breaks ground, with a 9-year timeline to finish "The Texas Department of Transportation, accompanied by Texas Transportation Commission Chairman J. Bruce Bugg Jr., Commissioner Robert Vaughn, state Sen. Judith Zaffirini and other partners, finally broke ground last week on the Interstate 35 Capital Express Central project in Austin.” (Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman)
Years after Alcoa plant closure, Rockdale gets boost with potential new factory "Rockdale is slated to get a massive boost from a new manufacturing facility that could bring 170 jobs to the city that once housed an Alcoa Corp. aluminum plant that shuttered a decade ago.” (Justin Sayers, Austin Business Journal)
Austin reopens applications for people who need help paying rent "Low-income renters struggling to afford their monthly rent can now apply to get help from the city. Austin has about $3.6 million to dole out, after council members approved a new budget earlier this year.” (Audrey McGlinchy, KUT 90.5)
Report shows more ways for city to help residents become homeowners "Although the city of Austin offers help for low-income residents who wish to become homeowners, that assistance is limited to buyers who earn at or below 80 percent of the local Median Family Income, or MFI, which is currently $97,800 for a family of four.” (Jo Clifton, Austin Monitor)
Bastrop 552 film studios no longer waiting in the wings, building to begin "Three years in the making, founder Alton Butler said the stage is set to resume building Bastrop 552 film studios after a recent plot twist: the disannexation of his 545-acre property on Lovers Lane.” (Amanda Cutshall, Community Impact)
