From KEYE, November 24, 2008...
Even though Texas was soaked by three hurricanes this year, nearly half the state remains in drought. That heightens fire concerns and threatens cattle herds in need of green grazing areas.
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Showing posts with label San Antonio. Show all posts
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Forbes ranks Austin best city for the value
From Austin Business Journal, October 16, 2008...
When it comes to getting the most for your money, Texas appears to have a lock on the country.
The state’s four biggest cities are among the top 10 on Forbes magazine’s list of the best bang-for-your-buck places in the United States. And garnering the top spot—where the magazine says one’s money goes the farthest—is Austin.
San Antonio is ranked No. 2 on the list and Houston and Dallas rank 4th and 7th respectively.
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When it comes to getting the most for your money, Texas appears to have a lock on the country.
The state’s four biggest cities are among the top 10 on Forbes magazine’s list of the best bang-for-your-buck places in the United States. And garnering the top spot—where the magazine says one’s money goes the farthest—is Austin.
San Antonio is ranked No. 2 on the list and Houston and Dallas rank 4th and 7th respectively.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
San Antonio officials expect a “massive number” of hurricane evacuees
From San Antonio Business Journal, September 10, 2008...
City officials say Hurricane Ike is growing in size and is currently forecast to hit the Texas coast Friday night or early Saturday morning as a category 3 or 4 storm. Landfall is expected somewhere between Kleburg and Matagorda counties.
The Alamo Regional Command Center says it is now preparing for what could be a “massive number of evacuees” who could begin arriving in the San Antonio area as soon as today.
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City officials say Hurricane Ike is growing in size and is currently forecast to hit the Texas coast Friday night or early Saturday morning as a category 3 or 4 storm. Landfall is expected somewhere between Kleburg and Matagorda counties.
The Alamo Regional Command Center says it is now preparing for what could be a “massive number of evacuees” who could begin arriving in the San Antonio area as soon as today.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Highlighting the Hill Country
From The Daily Times, September 4, 2008...
The secret is out and word continues to spread about what makes the Hill Country the perfect travel destination.
Earlier this summer, The New York Times listed the Texas Hill Country as the No.1 travel destination in the United States. Now, Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc., has published its first edition guide to San Antonio, Austin and the Hill Country.
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The secret is out and word continues to spread about what makes the Hill Country the perfect travel destination.
Earlier this summer, The New York Times listed the Texas Hill Country as the No.1 travel destination in the United States. Now, Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc., has published its first edition guide to San Antonio, Austin and the Hill Country.
Read more...
Friday, August 1, 2008
Moving freight line for commuter rail could cost up to $2.4 billion
From statesman.com, July 31, 2008...
Building a 145-mile-long freight rail bypass around Austin and San Antonio at a cost of $2.4 billion, making commuter rail possible between the cities, would generate about $1.4 billion in public benefits over 20 years, a study to be released today says.
That $2.4 billion, however, does not include the estimated $600 million cost of building passenger rail between Austin and San Antonio, or the $41 million annual operating costs estimated by the agency charged with running such a line.
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Building a 145-mile-long freight rail bypass around Austin and San Antonio at a cost of $2.4 billion, making commuter rail possible between the cities, would generate about $1.4 billion in public benefits over 20 years, a study to be released today says.
That $2.4 billion, however, does not include the estimated $600 million cost of building passenger rail between Austin and San Antonio, or the $41 million annual operating costs estimated by the agency charged with running such a line.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
The Hill Country Alliance on Water Conservation and Quality
From Austin Chronicle, June 27, 2008...
Five years ago, the staff at Austin's Save Our Springs Alliance was scrambling not only to maintain clarity at Barton Springs but to assist a handful of budding nonprofits setting their sites on conservation action. SOS Executive Director Bill Bunch, now a member of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance board, assisted on the white paper that developed into the guiding principles of San Antonio's Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance. And in the years since, in the wake of the increasingly developed geography between the two urban centers, a blossoming of the common-minded has occurred.
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Five years ago, the staff at Austin's Save Our Springs Alliance was scrambling not only to maintain clarity at Barton Springs but to assist a handful of budding nonprofits setting their sites on conservation action. SOS Executive Director Bill Bunch, now a member of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance board, assisted on the white paper that developed into the guiding principles of San Antonio's Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance. And in the years since, in the wake of the increasingly developed geography between the two urban centers, a blossoming of the common-minded has occurred.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Austin to San Antonio on Amtrak?
From the print edition of the Austin Business Journal, May 16, 2008...
A new feasibility study will look at whether Amtrak could potentially free up Union Pacific Railroad's existing line to make way for a proposed Austin-San Antonio regional rail.
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is allocating $8 million to the Texas Department of Transportation and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Rail District to study what improvements need to be made to the existing Union Pacific freight line to concurrently run a regional rail and what, if any, involvement Amtrak could take.
A new feasibility study will look at whether Amtrak could potentially free up Union Pacific Railroad's existing line to make way for a proposed Austin-San Antonio regional rail.
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is allocating $8 million to the Texas Department of Transportation and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Rail District to study what improvements need to be made to the existing Union Pacific freight line to concurrently run a regional rail and what, if any, involvement Amtrak could take.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Boomer retirees are loving what Texas Hill Country affords them
From Dallas Morning News, May 6, 2008...
Baby boomers' growing desire to retire to small towns is turning the Texas Hill Country into one of the nation's hot spots for the silver-haired set.
The natural beauty and relative affordability of the area west of Austin and San Antonio have put towns such as Fredericksburg, Kerrville and Marble Falls on national lists of popular retirement places.
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Baby boomers' growing desire to retire to small towns is turning the Texas Hill Country into one of the nation's hot spots for the silver-haired set.
The natural beauty and relative affordability of the area west of Austin and San Antonio have put towns such as Fredericksburg, Kerrville and Marble Falls on national lists of popular retirement places.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Top Three CO2 Emitting US Counties Are Houston, Los Angeles And Chicago
From Medical News Today April 17, 2008...
The top twenty carbon dioxide-emitting counties in the United States have been identified by a research team led by Purdue University. The top three counties include the cities of Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Bexar County, Tx (San Antonio) is ranked 17th.
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The top twenty carbon dioxide-emitting counties in the United States have been identified by a research team led by Purdue University. The top three counties include the cities of Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Bexar County, Tx (San Antonio) is ranked 17th.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Hill Country: The Road to Utopia
From Texas Highways...
It’s said that at when Robert Frost lived in San Antonio in the mid-1930s, the poet enjoyed trekking the Texas Hill Country because the terrain reminded him of a Western version of rural Vermont and New Hampshire in his native New England.
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It’s said that at when Robert Frost lived in San Antonio in the mid-1930s, the poet enjoyed trekking the Texas Hill Country because the terrain reminded him of a Western version of rural Vermont and New Hampshire in his native New England.
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