Austin, Texas

The Round Rock Express of the Pacific Coast League play Triple-A baseball in nearby Round Rock, Texas.
. Among the professional sports teams in Austin are the Austin Ice Bats of the Central Hockey League and the Austin Wranglers of the Arena Football League.
. Although the Libertarians remain a third party, the party is very active in the Austin area, and two past Libertarian presidential candidates, Ron Paul and Michael Badnarik have come from the vicinity of Austin. ("Hall of Honor"). The combination of economic conservatism with political liberalism has also made Austin an active area for the Libertarian Party. In March 2005, current players Todd Sauerbrun, Jeff Mitchell and former player Todd Steussie were linked to using steroids on a 60 Minutes report.

However, two of its three congressional districts are presently held by Republicans; this is largely due to the 2003 redistricting, which left Austin with no congressional seat of its own. First-day PSL orders totaled 41,632. Of Austin's six state legislative districts, three are strongly Democratic, one strongly Republican, and two are swing districts (one presently held by a Republican and the other by a Democrat). By the end of the first day, all 8,314 club seats sold out and all 104 luxury suites were reserved and ultimately leased. Overall, the city leans to the Democrats; in the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry defeated George W Bush by a wide margin in Austin. A remarkable 15,000 pieces of mail from first-day orders were collected. Congressional districts to dilute its influence vis a vis the suburbs. To a limited degree the division between Democratic and Republican precincts coincides with the aforementioned divisions between supporters of environmental regulations and supporters of unfettered urban growth. On June 3, Richardson Sports revealed its impressive plan to privately finance a 72,300-seat stadium from the sale of Permanent Seat Licenses, club seats and luxury boxes, beginning on July 1.

One consequence of this is that the central city has been gerrymandered by the Republican-controlled state legislature into several U.S. On March 23, 1993, the expansion race officially resumed. As a result of the major party realignment that began in the 1970's, central Austin became a stronghold of the Democratic Party while the suburbs tend to vote Republican. Fortunately, on January 6, 1993, the League and the players approved a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Austin is well known as a center for liberal politics in a generally conservative state, leading some conservatives to deride the city as the "People's Republic of Austin." Austin's suburbs, especially to the west and north, and several satellite municipalities, however, tend towards political conservativism. However, on October 20, 1992, NFL owners decided to delay the expansion vote until the fall of 1993 because of a labor dispute between the League and the players. The city council has in the past tried to mitigate the controversy by advocating smart growth, but growth and environmental protection are still the main hot-button issues in city politics. Louis, Memphis, Jacksonville and the Carolinas.

The political controversy that dominated the 1990s was the conflict between environmentalists, strong in the city center, and advocates of urban growth, who tend to live in the outlying areas. At the League owners meeting on March 18, 1992, the NFL reduced the list of expansion candidate cities from eleven to seven with the Carolinas making the cut. Two months later, the NFL narrowed the list of expansion hopefuls to five communities – Baltimore, St. The main political actors within Austin city politics are interest groups such as the pro-environmental Save Our Springs Alliance, the Austin Police Association, Austin Toll Party and the Austin Business Council. Fans demonstrated their enthusiasm by selling out preseason games in Raleigh, NC in 1989, Chapel Hill, NC in 1990 and Columbia, SC in 1991. Austin remains an anomaly among large Texas cities in that the council is not elected by districts, and there has been a strong effort to change the election system to one of single districts. Carroll Campbell formed a blue-ribbon committee of leading citizens in both states. Council and mayoral elections are non-partisan, with a runoff in case there is no 50% majority winner. Jim Martin and South Carolina Gov.

Austin is administered by a city council of seven members, each of them elected by the entire city, and by an elected mayor. Likewise, North Carolina Gov. The Zilker Tree is lit in early December along with the "Trail of Lights," an Austin Christmas tradition. Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina lobbied NFL owners on the Carolinas behalf. The "Zilker Tree" is a Christmas "tree" made of large lights strung from the top of the Moonlight Tower that stands in Zilker Park. Sens. The towers were prominently featured in the film Dazed and Confused. U.S.

At night, parts of Austin are lit with "artificial moonlight." Several "Moonlight Towers", built in the late 19th century and recognized as historic landmarks, illuminate the central part of the city. Across the Carolinas, support for an NFL expansion team poured in at an unprecedented rate. The iconic Pennybacker Bridge, also known as the "360 Bridge," crosses Lake Austin to connect north and south Loop 360. On December 15, 1989, Richardson Sports selected a site in uptown Charlotte as the future home of a privately financed NFL stadium that would seat more than 70,000 fans. In the summer, the colony has up to 1.5 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats; in the winter they migrate to Mexico. Locations in North and South Carolina were considered. The Congress Avenue Bridge houses the world's largest urban bat population. One of the first orders of business was to choose a stadium site.

In 2004 the city was named #1 in Moviemaker Magazine's Annual Top 10 Cities to live and make movies. On December 15, Richardson officially announced an NFL franchise bid for the Carolinas. Austin hosts the annual Austin Film Festival, as well as the South by Southwest Festival, which draw films of many different types from all over the world. The "dream" began on July 16, 1987 when Richardson met in Charlotte with a group of interested parties to discuss the feasibility of entering the multi-city competition for two NFL expansion franchises. It is also home to several other entertainers including Sandra Bullock and Willie Nelson. "This is a dream come true for me and my partners and for the 10 million people in the Carolinas," said Carolina Panthers Owner/Founder Jerry Richardson, who became just the second former player to own an NFL team along with George Halas of the Chicago Bears. Austin is home to several well-known directors, including Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Tim McCanlies. Fireworks exploded over uptown Charlotte as jubilant fans gathered to celebrate the news.

The University of Texas has an outstanding Radio, Television, and Film (RTF) department [1] (http://rtf.utexas.edu/) and, partly because of this, Austin has been the location of a number of movies, including Man of the House, Secondhand Lions, Waking Life, Spy Kids, Dazed and Confused, Office Space, The Life of David Gale, "Miss Congeniality", and Slacker. On October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976. The proliferation of technology companies has led to the region's nickname, "the Silicon Hills," (Austin was originally "Silicon Gulch", but it seems that San Jose, Ca. already has that distinction) and has spurred rapid development that has greatly expanded the city to the north and south. The Carolina Panthers are a National Football League team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Other high-tech companies in Austin include Apple Computer, Vignette, AMD, Intel, Cirrus Logic,Samsung and National Instruments. Panthers Huddle fan site (http://panthershuddle.com/phpportal/). Austin's biggest employers include the State of Texas, the University of Texas, Dell, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor (spun off from Motorola in 2004). Panthers Frenzy Message Board (http://www.pantherfrenzy.com/).

As a result of the relatively high concentration of high tech companies in the region, Austin was strongly affected by the dot-com boom in the late 1990s and subsequent bust, although recovery is proceeding rapidly. The Panthers Fans Forum on the Net (http://www.panthersfanz.com/). The metro Austin area also has much lower housing costs than, for example, Silicon Valley. Carolina Panthers official web site (http://www.panthers.com/). Thousands of graduates each year from the Computer Science and Engineering programs at UT provide a steady source of young, talented, and driven employees. George Seifert (coach). Austin is the center of a high-technology region known as Silicon Hills. Dom Capers (coach).

Austin was also the longtime home of the late blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn. Reggie White DL. Bush. Wesley Walls TE. Johnson and George W. Todd Sauerbrun P. Former residents include Lyndon B. Tyrone Poole CB.

Famous Austin residents include cyclist Lance Armstrong, businessman Michael Dell, tennis player Andy Roddick, actors Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey, musician Willie Nelson, and directors Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez. Muhsin Muhammad WR. Out of the total population, 16.5% of those under the age of 18 and 8.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Kevin Greene LB. 14.4% of the population and 9.1% of families are below the poverty line. Kerry Collins QB. The per capita income for the city is $24,163. Blake Brockermeyer LT.

$30,046 for females. Steve Beuerlein QB. Males have a median income of $35,545 vs. Sam Mills. The median income for a household in the city is $42,689, and the median income for a family is $54,091. Steve Smith. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 105.7 males. Rod Smart (a.k.a., He Hate Me).

For every 100 females there are 105.8 males. Mike Rucker. The median age is 30 years. Ricky Proehl. In the city the population is spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 16.6% from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who are 65 years of age or older. Julius Peppers. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 3.14. Dan Morgan.

32.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. Ricky Manning, Jr. There are 265,649 households out of which 26.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% are married couples living together, 10.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% are non-families. Kris Jenkins. 30.55% of the population are Hispanic American or Latino of any race. Nick Goings. The racial makeup of the city is 65.36% White, 10.05% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 4.72% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 16.23% from other races, and 2.99% from two or more races. DeShaun Foster.

The population density is 1,007.9/km˛ (2,610.4/mi˛). There are 276,842 housing units at an average density of 425.0/km˛ (1,100.7/mi˛). Mark Fields. As of the census² of 2000, there are 656,562 people, 265,649 households, and 141,590 families residing in the city. Jake Delhomme. At about 780 feet above sea level, it is a natural limestone formation overlooking Lake Austin on the Colorado River approximately 200 feet below its summit. Stephen Davis. A popular point of prominence in Austin is Mount Bonnell. Keary Colbert.

The total area is 2.67% water. 2004: 7-9. 651.4 km˛ (251.5 mi˛) of it is land and 17.9 km˛ (6.9 mi˛) of it is water. 2003: 11-5 (3-1 in playoffs). Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 669.3 km˛ (258.4 mi˛). 2002: 7-9. According to the U.S. 2001: 1-15.

According to the 2000 United States Census Bureau, Austin is located at 30°18'01" North, 97°44'50" West (30.300474, -97.747247)¹. 2000: 7-9. Ironically, the headquarters of his main opponent, Al Gore, were in Nashville, thus re-creating the old Country Music rivalry between the two cities. 1999: 8-8. Bush. 1998: 4-12. In 2000, Austin became the center of an intense media focus as the headquarters of presidential candidate and Texas Governor George W. 1997: 7-9.

Initially the technology industry was centered around larger, established companies such as IBM, but in the late 1990s, Austin gained the additional reputation of being a center of the dot-com boom and subsequent dot-com bust. 1996: 12-4 (1-1 in playoffs). In the 1990s, the boom resumed with the influx and growth of a large technology industry. 1995: 7-9. In particular the preservation of Barton Springs, and by extension the Edwards Aquifer, became an issue which defined the themes of the larger battles. The growth led to an ongoing series of fierce political battles that pitted preservationists against developers.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the city experienced a tremendous boom in development that temporarily halted with the Savings and Loan collapse in the late 1980s. This ultimately led to the present situation where the city touts itself as the "live music capital of the world.". The best-known artist in this group was Willie Nelson, who became an icon for the local "alternate music industry." In the following years, Austin gained a reputation as a place where struggling musicians could come and launch their careers in informal live venues in front of receptive audiences. In the 1970s, Austin became a refuge for a group of Country and Western musicians and songwriters seeking to escape the corporate industry domination of Nashville.

The event is considered the most traumatic event in the city's history. On August 1, 1966, Austin was terrorized by Charles Whitman, who shot and killed 16 people with a high-powered rifle from the clocktower of the Main Building on the University of Texas campus. Lyndon Baines Johnson, then a member of the House of Representatives, was instrumental in getting the funding authorized for these dams. In the 1930s, the original dam was replaced by a series of seven dams built by the federal government which created the string of reservoirs that now define the river's course through Austin.

In 1911, a streetcar line was extended into South Austin, allowing for the development of Travis Heights in 1913. The Littlefield Building at 6th and Congress also opened in 1910. In 1910, the concrete Congress Avenue Bridge across the Colorado River opened, fostering development along South Congress. In 1893, the Great Granite Dam on the Colorado River was constructed, stabilizing the river's flow and providing hydroelectric power.

In 1891, the Hyde Park neighborhood was developed north of the University as a streetcar suburb. At the time it was billed as the "Seventh largest building in the world.". The Texas State Capitol was completed in 1888 on the site specified in the 1839 plan. That same year, the first institution of higher learning, the forerunner of Huston-Tillotson College, opened as the Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute.

In September 1881, the city schools admitted their first classes. After Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, two statewide elections were held that attempted to move the capital elsewhere, but Austin remained the capital. Angelina Eberly fired a cannon at the men, who made their escape, only to be caught by another group of men who returned the archives back to Austin. Mrs.

In the dead of night on December 29, 1842, a group of men was sent to take the archives of Texas from Austin to Washington-on-the-Brazos. President Sam Houston had tried to relocate the seat of government from Austin to Houston, and then to Washington-on-the-Brazos. In 1842, Austin almost lost its status as capital city during the event known as the Texas Archive War. By the next January, the population of the town was 839 people.

In October 1839, the entire government of the Republic of Texas arrived by oxcart from Houston. The original tree-named streets survive in nostalgic names, including Pecan Street, which is the name of a locally-produced beer. The east-west streets were later renamed in a numbered progression, with Pecan Street becoming Sixth Street. The east-west streets of the grid followed a progression uphill from the river and were named after trees native to the region, with Pecan Street as the main east-west thoroughfare.

The original north-south grid was bookended by West Street and East Street (now I-35). The exception was the central thoroughfare Congress Avenue, which leads from the far south side of town over the river to the foot of the hill where the new Texas State Capitol was to be constructed. The grid survives nearly intact as the streets of present-day downtown Austin. The north-south streets of the grid were named for the rivers of Texas, following an east-west progression from Sabine Street to Rio Grande Street (Red River Street being "out of order" to the west of Sabine Street). A grid plan for the city streets was surveyed by Judge Edwin Waller (after whom Waller Creek was named).

In 1839, Waterloo was chosen to become the capital of the new Republic of Texas, and the town was renamed Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin. Austin, the "father of Texas", negotiated a peace treaty with the local Indians at the site of the present day Treaty Oak after several settlers were killed in raids. They founded the village of Waterloo along the banks of the Colorado River. According to local folklore, Stephen F. The first Anglo settlers arrived in the area in the 1830s when Texas was still part of Mexico.

In the late 1700s the Spanish set up temporary missions in the area, later moving to San Antonio. Before the arrival of European settlers, the area around present-day Austin was inhabited for several hundred years by a mixture of Tonkawa, Comanche, and Lipan Apache Indians, who fished and hunted along the creeks, including present-day Barton Springs. Austin is served by the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Edward's University.

Other institutions of higher learning include Austin Community College, Concordia University, Huston-Tillotson University and St. Austin is home to The University of Texas at Austin, the flagship institution of The University of Texas System. It is also the self-proclaimed "live music capital of the world," with a vibrant live music scene revolving around many nightclubs on 6th Street and a yearly film/music/multimedia festival known as "South by Southwest." Austin City Limits, the longest-running concert music program on American television, is videotaped on the University of Texas campus. Residents of Austin are called "Austinites" and include a heady mix of educators and their students, politicians and lobbyists.

The lakes also provide venues for boating, swimming, and other forms of recreation within several parks located on the lake shores. To help control this runoff and to generate hydroelectric power, the Lower Colorado River Authority operates a series of dams that form the Texas Highland Lakes. Because the hills to the west are primarily limestone rock with a thin covering of topsoil, the city is subjected to frequent flash flooding from the excessive runoff caused by thunderstorms. The eastern part of the city is flat, whereas the western part and western suburbs consist of scenic rolling hills on the edge of the Texas Hill Country.

The city is also situated on the Balcones Fault, which, in much of Austin, runs roughly the same route as the MoPac expressway. Town Lake, Lake Austin, and Lake Travis are all on the Colorado River. Additionally, the foot of Lake Travis, including Mansfield Dam, is located within the city's limits. Long.

Austin is situated on the Colorado River, with three lakes within the city limits: Town Lake, Lake Austin, and Lake Walter E. Its original name is honored by local business establishments such as Waterloo Ice House and Waterloo Records. Austin. Lamar renamed the city in honor of Stephen F.

In 1838, Mirabeau B. Austin was founded in 1835 and was first named Waterloo. The Austin metropolitan area is one of the fastest-growing in the United States and is home to more than 1.2 million people. Austin is the county seat of Travis County and is situated in Central Texas.

Census 2000, Austin has a population of 656,562 people, making it the fourth-largest city in Texas (behind Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio), and the 16th largest in the United States. As of the U.S. The City of Austin is the capital of the state of Texas, within the United States of America. Kwangmyong, Korea.

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