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Exploring the explosive growth of Austin, Texas, and the challenges we face.

12/18/2024

Date Night at a Sporting Goods Store? Coming Soon for Residents in Booming Williamson County

Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope wraps up the year with the focus on Williamson County, and why not? The ABJ covers five counties around Austin, and Williamson County dominated our story count this past year. Colin highlights the massive mixed-use development coming to Cedar Park, with an iconic national sporting good store set to open just its second location in Texas.

22 min
11/26/2024

Food Fight!

Sprouts will soon outgrow Whole Foods here, new grocers are on the way, and can anyone beat H-E-B? Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope discusses the fun tidbits about Austin’s changing grocery scene and more in this episode.

21 min
10/30/2024

Austinites Go Wild, Surf's Up in Austin and Tesla is in Overdrive

Elon Musk can't stop building here. Austin's going to have a place to catch a wave to go surfing. People are yanking their homes and businesses from Austin city limits like crazy, and what's up, or down with crime in Austin? ABJ Editor Colin Pope discusses that and more in this episode.

23 min
09/25/2024

The San Antonio-Austin Metroplex Explored: Or... Is It the Austin-San Antonio Metroplex?

Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope dives into the reality of Austin and San Antonio melting together. What will the towns between look like? What can we expect, transportation-wise? Will the two cities share an NFL team? And what about this idea of laying down a hikeable and bikeable greenbelt that stretches from downtown Austin to downtown San Antonio?

22 min
08/31/2024

Hot Headlines from August and the Word Around the Newsroom with Colin Pope

We survived another Texas summer heatwave, and as the calendar is set to turn over to fall, the business headlines remain red hot. In this download, Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope recaps the last month and looks ahead to how things might play out for a number of Austin icons.

19 min
07/25/2024

Hot Summer Headlines: Clickin' on Chicken, and Elon Musk's Growing Austin Empire

When you add all it all up — X, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company and Neuralink — it’s hard to deny that no one has had as big of an impact on the Austin area as Elon Musk. In this episode, Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope looks into Musk's growing Austin empire and recaps our top stories in July.

16 min
06/27/2024

Steal These Ideas from Austin’s Best Places to Work

Get a load of the perks and benefits offered by this year’s winners. Some are grand — like shipping employees up to Colorado in July so they can escape the Texas heat. Others come with little or no cost. In any case, good ideas abound to improve where you work. ABJ Editor Colin Pope recaps the best benefits and the top stories from the past month.

19 min
05/31/2024

Where Does Austin Rank? It Depends Who's Counting and Which Survey You Read

Jacksonville, Florida bumped Austin out of the Top 10 list of largest cities in America, as many folks are exiting Travis County for Georgetown, Leander, Kyle and points beyond. Despite a few relocations, Austin remains one of America's most desirable cities according to another major survey. In this episode, ABJ Editor Colin Pope delivers the download on Austin's ups and downs in the rankings.

22 min

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03/03/2023

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This podcast features great insight into the Austin business scene.

Exploring the explosive growth of Austin, Texas, and the challenges we face.

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Austin Business Journal / Feedback Media
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2022 - 2024
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36
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