plosionplosionWe love Austin. (Who doesn’t?) Even as accolades — and people — pour in, the city is determined to stay weird, wired and wonderful.

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BEST CHEF: SOUTHWEST AARON FRANKLIN

FRANKLIN BARBECUE

LIVE MUSIC VENUES

AREA RECORDING ARTISTS CITY TO LIVE & MAKE FILMS IN

HOT SAUCE, BARBECUE, BATS, KITES, LEVITATION,

ICE CREAM & PACHANGA

WINNER

AVAILABLE BREAKFAST TACO COMBINATIONS*

in the 2015 James Beard Awards (the foodie version of the Oscars)

Moviemaker Magazine’s

2015

for just about everything

Attendees

Attendees

*or something like that

2,000

SXSW

2502,000

700376,000

30 20FIRST

FOOD TRUCKS & TRAILERS

WINERIES CRAFT BREWERIES

CO-OP PUB

the world’s

FESTIVALS1986

2014

++

#

MAJOR EMPLOYERS(measured in taxable sales)

443 MILLION 1 1

27180,000

TOP CITY FOR

TECH BUSINESSES

SMALL BUSINESS

PUBLIC & PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

COLLEGE STUDENTS

MICHAEL DELL launches a computer company from his University of Texas dorm room.

of total workforce in creative industry

Arts and culture industry impact

Austin’s 2,600 TECH COMPANIES (Dell, Apple, Google, Facebook and more) employ 50K+ PEOPLE.

(Wall Street Journal, February 2015)

(InvestmentNews, September 2013)

in 2014in January 2015

(4,000+ of them on the hilltop)

$# #

Austin Independent School District

University of Texas at AustinState of Texas

St. David’s Healthcare PartnershipSeton Healthcare Network

IBM Corp.Federal GovernmentDell

City of Austin

3.727,700

%

11.5%

3.1%

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

JOB GROWTH

JOBS ADDEDBest city to

open your

1984

2015

TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE

AVERAGE YEAR-ROUND TEMPERATURE

FITTEST CITIES IN AMERICA

... CINNAMONKEY ELEPHANTASTIC ICE CREAM FROM SWEET RITUAL, ANYONE?

Water temperature at Barton Springs

DAYS OF SUNSHINE

HOME TO NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST

POPULATION

ONE OF

ONE OF THE

300

68 F

68 F

PARKS DOGTOWN USA

200

NO-KILL CITY

Named

Largest

dog-friendly restaurants

America’s Best Bike Cities

urban bat

(and air conditioning)

(and urban hippie)

(Hey, some things never change.)

(Bicycling, September 2014)

(PETA, June 2013)

(Sharecare, January 2014)

(Dog Fancy, 2014)

in America

1985

2015

TOP 10

70 FWE DOGS

+

America’s Most Vegan-Friendly City

15753,900 6.3

75,763$

%

$

11 30

3move to the Austin-Round Rock area each day

1940

214,603

1,990,593

4,330,155

# OF

PEOP

LE

Median household income

in the United States

by 2030

projected

LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA

GREATER AUSTIN POPULATION

TOURISM

PEOPLE

FASTEST GROWING METRO AREA

PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH

th

rd

jobs billion in economic impact

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PRODUCED BYSt. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas

CREATIVE TEAMFrannie Schneider, Editor

Rick Ramos, Creative DirectorJoanna King, Senior Graphic Designer

Nicki Clark, Graphic DesignerMorgan Printy, Photographer

Stacia Hernstrom, Writer Maegan Steele, Letterer

SOURCESAustin American-Statesman, Austin Business Journal, Austin Chamber,

Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau, Austin Pets Alive, Bicycling, City of Austin, Craft Beer Austin, CultureMap Austin, Dell, Dog Fancy, InvestmentNews,

James Beard Foundation, Moviemaker Magazine, The Noun Project, PETA, Sharecare, Texas Cultural Trust, Urban Institute, USA Today, U.S. Census Bureau, Wall Street Journal