In a slow economy, Austin is growing fast, fueled by our talented workforce, low cost of doing business, and exceptional quality of life. And the word is out. Here are just a few of the rankings that have recognized Austin recently:<\/p>\n
#1 Best City for the Next Decade, Kiplinger\u2019s, May 2010<\/p>\n
#1 U.S. City for Young Adults, Business Journals, June 2011<\/p>\n
America\u2019s No. 1 \u201cBoom Town,\u201d Forbes, July 2011<\/p>\n
#1 Hottest Spot to Start a Small Business, Business Journals, July 2011<\/p>\n
#1 Most Popular City for College Graduates, Brookings Institute, January 2011<\/p>\n
Best Cities to Relocate to in America,<\/strong>\u00a0December 2010<\/p>\n Best American Cities to Live and Work, Business Review USA, January 2011<\/p>\n Top U.S. City in the Global Innovation Economy, Innovation-cities.com, 2010<\/p>\n Top 10 Most Affordable Cities, Forbes, November 2010<\/p>\n #3 Biggest Brain Magnet City, Forbes, February 2011<\/p>\n Top 10 Greenest Cities in America, Mother Nature<\/p>\n Approximately 38,000 private business establishments have chosen Austin to grow their businesses. Austin is a city with\u00a0boundless energy and creative ideas<\/strong>. The region houses one of the fastest growing major job markets in the United States with a youthful, well-educated workforce. College graduates make up over 40% of the adult population and nearly half the region’s population is between 18 and 44 years old. We are home to over 138,700 students attending 23 local colleges and universities. The region\u2019s population has grown by almost 40% in the last decade.<\/p>\n Austin is recognized across the globe for its great quality of life and dynamic high-tech economy with over 3,300 technology companies and 100,000 technology workers calling it home. The median home price is\u00a023% below the national average<\/strong>\u00a0and Austin has the\u00a0highest per capita income<\/strong>\u00a0of Texas cities. Austin is a\u00a0hotbed of commercialization with university programs such as IC2 at the University of Texas and community efforts such as the Clean Energy Park and Advanced Technology Development Facility.<\/p>\n These conditions combine to create the strongest business climate in the United States, an ideal location for foreign companies looking to enter the U.S. market. Companies such as Freescale Semiconductor, Dell, Whole Foods and National Instruments are just some of the businesses with global operations located in the Austin area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a slow economy, Austin is growing fast, fueled by our talented workforce, low cost of doing business, and exceptional quality of life. And the word is out. Here are just a few of the rankings that have recognized Austin recently: #1 Best City for the Next Decade, Kiplinger\u2019s, May 2010 #1 U.S. City for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about","entry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"grid-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"msf627","author_link":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/author\/msf627\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In a slow economy, Austin is growing fast, fueled by our talented workforce, low cost of doing business, and exceptional quality of life. And the word is out. Here are just a few of the rankings that have recognized Austin recently: #1 Best City for the Next Decade, Kiplinger\u2019s, May 2010 #1 U.S. City for…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.la.utexas.edu\/texaseusummit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}