Around Austin-Commercial Real Estate-Industrial Parks-According to the "Austin Business Journal" [February 27-March 5 2026, pp15] the Austin Metro Area has 21 large industrial parks. Leading the pack is Tech Ridge with 1.9 MMSQFT, followed by Kyle 35 Logistics Park 1.5, Innovation Business Park 1.4, NorthPark 35 1.3, 130 Crossing 1.2, Rutland Business Park 1.0, Buda Conference Center 0.97, Expo Business Park 0.96, Springbrook Corporate Center 0.95, Plum Creek Logistics Cente

Around Austin-Business-Top Ten Accounting Firm Offices in Austin-"RANKED BY THE NUMBER OF CPAS IN THE AUSTIN OFFICE AS OF NOV. 1, 2025" [Source Austin Business Journal February 13-19 2026 pp18]. RM2244.COM image above, the building on West 6th Street that houses PWC-the highest ranked with 145 Austin-Based Certified Public Accountants (CPAS), followed by Ernst & Young with 112, Maxwell Locke & Ritter 111, Deloitte 94, KMPG 85, RSM 56, Cherry Bekaert 45, Armanino 36, Atchle

Around Austin-Austin Business Journals "Largest Austin-Area Employers" from ABJ October 17-23, 2025, ppA16. Images are RM2244.COM archives of the new in 2024 HEB located at Texas 290 and Nutty Brown Road [May 16, 2024]. #1 Employer in the Austin Area is HEB, 27,271 local employees, followed by Tesla 21,191, Dell 13,000, St. David's Healthcare 12,639, Ascension Texas 12,635, Amazon 11,000, Apple 10,000, Baylor Scott & White 6,000, IBM 6,000, Samsung 4,500, AMD 4,400, Applie

The American Economy-Texas contributes 9.4% to the American GDP and "drives 22% of U.S. exports, the most of any state. Source, Visual Capitalist.

Around Texas-No surprise but US Census Bureau data reported in "The Economist" June 21st 2025 page 23 shows that Texas gained a net...

Around Austin-Friday March 7th 2025 opening day at SXSW. See https://www.sxsw.com for details. See below for more. Signage at the...

Around Austin-Downtown snapshots from the Capitol Area. Above the omnipresent construction crane-a fixture for more than a decade. See...

Around Austin-Where the wealthy live according to Austin Business Journal's "Proprietary Calculations." A view of downtown that includes...

Culinary-Food Away From Home increased 49%-100% over the last ten years as featured by Voronoi by Visual Capitalist.

Economics-Median income by state in 2024 from VisualCapitalist.com

Economy-2014-2024 Savings & Credit Card Debt data presented below from FRED. Data show that personal saving peaked during COVID and is...

Travel-Around Portland Oregon-Lewis & Clark College Thursday May 2nd 2024

Around Greece-Images of the Lasithi Plateau of Crete. Once a highly active farming area dotted with small villages is mostly fallow now...

Investing-From VISUAL CAPITALIST visual capitalist.com "The Power of Compound Interest and Regular Contributions Over Time."

Around Austin-Workers put some finishing touches on the exterior of the tower at West 6th and Guadalupe Monday January 8th 2024. ...

Around Austin-An Eastern sunrise view from above the fog in Spicewood near Bee Creek Road Sunday January 7th 2024.

Around Austin-Returning "Merch" said to be reaching the $1 trillion dollar mark was happening big along with shopping-possibly spending...

Around Austin-View of the Apple Design Center located at Capital Ridge, 320 South Capital of Texas Highway, West Lake Hills, Texas, 78746....

Around Austin-Zillow predicts that 78733 home prices will fall 1.8% in the next year. Around Austin-Zillow predicts that 78733 home...