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Bonds for Bikes
Bicyclists ask committee to invest more in two-wheel transportation
"...for bike facilities, and for the vast connectivity and tourism possibilities that the SH 130 trails and Lance Armstrong..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...to a new sort of car-free vacation, recreation, and tourism. You could walk to San Antonio and gain weight..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column

Need an Intercontinental System of Bike and Walking Paths
"...to a new sort of car-free vacation, recreation, and tourism. You could walk to San Antonio and gain weight..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Postmarks

How to Keep Water in Central Texas
Long-range planning tries to cover multiple bases, but some say environment is left out
"...Saturday afternoon, Arnold explained he switched from fishing to tourism because there just aren't enough fish any more to..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Neighborly Concern
As the Texas film industry tries to keep up with New Mexico's and Louisiana's, the Lege approves an incentive program tall on talk but short on funding sources
"...at least on paper – another $10 million in tourism dollars. "We've got the bill heading to the governor's..."

June 3, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Film News
Action: The state Senate and House incentive bills are in committee; a 'Scanner' delay; plus, Marc English, Joe Conway, and Sandra Bullock
"...the Senate version. It's in the Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee, chaired by Rep. Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville. The..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Culture Flash!
A second life for 'Death of a Cat,' a new arts commissioner from the tourism bureau, and a West Coast trip for Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance
"...Commission has a new member: Adriana McWilliams, director of tourism for the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau. She got..."

March 25, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Sixth Street Blues
Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police
"...24-hour party place, and the police understand that. ... Tourism is our bread and butter; if you don't take..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City
"...District designed to promote and maintain commerce, transportation, and tourism, among other features. The timing of the bill couldn't..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City
"...an early school start say it cuts into the tourism trade, increases air conditioning costs, and interferes with students'..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...years ago they were not equiped to deal with tourism. Therefore, they had higher taxes on tourist-related goods like..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

Inflation and Recession Not the Same
"...years ago they were not equiped to deal with tourism. Therefore, they had higher taxes on tourist-related goods like..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Postmarks

Shantaram
In addition to bolstering tourism, Gregory David Robert's Shantaram' will do for India what Alex Garland's The Beach' did for Thailand: realistically color a foreign world as an accessible frontier for adventure, intrigue, and, most importantly, new beginnings
"...In addition to bolstering tourism, Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram will do for India what..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Books Review

TCB
Closing out the year by considering the persistent question: Are there too many bands in Austin?
"...Not exactly the sort of thing you design a tourism brochure around, and yet Red River has reached an..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...annual $790 million, much of that attributed to lost tourism revenue. If they can come up with a plan..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Big Bend's Vanishing Point
Clearing the air over the queen of Texas parks
"...particle haze decreasing not only life expectancy, but possible tourism dollars as well, the TCEQ's lack of reaction is..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Lone Star Arts Convergence
Artists converge on Austin for TCA's Texas Arts Exchange Conference
"...Hotel mulling over issues such as arts education, cultural tourism, funding for the arts, and arts advocacy programs. In..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Feedback of a Different Kind
At last week's arts funding forum, artists gave city officials an earful – but not what they expected
"...such programs don't qualify, as they don't directly affect tourism. The city respectfully disagrees.) And everyone wants a formal..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two
There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin
"...promotion many of these films provide for Austin, serving tourism and business recruitment...."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

TCB
Will Wynn has it in for AMN, as does the Austin Hotel & Lodging Association
"...stipulates that hotel taxes go to organizations that promote tourism, a requirement that AHLA executive director Liz Reyna thinks..."

March 12, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Beyond the Fatal Shores
SXSW's Aussie and Kiwi invasion
"...the Great Barrier Reef, all of which have made tourism the state's big moneymaker. The best-known emissaries from the..."

March 5, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Austin @ Large: Music Minus Wynn
In front of screaming fans, the mayor smashes a guitar over his own head
"...well-produced Austin music-and-film channel has vast potential as a tourism generator and a benefit (like News 8) for cable..."

March 5, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
"...of the Webberville Village Commission will discuss economic growth, tourism, and development opportunities within the Village with a panel..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...held its grand opening Monday with city leaders and tourism boosters on hand to mark the long-awaited occasion. The..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips
"...Tourism has been the main industry in Big Bend since..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Will Be the Arts Tsar?
The two finalists for the job of cultural arts program manager addressed the public Oct. 23.
"...the arts community and other communities, be it the tourism industry or neighborhood groups or minority populations. Both stressed..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City
The city takes feedback on its proposed improved cultural contracts system.
"...projects that further certain official civic goals -- promoting tourism, reflecting Austin "uniqueness," fostering innovation, or providing arts education..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ACL Prime Time
Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.
"...embarrassment of riches, also means a secondary influx of tourism dollars and national media...."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Naked City
The business lobby rolls out its "Opportunity Austin" strategy for economic recovery.
"...Austin strengths (chips and software, digital media, wireless, and tourism) and diversifying beyond the high tech sector into areas..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Platform
"...Islam (while simultaneously strutting and crowing about Thai sex tourism like a prized bantam cock, no less) that the..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Books Review by Marc Savlov

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