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Past recipients include Super Bowl AUSTIN, Texas, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Circuit of the America's Formula One 2012 race beat out major national events like the Ryder Cup and hockey's Stanley Cup Finals to capture the "Sports Event of the Year" award in New York City last night. Previous winners included the 2009 Super Bowl In New York to accept for COTA at the 2013 SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Business Awards, Circuit President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Sexton, Chief...
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation announced today a new $50 million commitment to establish the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, the Dell family foundation committed another $10 million to Austin and Travis County community health quality and access programs over the next ten years. Since its inception in 1999, the foundation has invested nearly $1 billion in health and education programs...
Light industrial building expected to break ground by end of month, pre-leasing available on second office/flex building, plans submitted for third tract of land for corporate headquarters. PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pflugerville Community Development Corporation (PCDC) today announced that construction will begin this month on a 120,000-square-foot light industrial building at the 160-acre, master-planned, mixed-use development located at the...
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas had eight of the 15 most rapidly growing large cities between Census Day (April 1, 2010) and July 1, 2011, according to population estimates for all of the nation's incorporated cities and towns and minor civil divisions released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) "These estimates provide our first look at how much the total population has changed in each of our...
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pflugerville Community Development Corporation (PCDC) today announced that Arista Data Centers plans to build a $210 million, 500,000 square foot data center campus with four to six buildings in Pflugerville. The project is expected to bring at least 170 jobs to the community within 10 years--including 25 jobs within 4 years--each with at least $67,500 annual salary plus medical benefits. Arista has committed to using...
AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- WanderID announces the launch of its biometric face matching product in Western Travis County. Used to identify individuals who cannot reliably communicate in case of emergency, such as Alzheimer's patients and young and/or special needs children, the company's product is now in use among area first responders, including the Lakeway Police Department [credit: KXAN video link here] , Bee Cave Police Department, the Travis County...
IBM Uptown Classic 10K, benefiting the YMCA of Austin, slated for October 2, 2011. AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) September 02, 2011 Amplify Credit Union is again a key sponsor of the IBM Uptown Classic 10K presented by Luke’s Locker. The race is scheduled for October 2, 2011. Now in its 12th year, the race benefits the YMCA of Austin, a nonprofit organization with eight branches in Travis and Hays counties. Amplify was founded more than forty years ago as IBM Texas Employees Federal...
AUSTIN, Texas, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Pacific Homes (NYSE: SPF) is grand opening its newest community in the Austin area, Cypress Ridge at Rough Hollow in Lakeway, this Saturday, June 11. Standard Pacific's Cypress Ridge offers homebuyers the unique opportunity to own a beautiful and spacious brand new home in the Hill Country's destination master plan community at a value that is hard to believe. Rough Hollow's premier resort-style amenities, including a marina/yacht club,...
AUSTIN, Texas, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Students from four Texas schools are playing an important part in building Circuit of the Americas, future home of Formula 1(TM) and MotoGP(TM) Grand Prix World Championships. Texas A&M University, St. Edward's University, Huston-Tillotson University and Del Valle ISD are participating in unique partnership programs linking classroom learning to practical application work occurring at the construction site. (Logo:...
Austin Recovery, the largest drug and alcohol treatment center in Texas, provides a new home for the CRADLES program after former parent organization, Family Connections, disintegrated in scandal. Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 15, 2010 Soon after the shocking disintegration of the Family Connections agency, Austin Recovery, the largest drug and alcohol treatment center in Central Texas, opened its doors to the CRADLES Program and its clients. Now the Children's Bureau, a U.S. Government...
