By Molly Greaves
I’m very pleased to be a member of the Austin Chamber of Commerce. They have many events that make it very worthwhile to be a member. For example, Ben Bernanke is coming to talk in December. I think that’s awesome, and also impressive for a Chamber of Commerce to swing for it’s members.
Being involved with the Chamber is also nice because they provide tons of information and research to make sure each business it works with is set-up to thrive in our community. I think that’s pretty cool, especially since they are consistent with their mission and have helped do great things for our local Austin economy, and continue to do so.
With that said, the Chamber has Opportunity Austin 2.0, which is a 5- year economic development initiative to create 72,000 new jobs and increase payroll in the Central Texas region by $2.9 billion. It actually surpassed it’s goals within the first 4 years with the addition of more than 112, 200 jobs and $4.9 BILLION in new wages since the program’s inception in 2004. Awesome.
The following is a list of Opportunity Austin 2.0’s Investors who have helped make everything possible. I wanted to share this with everyone because it’s important to recognize these business leaders and owners for their dedication and continued commitment to our local community. I appreciate them very much, and I hope you do too.
***LEAD INVESTORS***
Armbrust & Brown, LLP
Austin Commercial, LP
Austin Energy/City of Austin
Baker Botts
Bank of America
Brown McCarroll, LLP
Bury + Partners
Cousins Properties, Inc.
D.R. Horton, Inc.
DPR Construction
Drenner & Golden Stuart Wolff, LLP
DuBois, Bryant, & Campbell, LLP
Dynamic Systems
Endeavor Real Estate Group
Facility Solutions Group (formerly Design Electric)
Frost Bank
Fulbright & Jaworski
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody
Guaranty Bank
Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Heritage Title Company of Austin
HNTB Corporation
Jackson Walker
JE Dunn
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Live Oak-Gottesman
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP
NAI Austin
Pape-Dawson Engineers
Seton Family of Hospitals
St. Croix Capital
St. David’s Healthcare Partnership
Stratus Properties
Temple-Inland
The University of Texas at Austin
Time Warner
Wachovia Bank
Walters Southwest
Wells Fargo Bank Greater Austin Region
White Construction
Winstead PC
Zydeco
***INVESTORS***
Adelante Solutions, Inc.
Airco Mechanical
Amelia Bullock Realtors
Aspen Growth Properties, Inc.
Atlantic Trust
ATX Investments
Austin Business Journal
Austin Hotel & Lodging Association
Austin Power Lunch
Austin Ventures
Bastrop Economic Development Corporation
Burks Digital Reprographics
Byram Properties
CCIM Central Texas
Cedar Park Economic Development Corporation
City of Kyle
City of Lockhart
Concordia University Texas
Convio
Cooper Graci & Company
Cypress Real Estate Advisors
Development 2000, Inc.
Diann Cowling, CCIM
Don Carlos Allen
Dwyer Realty
Flieller, Kruger & Skelton, LLP
Flynn Construction, Inc.
Focus Strategies, LLC
Four Seasons Hotel
Georgetown
GSD&M Idea City
Harden Healthcare
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Healthcare Facilities Development
Hester Capital Management, LLC
Hill Country Electric Supply
Hilton Downtown
Holtzman, Moellenberg, Panozzo & Perkins, LLP
Hutto EDC
Intertech Flooring
IronStone Bank
Joe Bland Construction
John C. Lewis Company
Martin & Salinas Public Affairs, Inc.
Matt Mathias & Co.
Maxwell Locke & Ritter, LLP
McGarrah Jessee, LP
Munday Enterprises
PBS&J
Perceptive Sciences
Perficient
Plugerville Community Development Corporation
Phoenix Capital
PlainsCapital Bank
PMB Helin Donovan
Ranger Excavating
RKB Contractors, Inc.
Round Rock Economic Development Partnership
Schmidt Electric
Spawglass Contractors
Staats Falkenberg & Partners, Inc.
Steve T. Matthews Company
Studio 8 Architects
Summit Commercial Industrial Properties
Sutton Company
T. Stacy Associates
TateAustinHahn
Taylor Economic Development Corporation
Texas Capital Bank
Texas DPS Credit Union
The Beck Group
Tokyo Electron America
Transwestern Austin
Treaty Oak Bank
Trimbult Construction
United Commercial Realty
Vcfo, Inc.
Vignette Corp.
Walter Penn
Workplace Resources
*** AS OF 8.22.08
Filed under: -- Austin Related, -- For The Investor In YOU | Tagged: Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin economic development, austin jobs, Baker Botts, JE Dunn, NAI Austin, Opportunity Austin, Opportunity Austin 2.0
