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The 75-year-old founder of a major dealership group is accused of setting fires at properties he wanted to buy and develop.

Streets like South Congress Avenue are crucial to retail and hotel chains looking for cachet, real estate experts say, but gentrification can push out local businesses and residents.

Talent retention and marketing were top independent hotel topics at the Independent Lodging Congress 2023 in Austin on Feb. 8, 2023. 

Just when you thought the South Congress area couldn’t get any cooler, an acclaimed hospitality group cooks up something new.  The team behind

New leaderboard built by Jack Sanders (Photo by Sartah Karney) My earliest memory of Butler Pitch & Putt is of mosquitoes and shame. Mosquitoes because the course ran parallel to West Bouldin Creek, where heat and insects rose from the water. Shame because I was a terrible player. My 11-year-old arms hacked much more grass than golf balls. The swings of my dad and older brother were athletic, leisurely. It was a simple course, they said. Just a par 3. Hole after hole their bal...

); He read it and said: Tony you cannot publish this. If you do people will think youre weak Tony Griffin’s 2010 autobiography helped break the mould as an Irish sports star discussing his mental health. Now his new book is aimed at teenagers. By Kevin OBrien Sunday 9 May 2021, 7:00 AM 3 hours ago 17,924 Views 1 Comment FORMER CLARE STAR Ton...

Hello, friends. Austin may lack the watercolor azaleas of Augusta National Golf Club, and our grackles don’t squawk with the same mellifluousness as the birds in Augusta, Georgia, but the city does have its own “tradition unlike any other.” Butler Pitch & Putt has sat tucked in a pocket park steps from Lady Bird Lake for more than 70 years, and on Masters weekend the polished jewel will be unveiled to the public.  Gone are the patchy greens, replaced by undulating surfaces designed by Au...

Guy Clark Music Documentary Looks to Get Its SXSW Due, One Year Later Guy Clark Music Documentary Looks to Get Its SXSW Due, One Year Later "Without Getting Killed or Caught," which also deals with the legacy of singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, faces a very different distribution model than it would have if it had played last years festival ... Chris Willman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Well, this may seem like déjà vu…” wrote filmmaker Tamara Saviano on her Facebook page this...