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Veterans Day Parade

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From Travis County Press Release:

Veterans Day Parade, memorial service to pay tribute to military families

The Travis County/City of Austin Veterans Day Parade will march along Congress Avenue beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, culminating with a memorial services at the State Capitol. The parade will start from the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge and continue to the Capitol. Spectators can observe the parade at any point along Congress Avenue. A reviewing stand will be at the Inter-Continental Stephen F. Austin Hotel at Seventh Street and Congress. A special ceremony honoring the families of veterans and active duty military will be conducted at 11 a.m. at the south steps of the Capitol. The Commemorative Air Force from San Marcos will also be performing a flyover during the ceremony.

The parade will have some effect on streets in the downtown area. The Ann W. Richards bridge will cause closure of Congress Avenue from Riverside Drive to Cesar Chavez Street from 6:30 a.m. to noon. Also, Congress from Cesar Chavez to West 11th Street will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon.

The parade will celebrate our nation’s veterans and those service men and women currently serving at home and abroad. The City of Austin employs more than 1,200 military veterans and Guard and Reserve members.

City of Austin News Release_Veterans Day Parade.doc

Downtown Austin Open Houses

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(Looking for this week’s open houses? You’ll find them here.)

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Open houses in downtown Austin for Sunday, November 8th

The great thing about downtown Austin open houses is that you can generally walk from building to building. Take a stroll downtown now that summer is over and the temperature is cooler.  If you’re into adaptive reuses of older buildings, checkout DAB’s list of downtown Austin lofts. Looking for FHA approved condos? We’ve got the info here.

This weekend you can browse at your own pace at the 5 Fifty Five, 360 condos, Spring, and the Austonian sales center.

Sunday
1) 360 Nueces St #3811, 2bd, 2ba, $576,700, 1-4pm [Urbanspace] map
2) 360 Nueces St #1616, 2bd, 2ba, $435,000, 2-4pm [Keller Williams] map
3) 555 E 5th St #713, 2bd, 1ba, $375,000, 2-5pm [Remax] map
4) 555 E 5th St #2811, 1bd, 1ba, $399,555, 2-5pm [Capital City Sothebys] map
5) 300 Bowie St, Spring sales center, model units, 1-5pm map website
6) 200 Congress Ave, Austonian sales center located at 300 W 6th, 12-5pm map website

Tax Credit For Buying A Condo

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“it’s official” yada yada… lot’s of noise about this on the ‘tubes in recent weeks, but Obama has officially signed off on everything.  I’ve yet to confirm if the FHA will continue to allow buyers to monetize this credit [on FHA approved condos] in order to use it as a down payment.  If so, that makes this program even more attractive.

The chart below is helpful in clearly outlining what’s available and changing.

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New Tax Credit Chart

This Week's Chronicle Feast

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This week’s Chronicle is packed with interesting articles.

1) Wells weighs in on downtownAustinfacts.com.

2) Katherine Gregor nearly writes a book comparing Austin’s efforts toward regional sustainability to Copenhagen’s embrace of sustainable mobility and bicycles.  BTW, have you seen the BIXI system of shared bicycles?  🙂

3) Is a planetarium bound for Austin?  Richard Garriott believes it’s a good idea.