Cathy Leon Parker

REALTOR, ABR,CLHMS
Home     About Us     Listings     Just Sold     Contact Us     Newletter     Featured Properties     Brokerage Services     Site Map      
In The News:
 

Cities Where the Recession is Easing
by Francesca Levy
Friday, March 5, 2010

provided by Forbes.com

The cities quickest to emerge from the recession benefit from evergreen industries like government, defense, education and technology--sectors that will always provide work, even in a national slump. In addition, these 10 cities are diverse; their fortunes aren't invested solely in one industry, giving them good prospects for the future.

1. (Tie) Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
Unemployment Rank: 1
Home Price Rank: 26
Metropolitan Gross Domestic Product Rank: 3
Three-Year Job Growth Forecast Rank: 17
Job Growth, 2007-2009 Rank: 3
1. (Tie) Austin-Round Rock, Texas
Unemployment Rank: 3
Home Price Rank: 13
Metropolitan Gross Domestic Product Rank: 31
Three-Year Job Growth Forecast Rank: 2
Job Growth, 2007-2009 Rank: 1

To read the full article, please visit: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108976/Cities-where-the-recession-is-easing;_ylt=AmTuwE9liUzhg_ur5_g.LitO7sMF;_ylu=X3oDMTE5dXE1cGIwBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN3ZWVrZW5kRWRpdGlvbgRzbGsDd2hlcmV0aGVyZWNl?mod=career-work

************************

 
 
From Cindy Howard of Heritage Title:
 
"Hi there!
Did you know that CNN is in town filming a series called “Building Up America” which talks about various cities across the country and the state of their economy. CNN will be at City Hall this afternoon to shoot a community meeting asking citizens to weigh in on why Austin leads in the economic recovery.

While there are several reasons why Austin has fared better than many cities, this is an excellent opportunity to speak about Opportunity Austin and the business communities efforts to diversify the area’s economic development, which has lead to 159 business relocations and created 121,900 jobs with an payroll impact of $5.6 billion, 17% of the regional’s total $33.9 billion payroll, since December 2003.

I have attached a clip that has already aired this week."

  http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/22/building-up-america-austin-thriving-in-tough-times/
 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2010/02/22/foreman.building.up.america.cnn?iref=allsearch <http://www.cnn.com/video/>

********************** 
Cindy Howard
Residential Business Development
Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc
512-329-3900 office
512-9404996 mobile

www.heritagetitleofaustin.com