Austin Black Business Journal’s 2021 Most Influential and Up & Coming Diversity Champions  Austin Black Business Journal continues its legacy of celebrating success on a grand scale by announcing its 2021 Most Influential and Up & Coming Diversity Champion Honorees. It’s increasingly important to reimagine business by fostering diverse perspectivesContinue Reading

The Austin City Council has adopted a fiscal year 2021-2022 Budget. The all-funds budget, which includes enterprise departments as well as the core services provided by the General Fund, totals $4.5 billion, and maintains high-quality services while investing in critical infrastructure. The General Fund budget is $1.2 billion and the Capital Budget includes $1.3 billion in planned spending. Council’s adopted budget incorporates the bulk of the Austin City Manager’s proposals from last month, whileContinue Reading

Austin Public Health (APH) and Travis County will be partnering with local community organizations to provide pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics around the County for weekend events from Aug 6 to Aug 8. These clinics are available to all eligible individuals without registration or appointments. Unvaccinated individuals are urged to get theContinue Reading

DivInc Receives Grant from Bank of America for Early-Stage Accelerator Program  Funding scales crucial infrastructure support for Black, Hispanic-Latino and women entrepreneurs  DivInc, Austin’s premier startup accelerator for people of color and women entrepreneurs, is proud to announce its partnership with Bank of America, who is committing $250K to supportContinue Reading