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Greetings! | |
It's starting to feel like fall here in Austin...finally!
This is the perfect time of year to take advantage of our many community outdoor living spaces.
In this issue, we have included updates about our community as well as Austin news and events that you might find interesting.
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| NEW BartonPlace Community Video | |
We are very excited to present this brand new video showcasing our community, complete with Grand Opening footage, homeowner interviews, and a tour of BartonPlace - enjoy!
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Thank you to our residents who participated in giving great interviews!
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| BartonPlace Residents Showcase their Designs | |
Many BartonPlace residents have transformed their condominiums into a very personalized, unique living space.
This month's design showcase features the Keup residence, a 2D floor plan.
Some of the personalizations made by the owners include:
- Additional wine storage built-in to existing kitchen cabinetry.
- Custom Paint and Shades to accent unique ceiling height and windows.
- Custom dual-layer drapes in master bedroom for privacy and shade.
- Creative shoe storage made by cutting into the area above the closet.
- Couch in guest room provides great seating area and also transforms to a sleeper.
- Addition of glass shower doors to secondary bath.
Enjoy these photos!
Check out their AMAZING view!
A very special thank you to the Keup family for participating in this month's Design Showcase!
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Austin job market among strongest in U.S. | |
From www.austinbusinessjournal.com
Employers in the Austin-Round Rock area expect slightly stronger hiring levels this fall, according to a Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
Austin was ranked fifth on a list of U.S. cities with the most healthy employment outlooks.
Among the companies surveyed, 71 percent will maintain headcount, 19 percent plan to increase staff levels, while eight percent will reduce workforce.
According to the survey, job prospects appear to be the strongest in financial activities, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, government, and professional and business services. Transportation and utilities employers plan to reduce staffing levels.
The Texas job market also ranks high on the survey, coming in as third-best in the country.
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Austin area home sales volume up 33% | |
From www.statesman.com
Single-family homes sold in the Austin area rose 33 percent in August from a year ago.
The new data from Austin Board of Realtors shows the total number of single-family homes sold last month totaled 1,978, and the median sales price was unchanged from last year at $200,000.
"With the impact of the homebuyer tax credits fully behind us, it's encouraging to see three consecutive months of year-over-year growth in sales volume for Austin-area homes, particularly the strong growth seen late this summer," said Judith Bundschuh, chairman of the Austin Board of Realtors.
National single-family home sales rose 8.5 percent to 4.47 million in August from 4.12 million in July, and are 20.2 percent above August 2010. The median existing single-family home price was $168,400 in August -- 5.4 percent below a year ago.
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Local Food + Drink News | |
From www.austin360.com
Backspace
Shawn Cirkiel opened the Backspace in December for the very best of reasons: He wanted to re-create Neapolitan-style pizza at home, home being an underused space behind his restaurant Parkside, a home with the hearth and budget to feed a $12,000 pizza oven from Naples.
That's how strong the drive to animate our desires can be, as strong as our drive to re-create our best sense memories. Aside from maybe Cirkiel himself, nobody has hung more hopes on pizza at the Backspace than a colleague of mine whose sun-dappled memories of Naples include pizza from a little shop there.
I have no memories of Naples to taunt me, but certain things make a good pizza, no matter what its birth certificate says. Infrastructure, for one. Good bones. The right frame for deep-dish casseroling, for East Coast folding, even for the God-help-us California carpet bombing of self-righteousness (and chicken). Then comes sauce, meat and vegetables we'd eat by themselves, even if they weren't ducking under the camouflaged cover of bubbled cheese. And finally, with great pizza comes great consistency.
What our sense memories crave is consistency, for something to be the way we remembered, every time. My sentimental colleague and I caught the Backspace on two nights when the oven let us down, mollified not a bit by the fact that another co-worker and I made Neapolitan food memories of our own with two of the best pizzas I've ever eaten.
All the pizzas at the Backspace are 10 to 11 inches in diameter, running $9-$14. Cut into six slices, they're enough to feed two people with modest appetites and the good sense to order antipasti.
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www.TheBackspaceAustin.com
Fall Beer Events in Austin
From www.austinst.com
Flying Saucer's Fourth Annual Fall Beer Festival
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2pm - 9:30pm
The Flying Saucer in Triangle Park is setting up five beer tents where festival-goers can choose from 40 different craft brews that fall under the categories of East Coast, West Coast, Texas, Captain's Picks and Out of This World. Tickets are $25 in advance online or $30 at the door, and include 10 tastings as well as a commemorative glass. They'll be tapping rare and limited release beers throughout the day, and brats, kraut and Bavarian pretzels will be available for purchase, along with a selection of full-pour beers.
New Belgium's Tour de Fat
Saturday, Oct. 22, 10am
When the New Belgium Brewery (maker of Fat Tire beer) brings its "Tour de Fat" to Austin, it is consistently one of the best days of the year. After all, it incorporates three of life's greatest joys -- beers, biking and outrageous costumes. The day begins with a five-mile group bike ride around town wherein all the riders wear the most outlandish get-ups they can still manage to pedal in. The ride ends back at Fiesta Gardens where everyone enjoys New Belgium brews and food truck noms galore, as well as old-school vaudevillian entertainment. Proceeds from beer and souvenir sales at this free event benefit local cycling organizations.
Buda Beer & Polka Fest
Saturday, Oct. 22, 11am to 10pm
Buda's version of Oktoberfest features all the great Deutsch-y stuff you'd expect -- lots of German beer and food, Bavarian dancers and authentic polka bands. They'll also hold several unique competitions throughout the day, including a stein-holding competition, sexiest Fraulein costume contest and a sausage eating contest. Admission is $10.
Austin Beer Week
Oct. 22 - 30
Tired of beer yet? No? Us either. Happily, Austin Beer Week is keeping Austin beered through the end of October with a week-long series of events that's kind of like the SXSW of beer. Details are scarce as of yet, but we're already clearing our calendar because we know we won't want to miss it.
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'Spring Awakening' gives a kick to new Zach Season | |
From www.austin360.com
BartonPlace residents enjoy the luxury of a minute's walk to this amazing Austin staple!
In 2006, Zach Theatre's artistic director, Dave Steakley, sat inside a converted church in New York City, waiting to see the Atlantic Theater Company's off-Broadway production of a new musical called "Spring Awakening."
He wasn't disappointed. The energetic rock musical about teenagers felt to Steakley like "a fresh discovery." As a bonus, Steakley was seated rows away from famed musical composer Stephen Sondheim, who he says looked to be having "a spectacular time."
The musical "Spring Awakening" is based on German writer Frank Wedekind's play of the same name, published in 1891. The show's frank depiction of teenage sexuality (and its critique of societal repression) scandalized the public, and the show was not actually produced until 15 years after it was first written.
For a modern update, lyricist Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik channeled the raw energy and adolescent angst of the play into a series of rock songs that make up the hard-driving score.
The version of "Spring Awakening" that Steakley saw eventually transferred to Broadway and won eight Tony Awards in 2007, including best musical. (It also starred the now famous Lea Michele of television's hit show "Glee.")
When choosing a show to open Zach Theatre's 2011-2012 season, Steakley picked "Spring Awakening" because of what he calls its "newness and vitality." He also sees the show, with its contemporary rock soundtrack, as a link to Austin's live music scene.
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| Austin Yoga Festival - October 8th - 9th | |
From www.austin360.com
The Austin Yoga Festival was formed to celebrate the traditions of yoga, by bringing together Austin's traditional yoga studios, teachers, ayurvedic practitioners, and holistic wellness providers.
They aim to raise awareness of the benefits of yoga, to provide a family friendly space to practice yoga, listen to ayurvedic and wellness providers, shop among yogic vendors, listen to yoga or kirtan musicians, chant, sing and of course have some fun.
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Team LIVESTRONG Challenge Austin - October 15th | |
From www.livestrong.org
The final event of the Series is held in conjunction with the Ride for the Roses weekend. On Saturday, October 15 enjoy a 5K run/walk through Austin.
Then on Sunday, October 16, choose from one of our multi-distance bike rides ranging from 10-90 miles. The post-event party is a great way to celebrate all the miles put in training, all the hard work put into fundraising and the end to another great Series.
Last year, 5,500 dedicated participants raised over $3.1 million for the fight against cancer. This generous donation will continue to help cancer survivors live life on their own terms and build and support programs and initiatives to help raise awareness of and improve the lives of the 28 million people living with cancer today.
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| Gypsy Picnic: Trailer Food Festival - October 22nd | |
From www.gypsypicnic.com
Yet, another fun Austin event where BartonPlace residents can enjoy a nice walk or bike ride to enjoy the festivities.
If there's one thing last year's Gypsy Picnic Trailer Food Festival showed, it's that Austinites really love their food trailers. Due to that overwhelming demand to devour, Gypsy Picnic is rolling back down to Auditorium Shores Saturday, October 22nd from 11AM to 8PM for a rollicking rematch with Austin's collective appetite.
Last year, over 15,000 trailer truck gourmands grubbed down and rocked out at the inaugural Gypsy Picnic, sampling and sipping from dozens of local food trucks and trailers while enjoying awesome live music and Auditorium Shores' lovely green space. This time around, expect a bigger footprint and even more food trailers, leaving plenty of room to stretch out and no stomach unsatisfied.
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We look forward to staying in close contact with you. Please remember to visit our website at www.BartonPlaceAustin.com to get up to date news and additional information.
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Audra W. Smith
BartonPlace Condominium
 
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