Thursday, September 30, 2010

What Does Small Business Need?

Have you reviewed the Small Business Jobs Act?  Does it make a difference to your business?  Your comments are welcomed.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/09/27/president-obama-signs-small-business-jobs-act-learn-whats-it

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Rainwater for Commercial Buildings

Here in the Hill Country we are going back to the practice of harvesting rainwater.   On October 9, 2010 in Dripping Springs, Texas, there will be "a celebration of collection, conservation and common sense."  See details on facebook under The Rainwater Revival. 

Here next to West Hill Center we have two commercial buildings with rainwater as their water source and a third commercial metal building that will use rainwater is framed.  Builder James Bailey has two additional commerial buildings using rainwater.  It works!  Rainwater makes sense! Surface water from LCRA is used by the Deer Creek subdivison north of us and in fact we have a contract to bring LCRA water to our properties.  Why?  Isn't the water source Lake Travis rainwater?

Monday, September 13, 2010

Is Austin Region on the Move Again?

Here is the evidence we are observing in the Bee Cave—Dripping Springs area about growth from the vantage point of West Hill Business Center.

Woodhill, a Ross Perot company, purchased Rocky Creek Ranch on Hamilton Pool Road and is opening spring of 2011 according to the Austin Business Journal (9.8.2010). The development is less than four country miles from us.

The inventory of high end homes in Belvedere has sold, new lots are moving. Activity is apparent and confirmed by a builder who is back building there.  They are also off Hamiton Pool Road.

Folks in Dripping Springs are filling the new HEB, Home Depot and Walgreens, but the exciting news—other the Jesse James of West Coast Choppers buying a spread off Fitzhugh and Trautwein—are the boutique businesses appearing in this area. Besides breweries, wineries and artists there are more consultants and high tech businesses such our friend the carbon-nanotube researcher who bought a 5,000 sf building from James Bailey earlier this year on Fitzhugh Road.

Will share more soon.