 Austin's official slogan is The Live Music Capital of the World. Austin has a vibrant live music scene boasting more music venues per capita than any other U.S. city. Austin's music revolves around the many nightclubs on 6th Street and an annual film/music/multimedia festival known as South by Southwest. The longest-running concert music program on American television, Austin City Limits, is videotaped on the University of Texas at Austin campus.(Information provided by Wikipedia .)
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City to set in motion Employee Bike Share Program |
For immediate release
April 2, 2009
Contact:
Lisa Braithwaite, Austin Energy, (512) 322-6511
Charlotte Blum, Office of Communications and Public Information, (512) 974-2220
Pedaling toward a cleaner environment, the City of Austin is implementing the Employee Bike Share Program.
The Austin Climate Protection Program has purchased automatic-shift bicycles that City employees can use to ride away from high gasoline prices, while steering toward a reduction in carbon emissions by minimizing the amount of vehicle miles driven. These bikes may be used for business needs, such as going to meetings, lunch or other activities. The cycles are located at several locations in the downtown area, which include:
Town Lake Center, 721 Barton Springs Road.
811 Barton Springs Road.
Austin Water Utility at Waller Creek, 625 E. 10th St.
One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road.
City Hall, 301 W. Second St.
Parks and Recreation, 200 S. Lamar
This project is intended to address the need for the City to reduce its carbon footprint within departments as directed under the Austin Climate Protection Plan. Vehicular travel is a significant contributor to the City’s carbon footprint and this program will help in relieving carbon emissions.
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For Immediate Release
March 4, 2009
Contact:
Carol Barasch - Austin Travis County Health and Human Services, 512-972-6115, Cell 512-845-3041
Look up in the sky! It's a bird-it's a plane! No it's bat season and Austin is once again home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. And while bats contribute greatly to our ecosystem, Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department wants to remind the public how to protect themselves around these animals. Awareness is the best tool citizens have against exposure.
The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department offers the following tips:
- many bats enter homes, apartments and businesses through unscreened windows and opened doors-particularly when the weather is nice in the fall and spring
- bats will generally leave a building on their own, given the chance
- if you find a bat in a room, do not try to catch it (unless testing is necessary because a person or pet has been sleeping in the room while the bat was present)
- to encourage a bat to leave on its own, open windows, turn the lights on, and leave the room, closing the door behind you and keeping children and pets out of the area
- check the area every few hours to see if the bat has departed-it may take up to 18 hours for a bat to leave a resting place |
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