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Austin Small Business Summit, Now What?

August 11, 2010 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

Austin City Manager Marc Ott

Austin City Manager Marc Ott

I wrote a post in April about Austin’s March Small Business Summit.

I have not seen City Manager Marc Ott’s proposed budget. I am curious to see if he followed Council’s directive and included anything about how the City will try to address the needs and wants expressed by the 40 business representatives that were part of the original Summit.

According to the resolution that passed in June, Ott has 120 days to come back to Council with a report and policy recommendations to enhance the City’s effort to facilitate growth of locally-owned businesses.

That means there may be nothing in the budget. If his budget passes, it looks like it will mean higher sales and property taxes (and they wonder why we aren’t  hiring or buying). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Small Business Advocacy Tagged With: Austin, City Budget, City Manager, Economic Development, Good Business, Locally-owned Business, Marc Ott, planning, Policy Recommendations, Promotion, Property Tax, Regulation, Responsibility, Sales Tax, Small Business Growth, Small Business Summit, taxes, Unfair Competition, Visionary

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