Austin

Austin is an exciting city located in the central part of the state in a region known as Hill Country. This beautiful city is also the capitol of Texas. In addition to their high concentration of technology, education, tourism, and government are also major industries for the bustling area.

As Austin's official slogan is The Live Music Capital of the World the city has a vibrant live music scene with 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. Austin corporate apartment residents will find that the city also has a burgeoning circle of live performance theater venues such as: Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Vortex Repertory Company, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Arts on Real, Scottish Rite Children's Theater, Hyde Park Theatre, and the Esther's Follies comedy & magic show which has been operating for over 3 decades now.

There's plenty for corporate apartment residents to see and do in Central Texas: attractions for the kids, tours, train rides, boat rides, museums and lots of outdoors activities. Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve with 2 1/2 miles of hiking trails that pass through woodland, grassland, and streamside habitats is a local favorite. There are a variety of guided walks, or you Austin corporate apartment resident can walk on your own. Barton Creek Greenbelt is also a scenic area for hiking with 7.9 miles of trails following the path of Barton Creek. Zilker Park offers wide-open spaces for flying kites, playing frisbee or listening to music.  Swimmers take a deep breath before plunging into the 68-degree waters of Barton Springs Pool.  
 
There are eight school districts for Austin corporate apartment residents including the largest Austin Independent School District, serving K-12 students in Austin and the immediate surrounding areas. AISD has 12 high schools, 18 middle and junior high schools, and 74 elementary schools that administer to approximately 76,000 students. AISD Schools have recently earned 16 National Blue Ribbons and 4 Texas State Blue Ribbon Awards.

Austin corporate apartment residents will find numerous institutions of higher learning including Austin Community College, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Concordia Univ. at Austin, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Huston-Tillotson College, St. Edward's Univ., and The Univ. of Texas at Austin.

There was time when eating out in Austin meant three choices-barbecue, Tex-Mex and chicken-fried steak.  Granted, Austin corporate apartment residents will find that those are still the holy trinity of the local dining scene, but the cuisine here now simmers with a decidedly more sophisticated and international flair. In the past four years, three Austin chefs have been listed among Food & Wine magazine's "Top 10 Young Chefs."  The classical French cooking techniques of Le Cordon Bleu are even taught at Texas Culinary Academy.