Jack Flagler
Community Impact
Austin, TX, United States
Contact Jack
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Jack:
A seller’s market in Central Austin drives challenging landscape for buyers
Eric Bramlett has been a real estate agent in Central Texas for 18 years and said since the end of the 2008 economic recession, the local housing market has been consistently strong following regular seasonal patterns and holding relatively steady in total sales and price. But something happened around the middle of 2020 that pushed the market to take off, according to Realtors and economists.… → Read More
A seller’s market in Southwest Austin continues to challenge homebuyers
Eric Bramlett has been a real estate agent in Central Texas for 18 years and said since the end of the 2008 economic recession, the local housing market has been consistently strong following regular seasonal patterns and holding relatively steady in total sales and price. But something happened around the middle of 2020 that pushed the market to take off, according to Realtors and economists.… → Read More
Sky-high real estate drives urban sprawl
A Central Texas seller's market brings challenges for homebuyers. → Read More
Central Texas housing market driving rapid sprawl to areas such as Georgetown
As home prices continue rising in the Austin area, homebuyers are pushing their search farther from the city core into suburban areas such as Georgetown. → Read More
Increasingly expensive Central Texas real estate market continues to drive rapid sprawl
As housing prices rise in Travis County, buyers have turned to outside of Austin for homes, raising prices in Williamson County. → Read More
A Central Texas seller's market brings challenges for homebuyers
Communities near Austin see the same rapid growth in home prices as the Austin metro. → Read More
Exploding Central Texas housing market continues to drive rapid sprawl
Before July 2020, the monthly median home sales price in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area had never reached $350,000. It surpassed $400,000 in March 2021, then reached $465,000 in May, according to data available from the Austin Board of Realtors. That is a 27.4% increase from January. → Read More
Southwest Austin business news: New distillery, float spa, Merle Haggard-inspired french fry trailer coming soon
Mama Fried, from the team behind Leroy and Lewis barbecue, will open at the Armadillo Den in South Austin in July. → Read More
Juneteenth in Austin: Parade and fireworks information, other community events, city closures
The holiday commemorates the day Black enslaved residents of Texas were told they were free in Galveston in 1865. → Read More
ERCOT asks Texans to conserve energy with generation outages 2.5 times higher than normal
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said power generators on the grid have reported 11,000 megawatts of energy on forced outage for repairs June 14, about 2.5 times higher than the normal 3,600 MW out for repairs on a hot summer day, Because of those outages, ERCOT issued a call for Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible from June 14-18. “We will be conducting a thorough… → Read More
In Austin and the rest of the nation, the business of college sports is changing
If Gov. Greg Abbott signs SB 1325 into law, Texas will join a number of other U.S. states in allowing college athletes to profit off their names, images and likenesses. → Read More
Pie chart: See a map of 11 new, coming-soon pizza options in the Austin area
New spots include Above Ground Pizza opening in New Bruanfels after several permitting delays and Salvation Pizza feeding travelers at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport → Read More
Land deal snag delays new middle school in Austin's Mueller neighborhood
AISD originally planned to open the middle school by 2022, but has yet to purchase the land from the city of Austin so it can start construction. → Read More
Waller Creek Boathouse event, cafe space will have to move from current location to make way for light rail
The Blue Line, as planned, will cross over Lady Bird Lake on a bridge before entering the downtown tunnel system near the mouth of Waller Creek. → Read More
New cheese and charcuterie board business now open in Mueller neighborhood
This is the first permanent brick-and-mortar space for Casero, which is offering curbside pickup and delivery five days a week. → Read More
Return of the ‘Dillo? Study looks into new downtown Austin circulator
The Downtown Austin Alliance is studying two routes that would shuttle residents and visitors around downtown, bringing back memories for many Austinites of the old 'Dillo buses that stopped running in 2009. → Read More
Capital Metro will offer free weekend rides from June 5 to July 4
Ridership has been creeping up on public transportation in Austin, but is still down significantly from pre-pandemic levels. → Read More
South Austin business news: Classic Childhood opens new store, Birds Barbershop brews up anniversary beer and more
ATX Sliders, a new food truck co-owned by a founder of Valentina's Tex-Mex BBQ, is also now open at Saxon Pub. → Read More
New pizza spot lets you watch your pie being made on a Twitch stream; plus three more South Austin business updates
Show me Pizza is open in the South First Street location that formerly was home to Torchy's Tacos first brick-and-mortar store. → Read More
2022 schools bond could be on the table for Austin
District staff are early in the process of evaluating their facilities, and AISD said the process toward a potential November 2022 election would focus on equity and hearing from marginalized groups. → Read More