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Local Links

- Blanton(Art)

- Texas Memorial(Science)

- Ransom Ctr(Humanities)

- Bob Bullock(History)

- Umlauf Garden(Sculpture)

- Wildflower Center(Nature)

- Digital Art(Technology)

Theaters

- Paramount / State

- Performing Arts Center

- Zachary Scott

- Ballet Austin

Austin Facts

Population (April 2006):

• City of Austin - 719,000

• Travis County - 921,000

Area:

• City of Austin - 295 sq. mi.

• Travis County - 1020 sq. mi.

Real Estate (2005):

• Avg. home price - $210,300

• Median home price - $161,300

• Total listings - 8,965

Austin Kudos

• Money Magazine’s #2 Best big cities to live.

• CNN.com top ten job growth city

• US Census’ #5 most educated

• Third best city for WiFi access

• Third on Forbes’ 10 best places for business

UT Facts

> 350 acre Campus

• 2700 Faculty

• 17,000 Staff

• 39,000 Undergraduates

• 11,000 Graduate students

• 450,000 Alumni

• Times of London #15 (world)

• Fifth largest academic
library in Nation

• $1.7B Annual budget

• $422M Research funding

• 65 spin-off companies generating > $1.2B

• >400 total patents

• 40 National Champion
athletic teams

• 88 Olympic medal winners

• and Bevo turned 40

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