Brewster's Blog
THE CROW'S NEST
How to grow Austin’s economy during this economic downturn
We must start with a vision: to create opportunities for Austinites of all skill levels in the job sectors of the 21st Century Economy. The sectors that Austin should pursue leadership in are biotech and healthcare, clean energy (particularly solar and energy storage) and the creative economy sectors, including film, music and digital media. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
What Keeps Cities Vital and Relevant
These two important articles describe how the economies of cities around the nation are changing… and why cities that fail to pursue a vision for the future could fall behind in the 21st Century Economy. Here’s what every Austinite concerned about our economic future can learn from each article. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
Improving Lives, Creating Jobs
Changes in the nature of medical research have created an opportunity for Austin to lead in biotech. If we have the vision to build a world-class biotech sector, we can protect existing semiconductor jobs and create new manufacturing and healthcare jobs throughout the region.
Success in biotech isn’t guaranteed – but it is achievable if we decide to lead. Here’s how we can do it. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
Think Regionally, Act Regionally
Only a few regions will capture the bulk of good jobs in the coming solar economy. Here’s why a clean energy economic partnership between Austin and San Antonio not only makes sense, but may in fact be indispensable for either of us to capture significant cleantech jobs. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
Growing Green Collar Jobs
Economist Van Jones writes that it’s the one solution that can fix our two biggest problems. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Thomas Friedman agree.
Here’s how we can create thousands of local green collar jobs for Austinites of all skill levels. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
The Creative Economy
Austin’s creative sectors are more important to our economic future than you might think. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
The Gathering Storm
Without a long term strategy, Austin’s core job sectors in semiconductors and information technology are at risk. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
Remember the small stuff
Achieving the vision of what a great American city can be starts at home. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
The path to Austin’s economic future
We know how to make Austin a leader in clean energy and biotech. After all, we created the model. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
Clean energy’s holy grail?
Advanced energy storage is touted as the silver bullet to make clean energy just as reliable as traditional power. But that’s true only if a city and a utility develop the systems to achieve its potential. (Read the full Crow`s Nest »)
About the Crow's Nest
"My grandfather Bob McCracken began writing the Crow's Nest in 1935. He was 25 years old.
"After a judge threw my grandfather in jail in 1945 for writing a Crow's Nest column criticizing the judge's conduct in a trial, my grandfather and the paper appealed all the way to the Supreme Court - and won. (Read More »)
GET UPDATES:
