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Colorful murals on the exterior walls of industrial buildings, with a parking lot in front filled with cars and people walking on the sidewalk.

St. Elmo District

“Much of the old St. Elmo is still there today, but the district is rapidly transforming as developers, property owners and the city of Austin itself continue working to transform St. Elmo into a live-work-play hub south of State Highway 290.”

- Austin Business Journal

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Maverick Metals

“Maverick Metals cited a more startup-friendly environment in Austin as a major contributing factor for the relocation. The company is moving its headquarters from San Antonio to South Austin’s St. Elmo Arts District.”

- Austin Business Journal

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ICON

“A young CEO who started a 3D-printing business to create what he believes are faster, cheaper, more hurricane-resistant and environmentally-friendly homes, is also working with NASA to pioneer 3D printing on the moon. ”

- CBS NEWS

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A tray with a large sandwich, fried tofu cubes, two dipping sauces, a side of salad with red roses, and a small bowl of baked cheesy spinach.

Knuckle Sandwich

“The tiny food trailer located on the patio of Ants Beer Cave at the Yard (seriously, it’s like a matryoshka doll of businesses) is the brainchild of chef Ryan Fox, most recently of the Emmer & Rye group. Fox opened the trailer in early August of 2024 with a small menu of four sandwiches and a few sides and has had people who talk about food buzzing ever since.”

- The Austin Chronicle

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The Yard

“The Yard, since it opened in 2016, and is even more true now. It's a curated array of local businesses just south of Ben White, at 440 E. St. Elmo, a thriving collection of diverse creative industries that continues to grow in popularity .”

- The Austin Chronicle

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Raw Paw

“One of our main theses here is, ‘How do you make a living as an artist and balance what you need to do to exist in the market and society in general, [with] what you need to do to maintain the essence of being an artist,” Dock said..”

- Community Impact

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Saronic

“A fast-growing Austin startup just announced that it is developing two larger autonomous vessels to add to its existing fleet.”

- Austin Business Journal

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Padel Club

“From the hillside villas of Acapulco to the beach clubs of Barcelona to, now, a potholed stretch of Industrial Boulevard south of downtown Austin, the ritzy, sweaty, buzzy sport of padel has arrived in Central Texas.”

- Texas Monthly

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