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Texas Hospital Association Moves Downtown
By Kathryn | May 18, 2008
Downtown Austin is rapidly becoming an appealing place for both businesses and residents. One of the biggest businesses to make a recent move to the area is the Texas Hospital Association. This non-profit medical organization believes that a move to the downtown area will help them be more effective in asserting legislation which benefits city residents. This move should enhance the downtown economy and make the neighborhood an even more appealing place for people to live.
The Texas Hospital Association is a non-profit organization which respresents the interests of a majority of hospitals and health care centers across Texas. The purpose of the organization is to push for legislation that is designed to enhance the quality of medical care in the state based on the interests of the member hospitals. The heart of downtown Austin is where this type of legislation gets debated and decided so it makes sense for the organization to move to the area. Being in the midst of all of the activity, just a brief walk away from the Texas Capitol, should put this organization in a position to engage in more effective efforts to create change.
The organization is certain that these benefits will be obtained as the result of having tested out their theory about the value of the location. In the past, members of the organization have leased space in the downtown area in order to create a more visible presence near the Capitol. These efforts have been successful which suggests that a permanent move of the organization’s full staff to the downtown location should generate additional success.
In addition to the benefits that Austin residents will experience as a result of ongoing legislative changes, they can also expect to see a boost to the downtown economy resulting from this move. Hospitals play an important role in driving the economy of a state which will trickle down to economic benefits in Austin. Moreover, the move of so many staff to downtown Austin will create new business for the retail, dining and entertainment providers in the area.
The move to the new location has taken place over the past few days and the new site is set to be open and operating tomorrow morning. The new location is at 1108 Lavaca in Downtown Austin.
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