“Austin Was Destined to Replace Silicon Valley. Then the Pandemic Hit“
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During the last recession, “Austin was first out of it, and we’re hoping to do that again,” says Leigh Christie, senior vice president of Global Technology and Innovation at the Austin Chamber. Covid hasn’t stopped the incoming calls from big companies (whose names she can’t disclose) about moving here — “they have no hesitation that Austin is the right place.”