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Departing Mayor Urges Business Sector to Stay in High Gear

AUSTIN-Mayor Kirk Watson, addressing a sold-out luncheon, rallies the business community to stay focused on downtown redevelopment. Watson will leave office by year's end to pursue a bid for Texas Attorney General.

By Tim Green | Updated on October 24, 2001

AUSTIN-Mayor Kirk Watson, who will leave office by year’s end, exhorted downtown business people to keep moving ahead with the area’s redevelopment and avoid the inaction that resulted in the area’s stagnation for many years.

His advice: “Cultivating your vision, pushing forward even when it’s not perfect, even when you will have setbacks and critics, reveals what I view as the optimism about our city.”

Watson, who resigns later this year to run for Texas Attorney General, spoke Wednesday to the annual luncheon of the Downtown Austin Alliance. The luncheon had to be moved to the Omni Hotel’s spacious atrium from a ballroom because of the large audience, eager to show appreciation to Watson. The audience members greeted Watson with a standing ovation.

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