ATX-LTW: Impact 10/22/2025

A golf tournament presented by The PGA Tour and Good Good Golf will take place at Omni Barton Creek Resort and Spa’s Fazio Canyons Course on Nov. 9-15, according to a news release.

The overview: The inaugural Good Good Championship will be broadcast on NBC’s Golf Channel, taking place during the FedExCup Fall at Omni Barton Creek.

The event will feature a field size of 120 players, with 500 FedExCup points awarded to the winner.

The details: “The PGA TOUR is proud to return to the great City of Austin for the first time since 2023 for the Good Good Championship, an exciting new event as part of the FedExCup Fall,” said Tyler Dennis, PGA TOUR chief competitions officer in the news release. “We are pleased to partner with Good Good Golf and Omni Hotels & Resorts on this unique event as the PGA TOUR further connects and engages with our game’s younger fans.”

Early voting is now underway and local voters can cast their ballots in support of or against Austin's Proposition Q for a 20% city tax rate increase.

The local tax rate election, or TRE, is required after City Council passed a budget this summer backed by a tax rate above Texas' voter-approval rate. Proposition Q's passage would keep the budget and rate in place as approved, while its rejection would force city leaders to cut down their fiscal year 2025-26 spending plan and tax rate within the state cap.

The TRE would add about $110 million to Austin's general fund, which supports public-facing city services like public safety, parks, public health and housing programs. Council members dedicated tens of millions of dollars to their priorities in those subject areas during their summer budget deliberations.

Campaigns for and against Proposition Q are well underway, drawing tens of thousands of dollars for and against the TRE over the past several months.

Travis County approved a new deal ensuring the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix Oct. 16 which will now continue at Circuit of the Americas through 2034.

The big picture: The adrenaline-fueled event draws more than 430,000 fans annually—nearly 70% from out of state—and generates over $1 billion in economic activity across Travis County each October, according to county documents.

By endorsing the race, the county allows organizers to apply for state funding through the governor’s major events program, which helps cover event costs but does not include any property tax breaks for COTA. Since debuting in Austin in 2012, Formula 1 has generated more than $10 billion regionally.

Children’s Emergency Relief International celebrated the grand opening of its new global headquarters in Austin and the launch of GenATX with Mayor Kirk Watson and Austin officials Oct. 15.

The local impact: Watson announced a new program called GenATX, which aims to make Austin “the best place in America to be a kid.” GenATX, in collaboration with United Way for Greater Austin, will use funding to improve coordination across public systems, elevate youth leadership and design a comprehensive child-centered well-being framework.

The initiative is centered around three pillars:

• Healthy kids
• Safe kids
• Happy and successful kids

• FirstDay Foundation
• H-E-B
• Wells Fargo Foundation
• Texas Mutual