Photo of the week: What it looks like to make it here
Longtime Austinites remember when not a lot of things were actually made here. For decades, we were eager to be more of an information economy — the braintrust, not the muscle. But times, they are a-changing. Increasingly, ABJ photographer Dave Creaney is being tasked with chronicling Central Texas' booming manufacturing sector. Chips for computers, chips for salsa, drinks to go with those chips and salsa, surgical masks, solar-powered shingles, drone boats, Cybertrucks, parts for the machines…
Longtime Austinites remember when not a lot of things were actually made here. For decades, we were eager to be more of an information economy — the braintrust, not the muscle.
But times, they are a-changing. Increasingly, ABJ photographer Dave Creaney is being tasked with chronicling Central Texas' booming manufacturing sector. Chips for computers, chips for salsa, drinks to go with those chips and salsa, surgical masks, solar-powered shingles, drone boats, Cybertrucks, parts for the machines… 
