Photo by Jennifer CuringtonMark Johnston, a local Austin artist, stands with his design on a Google Fiber installation car. The cars will be used throughout Austin to help customers signed up for service get set up.
Google Fiber announced Nov. 24 the former home of Austin Children's Museum will become its work space for the Austin area.
The office, located at 201 Colorado St., will be open to the public in December, offering Austinites a place to view what gigabit internet can do for their Internet and TV experience at home.
"We anticipate having town hall meetings and political forums as well as concerts and hack-a-thons and really cool tech-centric events," said Mark Strama, head of Austin's Google Fiber project and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives.
The event space is part of Phase 1 of the new space and will be the only area open to the public come December. No specific opening date has been announced, and photos of the space were not allowed because it is still a work in progress. Strama said the lack of a specific date is not the team trying to be "coy," but rather an effort to ensure that when a date is announced it is correct because of complications that can arise during construction.
