Hays County Development News
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First Hill Country Solar Tour deemed a success
The event, held in partnership with the Texas Solar Energy Society, was a first for PEC and featured residential and commercial solar installations in Oak Hill and Dripping Springs, plus educational presentations from Co-op representatives and Cathy Redson of ImagineSolar.
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Rainwater Harvesting Interests Grows As Drought Continues
"We’ve got so many people who are drawing groundwater," he said. "Then their wells start going dry and then they have to worry about that sort of thing, so they will install a rainwater system to supplement their well."
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TXDOT Approves $18M in Construction Projects for Hays County
Hays County will soon have about 18-million dollars worth of road construction projects underway, after the Texas Transportation Commission approved 2 projects in Hays County.
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Water coalition sets up website; LCRA again postpones sale of 290 water line
The Coalition of Central Texas Utilities Development Corporation (UDC), of which Hays County is a member, now has a website to keep citizens informed about the LCRA divestiture of water and wastewater properties. The address is www.texansforpublicutilities.org
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Golf course expansion plans spark protest in San Marcos
Early plans for the possible expansion of the golf course near Spring Lake in Hays County have some groups concerned about the impact it could have on the San Marcos River.
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CAMPO Plan: Do you know where your transportation future and dollars are going?
"This plan will help us come together as a region to address the transportation challenges ahead, and will ensure that our region continues to receive transportation funding through the US Department of Transportation." – CAMPO: Your 25 Year Transportation Plan
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County commissioners approve political boundaries that divide Kyle among three precincts
Hays County commissioners have settled on a new set of political precincts, giving final approval Tuesday to a redistricting map bound for the U.S. Department of Justice, which must sign off on the plan.
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Hays seeks to lock down Carrizo-Wilcox water rights
Hays County commissioners staked a claim to a water supply for the future on Tuesday, unanimously approving a letter of intent to buy 25,000 to 45,000 acre-feet of groundwater each year for 50 years from a private company that plans to pump from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer to the east.
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Hays County Commissioners Court Approves Next Steps in Jacob’s Well Plan Development
The Hays County Commissioners Court recently gave the go-ahead to begin development of a master plan for the Jacob’s Well Natural Area, an approximately 81-acre site near Wimberley in Precinct 3 which the County has acquired through 2007 voter-approved park bond funds.
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Hays County makes bid to buy LCRA utilities
Hays County and its partners in a nonprofit corporation submitted a bid on Monday to buy the Lower Colorado River Authority’s sprawling water and wastewater utilities.
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Hays County Schedules Public Hearings on Redistricting
The Hays County Commissioners Court has scheduled three public hearings to discuss redistricting and invites the public to attend or to watch the hearings live on the Internet.
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HEB Breaks Ground in Dripping Springs!
HEB has broken ground at their new location in Dripping Springs! The groundbreaking ceremony took place November 23, 2009. It will be the city's first major made-to-order grocery store.
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Official announcement from HEB received
After many years of collaboration and careful planning, HEB and the City of Dripping Springs today announced that the groundbreaking for the city's first major made-to-order grocery store will take place in late fall 2009, with the grand opening in 2010.
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Green Builders to offer energy efficient remodeling
By Jen Biundo
HaysFreePress.com
With credit hard to come by and homes sales down, many consumers nowadays may be looking to fix up their house rather than buy the latest model. And with the cost of fuel on a roller coaster ride, energy efficiency is looking like more and more of a smart investment.
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Dripping Springs HEB Update
By Shellie Hall
Gracy Title
Shellie Hall, branch manager for Gracy Title in Dripping Springs attended the local Planning and Zoning meeting along with HEB and reports this update: HEB is planning to be opened by October 2009, and this will only be 62,000 SF not the HEB Plus as was originally planned. Also included in the plans are a car wash, 5 gas pumps, drive through pharmacy, retail center behind and they will leave themselves room to expand later on.
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Dripping Springs development is booming
By Russell Wilde
News 8 Austin
While banks are closing their doors nationally several are under construction in Dripping Springs.
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A Hill Country Town Raises Its Profile
By Beth Greenfield
New York Times
FORGIVE the people of Wimberley, a bucolic village in the Texas Hill Country, if they’re given to calling their town “a little piece of heaven.”
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Hays County springing to life
New developments growing at faster clip
By M.B. Taboada, Shonda Novak
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Driving onto Howard Ranch is like traveling back in time. Homes in the residential development mimic historic Southern architecture, with three-quarter-acre to 4-acre lots and Onion Creek running through the 250 acres.
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Hays County becoming a $1 million real estate hot spot
Country lifestyle, lower costs make region appealing to high-end buyers
By M.B. Taboada
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Homeowners wanting a bigger slice of life — and home — are increasingly seeing Hays County as the place to get it.
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$400M project springs up in Hays
Austin Business Journal
by A.J. Mistretta
Greg Rich sees tremendous untapped promise in the quiet Hays County community of Dripping Springs.
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Homebuilder ponies up $500k for Dripping Springs school
Austin Business Journal
The Dripping Springs Independent School District is getting $500,000 from Pulte Homes Inc. to help purchase land for a new school in the fast growing community southwest of Austin.
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