Community Impact – School Shifting Demographics

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Volume 9, Issue 4 | Dec. 10, 2015-Jan. 14, 2016
GEORGETOWN EDITION
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Georgetown MUDs Schools address shifting demographics
continue to develop
By Scott Thomas
Master-planned communities could
lead the way for more development
By Beth Wade
In January developer David Nairne plans to break
ground on the first phase of Saddlecreek, a 353acre master-planned community including a mix of
single-family and multifamily housing as well as
commercial uses, he said.
As part of his development, Nairne plans to fund
infrastructure improvements, including a sewer line
and other wastewater improvements. The cost of the
infrastructure was one of the reasons Nairne sought
to create a municipal utility district, or MUD, he said.
Along with bringing nearly 2,000 residences to east
Georgetown, the project could bring additional development to the area, which has been mostly undeveloped,
Georgetown Planning Director Sofia Nelson said.
“Saddlecreek was really the first [MUD] on the
east side of the city,” she said. “In Saddlecreek they
provided a utility benefit that opened up a much
larger area in terms of wastewater services.”
The project is one of several MUDs under development or review by City Council in the Georgetown
area. MUDs are a funding mechanism used by
developers to pay for infrastructure improvements.
The city’s planning department is also working with
developers on other MUDs, including 454-acre Parmer
Ranch at Ronald Reagan Boulevard and Williams
Drive and Nairne’s 205-acre Kasper Development
located near Westinghouse Road and SE Inner Loop.
Council approved a consent agreement for the
Parmer Ranch MUD at its Nov. 24 meeting, and as of
press time Dec. 4, the council was expected to discuss
Shifting demographics throughout Texas are being reflected in
Williamson County schools at a
faster rate than in other districts
elsewhere in the state, according to
the E3 Alliance, an Austin-based
educational research collaboration.
E3 President and Executive Director Susan Dawson said Texas has the
fastest-growing student population
in the nation, and in Central Texas
the student population is growing at
twice that of the state.
“That huge growth is important,
but equally important is that while
[the student population] is growing
it’s becoming much more diverse,
[including growing numbers of]
low-income, Hispanic, Asian and
[English language learner, or ELL, economic segregation that will
turn this state into a third-world
students],” Dawson said.
To learn about and address these country,” he said.
shifts, educational leaders and
researchers came together Oct. 1 at Changing demographics
Dawson said demographic
the Community Impact Summit:
Focus on Education in Round Rock. groups that have traditionally
Furthermore, area school districts struggled are growing at a faster
have implemented programs and rate than the incremental improveplans to try to address these chal- ments area schools have seen.
“There is a tendency to see headlenges and opportunities.
Georgetown ISD Superintendent lines and read the paper and think
Fred Brent said at the summit that everything is going to hell in handpublic education was the best means basket, and that’s not true,” she said.
securing the future for these students. “For most students on most outcomes, we’re incrementally
“If
we
don’t
secure the future, GEORGETOWN ISD getting better—graduation rates, standardized
you will have an
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FLORENCE
Increasing poverty in
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
SCHOOLS
Throughout the last 10 years, the
majority of Central Texas school
districts have seen an increase
in the percentage of low-income
students between 2005 and 2015,
with the exception of Leander ISD.
2015
See Demographics | 28
34.1% 44.2%
HUTTO ISD
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28.1% 45.6%
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2005
2005
2015
20.3% 19.7%
ROUND ROCK ISD
2005
2015
22.9% 26.8%
Sources: E3 Alliance, Georgetown ISD, Hutto ISD, Leander
ISD, Round Rock ISD/Community Impact Newspaper
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In October, I got to
go to Malawi, Africa,
for my second two-week
mission trip with Round
Rock-based nonprofit
Drops of Grace and
Malawi-based Somebody Cares Ministries.
Each time I visit,
I am overwhelmed
by the kindness we
receive from everybody
we meet. Malawi is
nicknamed “The Warm Heart of Africa,” which is a
well-deserved moniker. Even though most of the time
we did not speak the same language, people were quick
to greet us with a smile and a handshake.
In Malawi, although we are there to serve the people
in community, our biggest mission is creating sustainable programs and empowering the people to be
CONTENTS
4 IMPACTS
Now Open, Coming Soon & more
7 BUSINESS FEATURE
TECO-Westinghouse Motor Co.
9 DINING FEATURE
Milano Trattoria Restaurant
11 TRANSPORTATION
UPDATES
Beth Wade
EDITOR
[email protected]
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
21 COFFEE WITH IMPACT
Leon and Tiffany Chen, CEO and
president of Tiff’s Treats
22 VOLUNTEER GUIDE
Volunteer opportunities throughout
the Georgetown area
25 REGIONAL HOLIDAY
LIGHTS GUIDE
13 COMMUNITY
Holiday light displays throughout
Central Texas
Georgetown Health Foundation
completes needs assessment in
southeast Georgetown
26 REGIONAL REPORT
32 REAL ESTATE
37 IMPACT DEALS
15 CITY & COUNTY
17 CALENDAR
19 RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
participants in building up their community. The more
the people have ownership of what is happening in their
community, the more likely lasting change will occur.
Similar efforts are happening closer to home as well.
In early November the Georgetown Health Foundation released a report focused on the needs of low-income residents in southeast Georgetown. Working
together with the community, researchers worked to
identify gaps in services and recommendations for
solutions. Read more about the study on Page 13.
In this issue we have also included our annual Volunteer Guide on pages 22-23. Many of these organizations
are already working to address issues raised in the
report; however, they cannot do it alone. Together we
can make a difference in our community. Let’s roll up
our sleeves and get to work!
READER COMMENTS
Georgetown ISD starts design work on bond projects
(Posted Nov. 17, 2015)
“I think that it is empowering to have staff members participate
in the design process, but I also think that an opportunity
for parents and community members is also essential to
achieving a broad consensus of what’s wanted and needed.
The traffic flow and parking issues at Georgetown High
School needs to be addressed, as the current traffic patterns
are confusing and inefficient, but apparently nothing will be
addressed, according to Georgetown ISD.”
—Brian Ortego
TAKE THE POLL
What do you think is the best way
schools can address achievement
gaps related to income?
Take the poll at communityimpact.com/geo-poll.
LAST MONTH’S POLL RESULTS
In last month’s issue we wrote about a new program
encouraging residents and visitors to shop in locally
owned stores during the holiday season.
Where will you do most of your
shopping this holiday season?
50%
At locally owned stores
50%
Online
0% At big-box retailers
0% Holiday fairs such as the Georgetown
Christmas Stroll
Results from an unscientific Web survey collected 11/12/15-11/30/15
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to open in the Wolf Ranch Town Center
at 1013 W. University Ave., Ste. 165, in
late December or early January. The
store creates fresh fruit bouquets and
chocolate-dipped fruit. 512-593-7114.
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1 DJ’s Salon opened to the public
at 2101 Railroad Ave. in October. The
salon, which had previously opened
to seniors living in the San Gabriel
Senior Village Apartments in January,
is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays by appointment only, and it
5 Natural Grocers is expected to
open at the southwest corner of the
West University Avenue and Wolf
Ranch Parkway intersection in late
2016. The grocery store will offer
organic and natural foods and dietary
supplements, as well as free nutrition
classes, health coaching and cooking
demos, locally sourced products, and
national brands.
www.naturalgrocers.com
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Ranch Town Center at I-35 and
Hwy. 29 at the end of June.
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kids, colors and highlights, perms and
sets, up dos and styles, and manicures.
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2 Maurices is expected to open
inside the Wolf Ranch Town Center in
spring or summer 2016. The women’s
clothing
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accessories. www.maurices.com
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3 Pie Five Pizza, a fast-casual
restaurant offering individual
handcrafted pizzas with fresh
ingredients, is tentatively scheduled
to open in the Wolf Ranch Town
Center in April. The pizza restaurant
7 Horizon Dental moved to a new
location at 1615 Williams Drive in
November. The practice is operated by
Dr. Zeyad Mughrabi, and it specializes
in cosmetic, general and implants
dentistry. 512-864-9911.
www.horizonsmile.com
8 Paint with Me Kimberly Keller
moved to a new location Nov. 13
at 1623 Rivery Blvd. in a building
shared with Beacon Construction.
The business offers art lessons for all
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9 Southwestern University was
honored with the 2016 militaryfriendly school designation Nov. 19,
which is given to colleges, universities
and trade schools in the country
that are embracing military students
and ensuring their success in the
classroom and after graduation. The
institutions were judged on categories
such as military support on campus,
graduation and employment outcomes
and military spouse policies. This
is the second year Southwestern
University has received the honor.
512-863-6511. www.southwestern.edu
Anniversaries
In the News
Texas-based grocer H-E-B launched
an online store Nov. 12 offering
a selection of 50,000 shelf-stable
foods, drug store items and general
merchandise. Products available at
the online store include H-E-B brands
such as Central Market Organics as
well as national brands. Orders can be
shipped throughout Texas, to 46 states
within the continental U.S. and to
military bases worldwide.
www.heb.com
United Way of Williamson County
is offering assistance in applying for
health insurance through the Health
Insurance Marketplace at The Caring
Place Annex at 2001 Railroad Ave.
in Georgetown. State and federally
certified bilingual Health Insurance
Marketplace Navigators will help
individuals, families and small
business owners get insurance in the
2015 Open Enrollment Period, which
began Nov. 1 and ends Jan. 31. Open
enrollment assistance will be held
Dec. 15 and Jan. 19 from
2-7 p.m. 512-255-6799.
www.unitedway-wc.org
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DJ’s Salon opened at 2101 Railroad Ave. in
October and offers a variety of services.
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expected to open in Wolf Ranch in April.
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year in business at 3303 Williams
Drive, Ste. 1025 on Nov. 17. The store
buys, sells and trades video games,
iPods, movies, iPhones, iPads and
related accessories. 512-869-6520.
www.gogamexchange.com
11 Goldenberg Orthodontics
expanded to open OrthoIQ Inc.,
an orthodontic assisting school at
its same location at 3622 Williams
Drive, Bldg. 4. The school is run by
Dr. Monica Goldenberg and prepares
registered dental assistants for careers
as orthodontic assistants with courses
occurring over four weekends.
The school is currently accepting
applications for 2016 spring classes.
512-887-8847
The city of Georgetown’s Arts and
Culture Board is issuing a call for
artist proposals for a mural to be on
the rear wall of 107 W. Seventh Street.
The goal of the mural is to provide
a piece of public art to residents
and visitors that tells the story of
how Henry Purl Compton helped
Georgetown become the Red Poppy
Capital of Texas. The deadline for
grant proposals is Jan. 8, and artists
will be notified by Jan. 22.
512-930-3551. https://arts.georgetown.
org/call-for-proposals-mural-2016
Courtesy DJ’s Salon
School Notes
Expansions
Courtesy Pie Five Pizza
ages as well as art camps, parties and
events. 512-635-7936.
www.paintwithmekeller.com
News or questions about Georgetown?
Email us at [email protected].
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Product launch moves Round Rock
facility forward
By JJ Velasquez
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ECO-Westinghouse Motor Co.
is a global manufacturer, but
the company’s facilities on I-35
have led a rather anonymous existence
since opening in 1972, TECO President
Pat Rogers said.
To passersby the most notable features of the property are its longhorn
cattle grazing the pasture in front
of the plant, and most locals do not
know what the company does, he
said. Rogers, appointed president in
February, said his goal is to change
that awareness.
“We’re not just the big brown building on I-35 with the longhorns,” he said.
“We actually manufacture some pretty
neat things here.”
The company has been in existence
in some iteration since the 1800s and
produces electric motors varying
from 2,000 horsepower to 100,000
horsepower that are used in applications from air conditioning units to
oilfield pipelines.
TECO has a global clientele that
includes Marathon Petroleum Corp.,
American Electric Power and Fluor
Corp., an engineering company.
The Round Rock manufacturing
facility is TECO’s North American
headquarters. The Taiwan-based TECO
has plants in Europe, Asia and Oceania.
More than 2,000 employees make
up the global TECO workforce, and
about 350 staff the Round Rock site,
said Human Resources Manager Lori
Schrayer.
But Rogers said one of his first
orders of business as president is to
help the company transition from an
aging baby boomer workforce in an
age in which manufacturing jobs have
become less attractive to younger generations, he said.
“This whole industry—and it’s not
just us—in general is coping with
the fact that we need fresh blood,”
Rogers said.
Rogers has also been presiding over
an evolution of sorts at the company.
In January, TECO shipped its first
variable-frequency drive motor, which
marks the first step in its introduction
of high-tech products.
The new product combines an
industrial age device, the motor, with
a digital age technology in computer
hardware and software. The computerized nature of the device allows users
to vary the speed at which the motor
operates and thus conserve energy, said
Tom Hibbs, director of operations.
“Customers put a motor and drive
together, and they typically spend a
lot of money to do that,” Rogers said.
“It’s typically on applications that are
very critical to their process. If that
goes down for any particular reason,
we’ve been told by customers it could
cost $1 million a day in lost revenue
for them.”
TECO’s rollout of the variablefrequency drive is part of its charge
into the 21st century, Rogers said.
Photos by JJ Velasquez/Community Impact Newspaper
TECO-Westinghouse
Motor Co.
President Pat Rogers (left) and Director of Operations Tom Hibbs have been with TECO for more
than 20 years combined.
TECO by the numbers
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Milano Trattoria
Restaurant
Restaurant serves authentic Italian menu
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t Milano Trattoria Restaurant, the recipes of the classic
and custom Italian dishes are
not written down anywhere.
The ingredients and steps to craft
the meals were created and stored
away inside the mind of the restaurant’s head chef and co-owner
John Braga.
“Everything’s up here,” he said,
tapping his temple.
Braga’s knowledge comes from
years of studying Italian cuisine in
New Jersey and working in high-end
restaurants in New York. He has
worked as an Italian chef for 27 years.
John and his wife, Roxana, moved
to Texas so he could begin working at
Andiamo Ristorante in North Austin
in 2004, and he served as a chef there
until 2009. For the next few years he
served as a personal Italian chef.
In June 2012, the Bragas purchased
Milano Trattoria and about three
months later began changing the
menu, adding more classic pastas and
serving John’s own specialties.
During his years in New York
restaurants, John cooked for celebrities such as John Travolta and Frank
Sinatra, and he would craft custom
dishes for them, including Sinatra
Pasta—a blend of penne pasta with
shrimp, porcine mushrooms and
roasted peppers in a light cream
sauce ($18.99).
The restaurant features classic
Italian dishes such as spaghetti and
meatballs, chicken fettuccine alfredo
and spinach ravioli. However, John
also offers his own specialties, such as
Penne alla Italiana ($11.99), a penne
pasta with Italian sausage and mixed
peppers; and Gnocchi con Sugo di
Pomodoro ($13.99), which is potato
dumplings with tomato basil sauce.
John also offers two to three different daily specials, rotating specials and on the first weekend of the
month, the restaurant offers its signature dish, Ossobuco Risotto, ($37.99)
a traditional Italian stew with veal
shank. Customers must reserve the
dish, which sells out quickly throughout the night, in advance, John said.
Gilbert Cantu said he often travels
from North Austin with his wife and
neighbors about once per week to eat
at the restaurant. Cantu said his table
reserves the ossobuco dish in advance,
though he also frequents the restaurant for some of his favorites, such as
ragu with sausage, tilapia and seasonal
salad with mandarin oranges.
“We really enjoy his food,” he said.
“And just his personality and his customer service, you just can’t beat that.”
The Bragas shop at local farmers
markets to find fresh and seasonal
vegetables. John also occasionally
has specialty items, such as cheeses,
shipped in from New York.
The restaurant also caters and can
hosts group parties or gatherings with
48 hours notice. Roxana said they have
also considered expanding, and they
could open a location in North Austin.
“We would like to leave this as our
baby and find another venue someplace else,” she said.
Photos by David Weaver/Community Impact Newspaper
By Caitlin Perrone
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1 Milano Trattoria co-owner and head
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Airborn Circle to provide infrastructure
for economic development in the area.
The project also includes wastewater
infrastructure improvements, and
construction crews are also relocating
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1 FM 1460 expansion
Construction to widen FM 1460 to four
lanes from Quail Valley Drive in
Georgetown to just north of University
Boulevard in Round Rock is underway. The
Texas Department of Transportation will
oversee the project’s construction. OHL
USA Inc. is the contractor for the project.
In November workzone speed limit signs
were installed in the area as construction
on the project began.
Timeline: October 2015-fall 2017
Cost: $34.7 million
Funding sources: cities of Georgetown
and Round Rock, Williamson County,
TxDOT and Capital Area Metropolitan
Planning Organization
2 Second Street rehabilitation
Construction work to improve Second
Street from Austin Avenue to College
Street is underway. The project also
includes sidewalk improvements
along that portion of the roadway.
Construction crews are completing
utility relocations, including water and
wastewater improvements. The project
is a part of the city’s overall street
maintenance program. Second Street
between Austin and Main Street opened
to traffic in late November.
Timeline: July 2015-April 2016
Cost: $1.9 million
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between Hwy. 29 and SE Inner Loop in
November. The project also included
adding a southbound-to-northbound
turnaround bridge at Leander Road,
which opened in November, and
noncontiguous sidewalks from SE
Inner Loop to Westinghouse Road.
Construction also reconfigured entrance
and exit ramps between Westinghouse
and Hwy. 29.
Timeline: February 2013-November 2015
Cost: $20 million
road bond with a pass-through
financing agreement with TxDOT
5 Jim Hogg Road and Williams
Drive intersection widening
City Council could approve the contract
to widen Jim Hogg Road at Williams
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will also include the installation of a
traffic signal. The project will widen the
roadway to a three-lane section at the
intersection with Williams.
Timeline: February 2016-summer 2016
Cost: $725,000
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Health foundation study focused
on needs of low-income residents
Transportation, child care, dental care top list of priorities
Recommendations
The research team offered shortterm and long-term recommendations
to combat these needs, including
installing an affordable public bus
16% were over 75
21% had a college degree
experienced by the entire city, said
Shetal Vohra-Gupta, the principal
investigator who chaired the
research team.
From April to September, the team
conducted 19 interviews, 13 focus
groups and a survey to reach the voices
of the most marginalized community
members, Vohra-Gupta said.
Overall findings
The team’s findings suggested the
area needs better public transportation options—the focus groups
discussed roadblocks to basic needs
such as going to the doctor or grocery
store and how a lack of public transit
could limit choices for maintaining
healthy lifestyles.
“Every focus group talked about
this,” Vohra-Gupta said. “Transportation around Georgetown was
the second highest unmet need for
survey participants, and transportation outside of Georgetown was
the fourth highest unmet need for
survey participants.”
The focus groups, interviews and
surveys also listed access to day
care and after school programs and
access to college readiness programs
as issues. Also on the list were
equitable access to healthy foods
and nutrition education, access to
affordable dental care and quality
mental health services.
The Georgetown residents also
wished to have more of a voice in
community decisions. Vohra-Gupta
said this is a common problem—
low-income residents are often the
least active at speaking out because
they feel a lack of connection to community leaders.
“When it comes to political
participation, they are often the
most marginalized, and therefore
they don’t participate,” she said. “So
it is imperative for those that are in
positions of leadership to reach out
and to connect to make that
connection happen.”
AGE
Education Level
9% were 65 to 74
5% were 55 to 64
36% had some college or an associate’s
degree/trade certificate
12% were 45 to 54
26% completed high school
27% were 25 to 34
17% had a middle school
education or less
15% were 18 to 24
Work Force
16% were 35 to 44
Average household income
10% made more than $60,000
20% worked more than 40
hours a week
28% made between $30,000
and $60,000
30% worked 21 to 40 hours
12% worked 6 to 20 hours
62%made under
$30,000 per year
38% had 5 hours or less paid
work a week
The top unmet needs in Georgetown
• Transportation
• Housing
• College access assistance
• Day care/after-school
activities
• Healthy food and nutrition
Respondents who listed need as unmet
Residents in southeast Georgetown
are in need of transportation options,
quality housing, better nutrition
and child care, according to a study
completed by the Institute for Urban
Policy Research and Analysis from
The University of Texas.
The Southeast Georgetown Needs
Assessment, commissioned by the
Georgetown Health Foundation,
explored the challenges, wants and
needs facing low-income residents in
southeast Georgetown. Members of
the IUPRA research team presented
the results to community leaders at
East View High School on Nov. 12.
The health foundation works alongside and financially supports various
organizations, such as The Caring
Place, Lone Star Circle of Care and the
Boys and Girls Club of Georgetown,
said Suzanna Pukys, GHF director of
community resources. She said the foundation wanted to make sure it is funding
the needs of residents in Georgetown
through these different groups.
“We wanted to delve into some
research and better understand if the
things that we’re funding are in line
with what the community articulates
as its needs,” she said.
Since the city of Georgetown has
been experiencing growth and changes
in demographics in the past few years,
the health foundation wanted the needs
assessment to explore the challenges
that face low-income residents. Pukys
said they also wanted the research to be
completed by an outside third party that
could take an objective look at the area.
One of the health foundation’s
main goals was to also hear about the
needs directly from the low-income
community, Pukys said.
“We have some great needs assessments and feedback from the folks
who are in the trenches doing the
direct service work, but didn’t really
have a community voice,” she said.
“With low-income residents being our
target population, we really wanted to
hear directly from them.”
The IUPRA research team mainly
examined the 78626 area code, which
Pukys said has the highest number
of low-income residents in the city.
However, the area represents issues
Survey demographics
Top 5 Unmet Needs Top Findings
By Caitlin Perrone
Georgetown needs assessment
The Georgetown Health Foundation commissioned a study to learn about the needs of
low-income residents in southeast Georgetown.
• Economic security
• Health/dental care
• Mental health services
• Power differentials
• Connections to the
leadership
36.11%
31.85%
27.61%
Bullying
prevention
Dental
services
Legal
concerns
30.07%
28.37%
Transportation
around city
Transportation
outside city
Top Needs Listed
Source: Southeast Georgetown Needs Assessment, Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis/Community Impact Newspaper
system, after-school and summer
activities, providing social services in
Spanish, increasing access to healthy
food options and culturally competent
nutritional programs. The team also
recommended establishing community
liaison positions.
Pukys said GHF’s first step is to
evaluate the findings and make decisions
on where to focus its efforts. She said she
hopes the report will act as a springboard
for conversation with community members and get groups and leaders to think
about collaboration in new ways.
“We recognize that not one of these
recommendations can be accomplished as a single organization,” she
said. “These need to be worked at in
collaboration with a cross sector of the
community, so it’s going to take some
time to figure it out, reach out and find
out who would be a willing partner.”
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News from Georgetown and Williamson County
Lease agreement OK’d for heritage center
GEORGETOWN City Council
approved a lease agreement Nov. 24
with the Georgetown Heritage Society for the Grace Heritage Center at
811 Main St. The council voted 6-0
with Council Member Tommy
Gonzalez absent.
The agreement is for a three-year
renewable lease, which could be ended
by the city with six months notice.
Council Member Steve Fought
amended the motion, which passed,
to direct city staff to bring a list to the
council of all city-owned property
leased to nonprofit organizations as
well as a recommendation on how
the city could get out of owning and
leasing buildings.
GEORGETOWN City Council
voted Nov. 24 to postpone a rezoning request for a 25-acre lot at 650
FM 971 near San Gabriel Park.
Developers had requested the
zoning be changed from agriculture
to low-density multifamily to build
single-family detached condos.
Several individuals from nearby
neighborhoods protested the rezoning
during the meeting. Many residents
said they would rather the area be
rezoned as single-family residential.
The council could reconsider the
request at its Jan. 26 meeting.
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drug, mental health and other related
treatment through rehabilitative
services, and provides one-on-one
mentoring by other veterans.
The first two veterans pleaded into
the court March 3, and as of Nov. 6,
that number had risen to 13. Five more
will be joining the program Nov. 20,
and 10 additional veterans are pending
for consideration into the program.
The court is looking to receive
between $5,000 and $500,000 for
veterans services from the state. The
program will award $1.5 million in
grants to veterans treatment courts
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than one year since the Veterans Treatment Court was created, Williamson
County is recognizing its success.
In fiscal year 2014-15, the county
received $104,000 from the office of
the governor through the criminal
justice division.
The treatment courts assist veterans
with criminal charges through the
court system, said Sabrina Bentley, the
specialty court coordinator for DWI
Court and Veterans Treatment Court.
Supervised treatment and incentives
help veterans improve their lives and
become integral, productive members
of the community, Bentley said. The
Council postpones
rezoning request
for development
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GEORGETOWN A rezoning
request for the property at 605 E.
University Ave. to build a proposed
28-unit apartment complex, known
as College View Apartments, failed
to get enough votes Nov. 24 to be
approved by City Council.
Because of protests from neighboring property owners, the request
needed at least six votes to be
approved. Council members voted 4-3
with Keith Brainard, Rachael Jonrowe
and Anna Eby voting against the
rezoning request.
Developer Lee McIntosh requested
to rezone the former Georgetown
Rendering courtesy city of Georgetown
Multifamily housing
zoning change fails
City Council vote
Developer Lee McIntosh proposed building a 28-unit multifamily housing development in downtown.
Hospital property from local
commercial zoning to about 1 acre of
a planned unit development, or PUD,
with a base multifamily 2 zoning to
build the multifamily development.
The proposed development included
several deviations from the city’s zoning
regulations, such as exceeding the
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Meetings are recorded and broadcast
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maximum density of 24 units per acre
for the multifamily 2 zoning.
Several residents from the Old Town
neighborhood spoke against the project
at the Nov. 24 council meeting.
The property has been vacant since
2010, Georgetown Planning Director
Sofia Nelson said.
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Williamson County Courthouse,
710 S. Main. St., Georgetown
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Housing board
requests funding
GEORGETOWN The city’s Housing
Advisory Board requested the city
spend $195,000 to hire consultants to
complete a strategic plan to add to the
existing workforce housing in the city.
Board Chairman Walt Doering
presented the request during the
City Council workshop Nov. 10.
Doering said the consultants
could gather data to craft policy
suggestions for a strategic plan
with recommendations that would
resolve the city’s need for additional
affordable housing.
Doering said once the study is
completed with the city’s needs
and proposed solutions, it would
be brought back to the council for
further direction.
The council could consider
approving the study at a future
meeting.
Williamson County
considers water
authority study
WILLIAMSON COUNTY Commissioners heard a presentation
Nov. 17 from the Lone Star Regional
Water Authority, which asked the
county for $50,000 to complete a
water development study.
As the county faces a growing
population, LSRWA President Landy
Warren said the plan would prevent
future water shortages by obtaining
groundwater from the Trinity Aquifer
in parts of Williamson and Bell
counties as well as the Carrizo-Wilcox
Aquifer in Lee County. The groundwater would be transported to storage
areas in Williamson County and local
cities could then purchase the water.
Warren said the plan would not
replace the water sources the cities and
county currently use, but would give
those entities another source.
Commissioner Valerie Covey said
she would be interested in moving
forward but wanted to make sure
the eastern counties would be
involved with the study.
The commissioners took no action
on the request, and Warren said
LSRWA would next have to speak
with water providers in the county.
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The annual city-sponsored
event is family-friendly and
alcohol-free. The New Year’s celebration
showcases Austin’s diverse and
creative community through art, films
and live music. The event concludes
with a fireworks finale. 4-10 p.m. Free.
Auditorium Shores, South First Street and
Riverside Drive, Austin. 512-974-7700.
www.austintexas.gov/any
Courtesy Ariana Delbar
The Sun City Rotary Club,
Georgetown ISD, Georgetown Fire
Department and Assistance League
of Georgetown Area host the 15th
annual event with pancakes, sausage,
juice and coffee, as well as free photos
with Santa Claus. Proceeds benefit
families in need in Georgetown. 7:3011 a.m. $6. Georgetown Community
Center, 445 E. Morrow St.
http://portal.clubrunner.ca/7597
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Home Tours for the Holiday
classic book that stars Gary Sinise and
John Malkovich. Austin Opera is on hand
to talk about the connection among the
novella, film and opera. 7-9 p.m. Free.
Georgetown Public Library, 402 W.
Eighth St. 512-930-3551. https://library.
georgetown.org
The Georgetown Heritage Society
showcases four homes and one
business along Main Street. The event
features a Saturday evening candlelight
tour that lets visitors stroll amid the
glow of holiday lights and music, and
hot cider and cookies are available at
the Grace Heritage Center. Noon-6
p.m. (Sat.), 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sun.). $15
(in advance), $20 (day of tour). Grace
Heritage Center, 811 S. Main St.
512-869-8597.
www.georgetownheritagesociety.org
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Trout Fishing Derby
The Georgetown Parks and
Recreation Department sponsors the
annual fishing fest, and those who are
registered can win prizes in a raffle. Bait
and drinks are available for sale, and
a fishing permit is required for those
age 18 and older. 7-10:30 a.m. $3. San
Gabriel Park, 445 E. Morrow St.
512-930-8459. www.parks.
georgetown.org
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Live Music at the
Library
The Austin Flute Project, an ensemble
that pushes the boundaries of flute
chamber music, performs as a gift of
the Friends of the Georgetown Public
Library. 2-4 p.m. Free. Georgetown
Public Library, 402 W. Eighth St.
512-930-3551. https://library.
georgetown.org
January
08
‘Of Mice and Men’
screening
The Georgetown Public Library shows
the film version of John Steinbeck’s
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A Midwinter’s Night Ball
The eighth annual model horse
show features North American
National qualifiers’ collectible horses
on display. Collectible horses are
judged based on breed halter
standards, collectibility, painting and
workmanship criteria. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
(Sat.), 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sun.). Free. San
Gabriel Community Center, 445 E.
Morrow St. www.weberpages.com/
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Winter Wonderland
Celebrate 36 years of saving animals’
lives with Texas Humane Heroes at
the eighth annual Winter Wonderland
holiday fundraiser. KVUE’s Terri
Gruca hosts for the evening, and this
year’s theme is “A Christmas Story”
based on the holiday film. Music,
dancing, a wine toss, a photo booth
and food are available. 7-10 p.m.
$40 (in advance), $50 (at the door).
Avery Ranch Golf Club, 10500
Avery Club Drive. 512-260-3602.
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Jingle Bell Ride
The 4-mile family ride on the hike
and bike trail in San Gabriel Park starts
at Blue Hole Park and raises funds to
support nonprofits Early Act First Knight
and Shelter Box. The event is sponsored
by the Georgetown Sunrise Rotary. 6-8
p.m. $10 (age 11 and younger), $25
(adult rider). Blue Hole Park, 100 Blue
Hole Park Road. www.jinglebellride.org
Breakfast with Santa
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Courtesy Shannon Southard
Participants vote for the best culinary
and decorating skills on display in the
annual event. Artists compete in three
categories, including gingerbread houses
made from kits, original design by two
or more people and original designs by
one person in multiple age groups. The
winner in each category and age group
wins a $25 gift card, and winners will be
announced Dec. 14. Times vary. Free.
Georgetown Public Library,
402 W. Eighth St. 512-931-7716.
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Austin’s New Year
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Spend an evening at the Georgetown
Art Center with featured exhibit
artist David Chapman Lindsay. The
fundraising event will include food,
drinks and conversations about art.
6:30 -9 p.m. $30. Georgetown Art
Center, 816 S. Main St. 512-930-2583.
www.georgetownartcentertx.org
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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
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Veterans Day Ceremony
Third annual
Ladies Nite Out
Sun City hosted its annual Veterans Day
Ceremony on Nov. 11 at the GeorgetownWilliamson County Veterans Memorial
Plaza, 2 Texas Drive.
The third annual Ladies Nite Out event was
held Nov. 19.
The shopping event featured music and
shopping specials at stores throughout the
Square.
The event honored veterans who have
served in the military and those currently
serving. The East View High School band,
orchestra and choir provided music for the
event, which also included the dedication of
a memorial tree and plaque in honor of Sgt.
Thomas McNeil of the Continental Army.
2 Maj. Gen. John Uberti, deputy
commanding general of the III Corps and
Fort Hood, addresses the crowd gathered
for the event.
3 A member of La Grosse Tete performs
with his band, which walked around the
Square performing throughout the event.
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Photos by Beth Wade/Community Impact Newspaper
1 An attendee salutes during the national
anthem at the event.
2 Visitors browse items and shop at
Divine Treasures on Main Street.
Photos by David Weaver/Community Impact Newspaper
During the event two wreaths were laid at
the Memorial Wall in honor of all service
members as well as in memory of the 175
service members from Williamson County
who have died in combat.
1 Members of the New Orleans jazz
band La Grosse Tete perform in front of the
Georgetown Art Center.
3 Memorial bricks engraved with the
names of veterans line the walkway at the
memorial plaza.
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Students play music during the event.
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Leon and Tiffany Chen
CEO and president of Tiff’s Treats
Leon and Tiffany Chen started warm-cookie delivery company Tiff’s Treats in
1999 when they were sophomores at The University of Texas, baking cookies out
of an oven in Leon’s apartment.
Since then the couple married, opened the first storefront, and expanded the
company to 19 locations in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San
Antonio areas. Each bakery has the capacity to make 40 dozen cookies every 15
minutes, Leon said.
The company is considering local and out-of-state expansion.
“One day we hope to have this concept and this brand nationwide,” Leon said.
How did you start Tiff’s Treats?
Leon: We were sophomores, and
the idea came about because my now
lovely wife here stood me up on a
date.
Tiffany: We are from Richardson.
We were there for winter break our
sophomore year, and yes, I stood him
up on a date. … So I made a set of
cookies and drove over to his dad’s
house, and when I got there they were
still warm. … I get back home, and
he calls me and says, ‘Hey, when we
get back to school we’re going to do
this like a business. It’s going to be
just like a pizza delivery [company],
only with cookies.’
Leon, were you always
entrepreneurial-minded?
Leon: My parents were, and so I
thought that’s how everyone thought.
And so I’d always be thinking of
ideas, some terrible and some not so
terrible. But really the impetus was,
after my freshman year in college, I
interned at a company in Dallas. …
I was sitting there one day thinking,
‘Oh man, I don’t know if I can do this
when I graduate.’
Do you have any advice for any
future entrepreneurs who are
busy at work or school?
Tiffany: Put your passion into the
thing that you want to really be doing,
and then you can spend your other
hours doing the other thing. But it’s
hard to split passions up one way or the
other. We put all of our focus and all of
our energy into Tiff’s Treats while we
were still in college.
How did you build the Tiff’s Treats
brand?
Tiffany: I think we did realize early
on that people had an emotional connection to our company. I don’t know
that’s something that we necessarily
did, but it was just a family-based
business; it was just Leon and I doing
it with passion. But I also think our
product lends to that; it’s a warm
product. Ultimately, we just strive to do
everything the best possible [way] that
we can in terms of customer
service and the product being
consistent.
Do you plan on offering other
products?
Tiffany: We are really laser-focused
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By Joseph Basco
Tiff’s Treats CEO Leon Chen and president Tiffany Chen answer questions from Community
Impact Newspaper founder John Garrett and staff about the warm-cookie delivery company.
on warm-cookie delivery, and we don’t
feel like we’ve maxed out what we can
do with warm-cookie delivery. So until
we feel like we have, we don’t think that
we have to be doing offshoots. So even
if someone is really respected and has
a great idea, [it] doesn’t mean it’s a bad
idea. It’s just that they are not in the
day-to-day with us.
How have traffic and rising rents
impacted your business?
Leon: We have been pretty lucky
in the fact that most of our leases, we
signed them in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
and we were able to lock down rents
for 20 years near those rates. … Traffic,
it is what it is. Luckily, we’re prepared
in Austin. We’re also in Houston and
Dallas, and traffic is terrible, especially
in Houston. We just work around it.
We just hire more drivers.
Are you going to go out of state?
Leon: We plan to go out of state. We
don’t have anything set, but we hope to
be making an announcement. We hope
to have something out of state by the
end of [2016], if not multiple locations.
… The goal is we’re still going to continue [expanding in] Texas.
How did you come up with the
recipes?
Tiffany: It was a recipe that I used
to make for fun for my mom, so it was
something she taught me. … Over the
years it has been tweaked numerous
times. … There are tweaks just for
volume. [The recipe is] a little different
now than it was when we started.
Leon: Tiff and I cannot make cookies anymore, ironically, because we
don’t know how to work the
equipment.
Tiffany: I got retrained a couple of
Valentine’s Days ago. At the facility
that makes all the dough, they had a
whole bunch of people who were off all
at once, and it was right before Valentine’s Day, so it was a crisis moment.
All the corporate staff came in. I was
like, ‘Will someone train me how to
make these?’
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VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
Gentiva Hospice serves
Williamson and Burnet counties.
Volunteers may provide end-oflife companionship for patients
and their families or perform
administrative tasks.
2913 Williams Drive, Ste. 320,
Georgetown 78628
512-942-6261
www.gentiva.com
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900 N. Austin Ave., Ste. 313,
Georgetown 78626
512-864-2542
www.georgetownarea.
assistanceleague.org
Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown
offers programs and activities
to help children build character,
achieve academic success
and maintain healthy lifestyles.
Volunteers serve as homework
helpers, club buddies, mentors,
help with events, program
facilitators or board members. A
volunteer application, orientation
and background check must be
completed.
1200 W. 17th St., Georgetown
512-868-3700
www.bgcgeorgetown.org
The Caring Place uses volunteer
efforts to provide for needy families
in Georgetown and northern
Williamson County. Volunteers
work as receptionists, cashiers,
caseworkers, as staff in the
boutique and more.
2000 Railroad St., Georgetown
78626
512-943-0702
www.caringplacetx.org,
www.facebook.com/
thecaringplace
CASA of Williamson County
provides trained, court-appointed
volunteers who advocate for the
best interest of abused or neglected
children on their journey to a safe,
permanent home.
805 W. University Ave., Ste. 111,
Georgetown 78626
512-868-2822
www.casawilco.org
Twitter: @casawctx
Faith in Action Georgetown
assists adults age 65 and older in
maintaining their quality of life and
independence. Volunteers provide
transportation, home repairs and
companionship to the elderly.
Georgetown 78626
512-868-9544
www.faithinactiongt.org
Family Eldercare provides support
services to older adults, adults with
disabilities and their caregivers
in Austin and the surrounding
area. Volunteers provide support
to those lacking the support of
friends and family by assisting
with bill paying and visiting
regularly. Other volunteers facilitate
telephone activities for the Lifetime
Connections Without Walls program.
Volunteers are always needed and
are instrumental in enabling the
programs to positively affect the lives
of older adults in the community.
1700 Rutherford Lane, Austin
78754
Georgetown 78626
512-450-0844
www.familyeldercare.org
Twitter: @familyeldercare
Friends of the Georgetown Public
Library runs the Second-Hand
110 W.L. Walden Drive,
Georgetown 78626
512-930-3592
www.pets.georgetown.org
Georgetown Partners in
Education connects the community
and resources to strengthen the
educational network and promote
academic and life success among
students. Volunteer opportunities
include becoming a classroom
partner, mentor or tutor.
2281 N. Austin Ave., Georgetown
78627
512-887-0385
www.georgetownpartners.org
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Assistance League of
Georgetown Area is a
philanthropic, nonprofit volunteer
organization with the mission to help
those in need within the community
through services, such as buying
clothes for children, hosting monthly
birthday parties at an Alzheimer’s
disease unit, tutoring programs
and operating the Assistance
League Thrift Shop. Volunteers
must go through a training program
and become a member of the
organization.
Georgetown Animal Shelter
provides care for homeless animals.
Volunteers assist with direct animal
care and adoption.
The Georgetown Project
coordinates community resources
to build a healthier environment
for children and youth. Volunteers
assist in fundraising and youth
programs. Bridges to Growth, a
program of The Georgetown Project
that offers a free lending library,
uses volunteers to assist with
clerical duties and children’s events.
1001 Ash St., Georgetown 78626
(The Georgetown Project),
512-943-5198
805 W. University Ave.,
Georgetown 78626 (Bridges to
Growth), 512-864-3008
www.georgetownproject.org
GMAT, or Georgetown Medical
Assist Team, is a nonprofit firstresponder organization that is
registered with the Texas Department
of State Health Services. A monthly
meeting is held on the first Thursday
of each month; details may be found
on the website. GMAT also teaches
American Heart Association first aid,
CPR and AED classes. Volunteers are
certified emergency care attendants,
emergency medical technicians and
paramedics who strive to arrive at
the scene of an emergency within 5
minutes of a call.
P.O. Box 1112, Georgetown 78627
512-773-8818
www.gmatems.org
Habitat for Humanity of
Williamson County teams build
quality houses for local low-income
families. Volunteers assist in
construction, office administration
and customer service, and they also
handle donations at the ReStore, a
thrift store for building materials.
2108 N. Austin Ave., Georgetown
78626
512-863-4344
www.williamsonhabitat.org
Twitter: @habitatwilco
Handcrafts Unlimited offers
handmade crafts from artisans age
50 and older living in Williamson
County or an adjacent county.
Volunteers help operate the store
with daily retail activities, such
as completing sales and greeting
visitors. Volunteers can also teach
classes and help with monthly
inventory or special events.
78626
512-869-1812
www.handcraftsunlimited.org
Hope Alliance provides services
and counseling to victims of family
and sexual violence. Volunteers
answer crisis calls and assist in a
variety of programs.
1011 Gattis School Road, Ste. 106,
Round Rock 78664
512-255-1212
www.hopealliancetx.org
Twitter: @hopealliance_ed
Hospice Austin has provided
compassionate medical, emotional
and spiritual care for terminally
ill people and their loved ones in
Central Texas for the past 35 years.
Regardless of ability to pay, it offers
extensive services, including expert
pain and symptom management,
an inpatient facility, and volunteer
and bereavement services in
Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and
Williamson counties. Volunteers
visit or read with patients, run
errands, and provide a calm and
compassionate presence for
families.
4107 Spicewood Springs Road,
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512-240-9137
www.nvcnetwork.org
Twitter: @nvcnetwork
Literacy Council of Williamson
County improves adult literacy
in the county and offers English
as a second language courses.
Volunteers tutor individuals to read,
write and speak English and help
dropouts earn a GED certificate.
Project Linus—Williamson/Travis/
Hays/Bastrop County Chapter
provides handmade blankets for
children going through a difficult
time in their lives. The nonprofit
works with about 40 organizations,
including police departments,
hospitals and children’s shelters.
Volunteers make, inspect, label, bag
and distribute the blankets.
2411 Williams Drive, Ste. 1,
Georgetown 78628
512-869-0497
www.literacycouncil-wc.org
512-448-1851
www.orgsites.com/tx/austinlinus
Lone Star Circle of Care provides
primary health care services for
uninsured and underserved patients
in Central Texas. Volunteers help
with administrative tasks and other
assignments.
205 E. University Ave., Ste. 200,
Georgetown 78626
512-686-0207
www.lscctx.org
Twitter: @LSCCHealthCtr
Meals on Wheels of Williamson
and Burnet County—Georgetown
makes and delivers meals to
homebound members of the
community, including those age 60
and older. Volunteers deliver meals
by car.
78626
512-863-5010
www.wbco.net/services_meals.
html
National Volunteer Caregiving
Network is dedicated to creating the
choice of independent living through
volunteer caregiving. NVCN believes
that every individual who needs a
volunteer caregiver should be satisfied;
therefore, the NVCN is responsive to
individuals, groups and communities
whose vision is to help seniors and the
disabled remain in their homes for as
long as possible. NVCN volunteers are
needed for administrative tasks, Web
maintenance and special event staffing.
R.O.C.K., or Ride On Center for
Kids, is a nonprofit provider of
therapeutic horseback riding and
hippotherapy for children and
adults with cognitive and physical
challenges. There are opportunities
to volunteer directly with the
students, horses, in the office, on
committees and for special events.
2050 Rockride Lane, Georgetown
78626
512-930-7625
www.rockride.org
STARRY provides shelter and
foster care to abused and
neglected children as well as family
counseling. Volunteers, when
needed, are involved in a variety
of projects, including child care
programs and providing meals.
Respite care and foster parents are
also needed.
1300 N. Mays St., Round Rock
78664
512-246-4259
www.starry.org
Stonehaven Senior Center is open
to adults age 50 and older, and
volunteers provide companionship
and entertainment to residents as
well as assist with activities hosted
by the center.
1704 Hart St., Georgetown 78626
512-863-5141
[email protected]
30028 Oakland Hills Drive,
Georgetown 78628
assistance to abused children,
non-offending family members
and the professionals dedicated
to the intervention, investigation,
prosecution and treatment
options related to child abuse
cases. Volunteers are needed to
provide hospitality to families and
children, answer phones and give
administrative assistance.
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Ste. 100, Austin 78759
512-342-4700
www.hospiceaustin.org
United Way of Williamson
County focuses on education,
income, health and basic needs.
Volunteers are needed at four
free tax-preparation sites—Hutto,
Georgetown, Leander and Taylor—
from January through April. Free
training is provided. Volunteers are
also needed for the annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Day of Service and
Fall Day of Caring projects.
1111 N. I-35, Ste. 220, Round Rock
78664
512-255-6799
www.unitedway-wc.org
Twitter: @unitedwaywilco
Williamson-Burnet County
Opportunities volunteers work in
a wide range of services, including
child development programs and
Meals on Wheels, that benefit lowincome members of the community.
Volunteers are needed to assist in
Head Start classrooms and deliver
meals to homebound seniors.
604 High Tech Drive, Georgetown
78626
512-763-1400
www.wbco.net
Williamson County Brown Santa
provides assistance to families in
Williamson County living outside
the city limits of any city within the
county not already providing a similar
program. Brown Santa purchases
toys, books and other items needed
to make Christmas brighter for
children. Volunteers help with events,
packing boxes and wrapping gifts.
508 S. Rock St., Georgetown 78626
512-943-1300
www.wilcobrownsanta.com
Williamson County Children’s
Advocacy Center is a nonprofit
organization that provides
1811 SE Inner Loop, Georgetown
78626
512-943-3701
www.wilcocac.org
Williamson County Regional
Animal Shelter provides care
for homeless animals. Volunteers
support the staff by socializing
animals; assisting with cleaning,
fundraising and off-site event
assistance; office work; and helping
customers. Search Facebook for the
Williamson County Regional Animal
Shelter for more information.
1855 SE Inner Loop, Georgetown
78626
512-943-3322
www.wilcopets.org
Twitter: @wilcopets
Williamson County Symphony
Orchestra travels throughout the
county performing free concerts.
Volunteers are needed to assist at
performances, and musicians may
visit the website to find open positions.
1007 Green Meadow Drive, Round
Rock 78664
512-789-5073
www.wilcosymphony.org
Twitter: @wilcoorchestra
The Williamson Museum
promotes the culture and heritage
of Williamson County. The nonprofit
offers free hands-on educational
programs to the public through
innovative exhibits, programs, tours
and outreach. Museum volunteers
serve as docents, courthouse tour
guides, museum ambassadors and
collections volunteers.
716 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown 78626
512-943-1670
www.williamsonmuseum.org
Serving the Austin community
5,877 Austin-area
nonprofits generated That is a 95% increase
$5.6 billion in from what
revenue in 2014. area nonprofits
earned in 2004.
An estimated 28.6% of area
residents volunteer, ranking
On average, residents
Austin 17th volunteer 30.9 hours
among the 51 largest
U.S. metropolitan
areas as of 2013.
per year, which is less than
the national
average of
32.1 hours.
MAIN VOLUNTEER
ACTIVITIES
ANNUAL AVERAGE CHARITABLE
DONATIONS (by percentage of individual
•Collect/distribute
food 22.4%
•General labor 20.8%
•Mentor youth 20.1%
•Raise funds 18.6%
net income in 2012)
The percentage of Austin-area
residents who volunteer
has decreased
10.9% from
2005 to 2013.
•Travis Co. 2.67%
•Williamson Co. 2.81%
•Hays Co. 2.81%
•Texas: 3.59%
•United States: 4.7%
Sources: Mission Capital; I Live Here, I Give Here; Corporation for National and Community Service; city of Austin 2012 volunteerism
study; Chronicle of Philanthropy; United Way for Greater Austin/Community Impact Newspaper
The percentage of residents
donating money
also fell from
5.8% to 4.2%
between 1997 and 2008.
This guide is not a
comprehensive list of
all area organizations
that need volunteers.
If your organization
is not included,
email us at listings@
communityimpact.
com, and we will add
it to our online list. For
more Georgetown-area
volunteer opportunities,
visit communityimpact.
com/georgetownvolunteer-guide-2015.
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outdoor deck. The 15-minute light show starts at the top of
every hour from 6 p.m. to midnight through Jan. 10. Holiday
lights also form a replica of the Austin skyline, including
Santa Claus soaring over landmark downtown buildings,
joined by bats. Free. Mozart’s Coffee Roasters, 3825 Lake
Austin Blvd. 512-461-5544. www.mozartscoffee.com
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with 137,000 LED lights. The tree features various music
with lights daily from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and is located by the
Texas Capitol at the corner of 11th Street and Congress
Avenue until the first week of January. Free. 512-469-1766.
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3-6 p.m., are scheduled throughout the season. 6 p.m. Free.
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make appearances in the evenings, and more than 30 food
trailers are featured. 7-10 p.m. Free (Dec. 10-15), $3 (age 12
and older, Dec. 16-22). Zilker Park, 2201 Barton Springs
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the Square on Nov. 27.
Downtown lights and decor
stay on through Jan. 2, and businesses offer later hours
for holiday guests. Other events include a Gingerbread
Extravaganza at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W.
Eighth St. For more holiday events in Georgetown, see the
calendar on Page 17. Free. The Square, Georgetown.
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Through Dec. 26 the event
includes a drive-thru tour and
an expanded Christmas Towne festival village. Christmas
Towne features more light displays, carnival attractions, a
light maze, food and pony rides. Light tour hours: 6-9 p.m.
(Sun.-Thu. through Dec. 16 and Dec. 25-26), 6-10 p.m. (Fri.-Sat.
through Dec. 16 and Dec. 17-24), Christmas Towne hours: 6
p.m.-close of drive-thru lights (Dec. 11-13, 18-24). Light tour
cost: $15 (family vehicles), $45 (shuttle buses), $75 (buses).
Christmas Towne costs: free (admission), $2-$3 (individual
rides), $15 (carnival access with unlimited rides). Old Settlers
Park, 4111 E. Old Settlers Blvd. 512-341-3361.
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Abridged stories from our other editions
TRANSPORTATION UPDATES
Diverging diamond
interchange
ROUND ROCK Work was substantially completed as of Nov. 23 on a new
style of intersection called a diverging
diamond at the University Boulevard/
FM 1431 overpass of I-35 to alleviate
traffic congestion in Round Rock. The
new interchange will direct University left-turning traffic to the opposite
side of the road for a short time.
“This project will greatly enhance
safety and help motorists travel along and
across the I-35 corridor by improving
left-turn movements and allowing more
vehicles to travel through the intersection
in a single traffic light cycle,” said John
Peters, Texas Department of Transportation assistant area engineer.
Final paving will likely occur in
the spring when temperatures are
warmer. The $ 7 million project was
funded through federal highway funds
and TxDOT.
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1 The most recognizable feature of the
diverging diamond interchange is the
crosspoints installed at both sides of the
University Boulevard overpass. These
crosspoints divert traffic to the left side of the
road, which is intended to allow for more
uninterrupted traffic flow onto and off of the
interstate. Traffic signals at the crosspoints
regulate the flow of eastbound and
westbound traffic as well as the traffic exiting
I-35 frontage roads.
2 Eastbound University traffic turning south
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onto I-35 enters a dedicated lane that connects
to a frontage road before entering the
intersection. The same applies for westbound
traffic turning onto northbound I-35.
3 Eastbound University traffic heading north
on I-35 will move to the left lane before
entering the intersection. Once the cars pass
through the crosspoint, they merge onto the
existing U-turn bridge and divert onto the
northbound I-35 frontage road, where they
have a dedicated lane intended to prevent
merging backups. The same principle
applies for westbound traffic heading south
on I-35, with the exception that those cars
have two lanes from which to exit and do not
have to merge onto a U-turn bridge. Signs
and street markings aim to direct drivers to
the proper lanes.
4 Eastbound University traffic continuing
across the overpass will move to either of
the two right-hand lanes and continue
through both crosspoints. The same applies
for westbound traffic.
5 Traffic exiting the northbound I-35
6 TxDOT built a bypass lane of the
southbound I-35 frontage road that
allows traffic on the frontage road to
travel underneath the intersection unimpeded.
A northbound collector/distributor already
existed.
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Noble Sandwich Co.
another sushi chef and a waitress, they
said. By bolstering their staff the owners can begin to expand services at the
restaurant, such as extending happy
hour and adding more lunch specials.
Hakata offers a variety of sushi rolls,
from the traditional seaweed-andrice-bound fare to those with tempura
batter. Sashimi, bites of raw fish, and
nigiri, sushi atop a small rice ball, are
also served at the restaurant.
Full story by JJ Velasquez
900 E. Pecan St., Ste. 800
512-670-2480
www.hakatasushi.net
Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.,
Fri. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat. noon-10 p.m.
AUSTIN John Bates and Brandon Martinez, co-owners of Noble
Sandwich Co., said good food should
be available at every price point.
Bates and Martinez met at Del Mar
College, a culinary school in Corpus
Christi. After graduating in 2000,
the two worked together at several
restaurants, including Asti Trattoria
on East 43rd Street in Austin.
“We complement each other well,”
Bates said. “He brings a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. I bring more of
a recipe-driven approach.”
Martinez said he and Bates felt like
sandwiches were lacking
the gourmet treatment
afforded to Austin’s
many other eateries.
Bates said there are great
delis in the city, but most
order their meats and
breads from the same
distributors.
Bates and Martinez
opened their business, Noble Pig Sandwiches, in 2010 and later changed the
business name to Noble Sandwich Co.
At Noble, the chefs cure their own
meats, bake bread from scratch and
pickle their condiments.
“Ninety-five percent of our menu is
handcrafted in-house,” Bates said.
Martinez added, “We wanted to do
it the hard way because the hard way
is the better way.”
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12233 N. RM 620, Ste. 105, Austin
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Hours: Mon.-Thu. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri.
10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun.
8 a.m.-8 p.m.
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PFLUGERVILLE Husband and
wife Billy and Tammy Choe say local
sushi lovers have turned out for one
of the few sushi dining experiences
in Pflugerville—Hakata Sushi &
Asian Grill.
The Choes opened Hakata in June
2014 and said they have seen a surge
in business in its second year.
In California, Billy gained experience
as a sushi chef and has since managed
several restaurants. One of the
principles Billy learned there was that
the freshness of the fish was central to
the customer experience, he said. Providing quality customer service
is also chief among their concerns,
Tammy said. They are keen to offer a
warm welcome to their guests—memorizing names of their frequent customers and being attentive to their needs.
To date the Choes have only one
part-time employee but will soon hire
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Changes in STUDENT POPULATION
In the past 10 years Williamson County and Central Texas have seen
dramatic changes in their student populations. Experts with the
E3 Alliance, an Austin-based educational research collaboration,
say schools will need to find ways to address these population
shifts. This chart shows percentage change in different groups from
2004-14.
Texas
Overall student
population growth
19%
Central Texas
Williamson County
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tests—but we’re being outpaced by the
changing demographics.”
Dawson said there is a high
correlation between the income in a student’s family and his or her educational
outcomes and earnings later in life.
“That’s not true in every case. There
are low-income students who achieve
at high levels,” she said. “But typically
they do not have the same outside
opportunities such as hiring tutors or
going to museums.”
Dawson said achievement levels
are tied to not only income, but also
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ethnicity and gender. She said the lowestperforming groups tend to be low income
African-American and Hispanic males.
Furthermore, she said those low performance levels can have continuing
negative consequences beyond school.
“The bottom line is people think of
Williamson County as being relatively
affluent, and that’s not a generalization
that’s wrong,” she said. “Williamson
County has less than half the poverty rate than other [counties], but it
is becoming increasingly low-income
and increasingly Hispanic, and that’s
either a deficit or something we figure
out how to address to build into an
economically prosperous future.”
Early education
Dawson said one of the most
important initiatives school districts can undertake to address
the
needs
of
low-income
students is to address expectations early.
She said many students walking into kindergarten classrooms are not ready on a
social or emotional level to learn.
“We know that pre-K makes a huge
difference,” she said. “[Students] are
significantly more likely to be ready
to succeed if they have access to those
early educational services.”
One example of an early education initiative in Williamson County
is Hutto ISD. Superintendent Doug
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107%
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Demographics
Low-income students
are those who qualify for free or
reduced price lunch.
122%
Killian said his district is doing everything it can to direct funds to and
expand the pre-K program.
Killian said HISD recently implemented an optional three-year graduation plan for high school students. He said
the money that would have gone toward
educating the students in their fourth year
is diverted to the pre-K program.
“That [funding] would have been
just a straight loss,” he said. “It would
have just been kept in the state coffers
and distributed somewhere else.”
Killian said the district gets half
funding for students in the pre-K
program from the state who are
economically disadvantaged or ELL
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Increasing percentages
Ready for school
Backgrounds
According to the E3 Alliance, not only
the number of low-income students
is increasing in WilCo, but the total
percentage in Williamson County
According to experts with the E3
Alliance, nearly half of students in the
area are not ready for kindergarten
on a social or emotional level. This
chart shows kindergarten readiness
in Central Texas from 2010-15
A student’s background and income level matters when it comes to
kindergarten readiness. This chart shows different demographics’
kindergarten readiness in Central Texas from 2010-15.
2003-04 school year
Low income students
25%
Not ready
47%
Ready
20%
Ready
53%
Not low-income students who did not attend pre-K
54%
68%
Never ELL
30%
Current ELL
32%
Previous ELL
86%
85%
Addressing ELL
Non-low income
students
Educational opportunities
Dawson said many people see the
increasing number of ELL students as a
deficit, but it presents an opportunity.
“They can become our bilingual
workforce of the future,” she said.
Laura Segers, Round Rock ISD
executive director of state and federal
programs, said the district’s ELL students
come from throughout the world.
“Some of our children come to
us as immigrants or first-generation
46%
Not low-income students who did attend pre-K
Low income
students
students in the pre-K program.
He said parents can pay for the
full day, and the district’s rates are
competitive with area day cares.
54%
46%
75%
70%
80%
Low-income students who did attend pre-K
Non-low
income
students
2013-14 School Year
Not ready
Low-income students who did not attend pre-K
With this shift in demographics comes more English
language learner students. Students who succeed
in ELL programs tend to outperform their native
English-speaking counterparts. This chart shows
low-income ELL and non-ELL fifth-grade STAAR
reading Met Level II, Phase 2 standards rates from
2013-14 throughout Texas.
65%
43%
Reading
60%
52%
Math
[Americans],” Segers said. “Parents are “We make sure our students who are
particularly brought in for our tech sector. bilingual have highly qualified teachers
to support them in
We have a linguistic
“In Texas, our graduathe classroom.”
capital of about 81
tion rates have steadily
Segers
said
languages.”
Cara Schwartz,
research has shown
increased over the …
Georgetown ISD
that ELL students
executive direc- years. If you look at the
in RRISD and elsetor of special and
where who excel in
job market today that’s
federal programs,
the ELL program
said the district not enough.”
often outperform
has consistently —Susan Dawson, E3 president and executive their non-ELL peers.
seen a rise in the director
Dawson
said
number of ELL students.
schools also need to focus on not just
“We constantly evaluate our staffing High School graduation rates, but also
ratios for students, and we are constantly getting students to post secondary eduevaluating our programs,” Schwartz said. cational opportunities.
79%
57%
39%
Science
“In Texas, our graduation rates have
increased steadily over the past seven to
eight years,” she said. “If you look at the
job market today, that’s not enough. To
obtain a living-wage job a student generally has to have some sort of credential
beyond high school to be comfortable in
the world.”
Dawson said that secondary credential could come from institutions other
than universities, such as trade schools
or the military.
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Design by Cierra Aiken
MUD developments
In-city MUD vs. ETJ MUD
In-city MUD
•Pays city and MUD property taxes
•Has access to municipal services such
as library, fire, police
•Votes for City Council members
Municipal utility districts, or MUDs, can be created by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or an act of the Texas Legislature and are able to issue debt to pay for infrastructure improvements for development. MUDs may be created in the city limits
or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, the land around a city that can be annexed in the future.
MUDs
•Pays MUD property taxes
•Does not have access to city services
•Votes for MUD board members, not
City Council members
1 Cimarron Hills
Continued from | 1
2 Crescent Bluff
the Kasper Development in a
workshop session Dec. 8.
“I’m asking for direction to
move forward with crafting a
consent agreement as an MUD
[in the city’s extraterritorial
jurisdiction, or ETJ],” Nairne
said. “I’m trying to figure out
how we can make [the development] affordable for homebuyers and provide the city with
sewer and road improvements.”
3 Oaks at San Gabriel
MUD creation
As the city of Georgetown
continues to grow, developers continue to approach the
city requesting the creation of
MUDs to help fund needed
infrastructure, such as roads
and water lines, to be able to
build their developments.
Created by either the Texas
Commission on Environmental
Quality or by an act of the Texas
Legislature, MUDs are able to
take on debt by issuing bonds to
pay for parks and roads as well
as water and wastewater infrastructure. Those costs are then
passed on to the future homeowners, who pay off the debt
through property tax payments.
Before a MUD can be created, a developer must enter
into a consent agreement with
the city, which gives the city
authority to set the maximum
property tax rate, establish
development standards and
determine what infrastructure
must be built, Nelson said.
In 2014, City Council adopted
an interim MUD policy to give
direction to developers and help
guide MUD decisions in the
future, Nelson said.
The interim policy is used to
determine if a proposed MUD
is the best way to move forward with a development based
on several factors, including
whether the development has a
“unique factor,” she said.
“[Developers have to have]
ETJ MUD
Approved districts
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4 Parmer Ranch
•454 acres
•More than 1,400 single-family and multifamily units
•40 acres of commercial/mixed-use development
•64 acres of open space/parkland
5 Saddlecreek
•Nearly 2,000 single-family, townhome and multifamily units
•63 acres of commercial/employment center
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7 Wolf Ranch
•755 acres
•More than 2,400 single-family, multifamily
and age-targeted units
•20.5 acres of commercial development
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•278 acres
•591 single-family lots
something for us to be able to
ensure that the investment that
the city is putting into this development—in the sense of allowing
them to be in a MUD—[is a good
investment], so that when it’s time
for the city to take over services
in that area, there are the highest
assessed values of the properties
for the tax base, and … we’re not
taking over infrastructure that is
so worn down that we as a city
have to put our money back into
[it],” Nelson said.
In-city vs. ETJ MUDs
Kasper is the first MUD to
be reviewed under the interim
policy, City Manager David
Morgan said during the Oct. 27
City Council workshop.
Morgan said the council
should consider if a roadway
and an extended sewer line
qualify as unique factors.
Nairne said the city’s policy
is vague.
“The direction of the policy
isn’t very clear,” he said. “It needs
to clearly define what ‘unique’
means to the city.”
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1 Kasper Development
•205 acres
•726 single-family lots
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Proposed MUDs
Approved MUDs
City limits
Georgetown ETJ
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MUD property taxes
Source: city of Georgetown/Community Impact Newspaper
The policy is also used to
determine if MUDs are most
advantageous when located in
the city’s ETJ—the area that the
city has the right to annex—or in
the city limits, Nelson said.
Nairne said to make his
project viable, the MUD needs
to be in the ETJ.
In an ETJ MUD, the developer
is reimbursed for infrastructure
improvements from property
taxes collected; however, if the
MUD is in the city limits, the
MUD’s property tax rate is added
to the city’s property tax rate,
and the combined total is still
required to stay below the maximum district tax rate, he said.
By adding the city’s portion
and lowering the MUD tax rate,
developers are reimbursed for a
lower amount, he said.
“Doing an in-city MUD … has
too great a limitation as to how
much we can use that MUD to
offset the cost [of putting in the
infrastructure],” Nairne said.
Homes in the development
are proposed to cost between
$200,000
and
$300,000.
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However, Nairne said an
in-city MUD could increase
each home price by more than
$50,000 because the development would require higher
property values to fund the
infrastructure development.
“We need to try and stay in
the lower price category … so
people can pay for a nice house
they can afford,” he said.
Developing a MUD policy
“The interim MUD policy
was supposed to be an interim
plan for moving forward with
the intention that an annexation
policy and plan … was going
to follow,” Nelson said, adding
that the policy and plan would
identify where the city could
annex properties in the future.
Nelson said the plan would
also identify where MUDs are
most appropriate—in the city
limits or the city’s ETJ—as well
as how they can be used to
grow the city strategically.
“The policy did a good job
of saying a developer needs to
hang their hat on something
MUD property tax rates are typically higher
than city tax rates. In the Georgetown area,
MUD tax rates range between $0.85-$0.95
per $100 property valuation compared with
the city’s rate of $0.434 per $100 valuation.
that makes their development
unique, and the average homeowner can see where their
money is going to,” she said. “I
would really like to see us focus
and spend more time on these
unique factors and how [to] use
MUDs in strategically identified
areas that we want to grow in.”
In 2016 city staff will seek City
Council direction in developing
the annexation plan, which has
been delayed by transitions in
city leadership, she said.
“We are identifying the MUD
requests we’ve gotten so far
since the interim MUD policy
has been in place, looking at
the areas that we want to grow
and starting the discussion so
the council can give us clear
direction on how to proceed
with the annexation policy and
plan,” Nelson said.
Tell us what you think.
Comment at communityimpact.com
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FEATURED NEIGHBORHOOD
The Rancho Sienna neighborhood, located
near the intersection of Hwy. 29 and
Ronald Reagan Boulevard, features homes
ranging in size from 1,867 square feet to
4,006 square feet and ranging in price
from $275,000 to $565,000.
Rancho Sienna
Recent listings
Build-out year: not built out
Builders include: CalAtlantic Homes,
CastleRock Communities, Centerra Homes,
Chesmar Homes, D.R. Horton, Emerald Homes,
Partners in Building, Sitterle Homes, Wes
Peoples Homes
Square footage: 1,867-4,006
Home values: $275,000-$565,000
HOA dues (estimated): $504 annually
Schools: Burden Elementary School, Liberty
Hill Intermediate School, Liberty Hill High School
Property taxes (in dollars):
0.441529
Williamson County
0.040000
Williamson County FM/RD
0.100000
Williamson County ESD 4
0.850000
Williamson County MUD 12
1.540000
Liberty Hill ISD
Total (per $100 value)
2.971529
208 Grosseto Lane
$414,900
117 Tuscany Drive
$385,000
4 Bedroom / 3.5 Bath
Ellen Outlaw
Reilly Realtors
3,764 sq. ft.
2,600 sq. ft.
512-731-9481
4 Bedroom / 3 Bath
Alice Casey
Keller Williams-Lake Travis
312 Cortona Lane
$383,923
125 Florenz Lane
$424,900
4 Bedroom / 4 Bath
Laura Ivy Blessing
Keller Williams Realty
2,873 sq. ft.
5 Bedroom / 4.5 Bath
Vanessa Nunez
HomeCity Inc.
3,774 sq. ft.
Some homes feature outdoor kitchens,
terraces, balconies and hillside views.
Amenities include a fitness center,
playground, trails and community pool.
78633
35
78626
29
78628
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Neighborhood Data provided by
Renee Jantzen
Century 21 HS & Associates
512-818-8181
[email protected]
Median
home value
$386,000
Median price
per square foot
$137
Median annual
property taxes
$11,503
512-789-5087
Homes on
the market*
39
Homes under
contract*
5
512-731-8761
512-750-5716
Average days on
the market*
113
*As of 12/2/15
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Market Data
Median price of homes sold
On the market (November 2015)
Price
Number of homes for sale/Average days on the market
Price Range
78626
78628
78633
$149,999 or less
1/73
1/20
—
$150,000-$199,999
14/72
3/67
5/57
$200,000-$299,999
50/75
36/90
69/68
$300,000-$399,999
32/73
71/124
54/86
$400,000-$499,999
10/165
47/139
36/99
$500,000-$599,999
1/110
18/82
24/92
$600,000-$799,999
3/138
17/128
11/73
$800,000-$999,999
1/171
10/153
6/107
1/6
4/175
1/57
$1 million+
78626
$400,000
Nov. 2014 vs.
Nov. 2015
78628
78633
+12%
+23%
$350,000
$300,000
+2.8%
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
Recent Property Listings
ZIP code
Subdivision
Address
Bed/Bath
Price
Sq. ft.
Agent
Agency
Phone
78626
Dalrymple Addition
1406 Forest St.
2br/2ba
$168,800
936
Connie Rogers
Keller Williams Realty-GT
512-818-1098
78626
Dyches LJ Survey
840 FM 1460
3br/3ba
$479,900
2,232
Samuel Wachnin
Moreland Properties
512-263-3282
78626
Eubank Addition
1912 S. Church St.
3br/3ba
$399,900
2,047
Nancy Knight
512-818-4892
78626
Family Acres
200 Family Circle
3br/2ba
$200,000
1,542
Rebecca Canby
Keller Williams Realty-RR
512-468-6862
78626
Garcia MJ Survey
1762 CR 140
3br/2ba
$199,900
1,980
Karen Miller
Miller & Associates Realty LLC
512-635-5077
78626
Hughes Addition
1503 Ash St.
4br/4ba
$995,000
4,000
Cord Shiflet
Moreland Properties
512-751-2673
78626
Indian Creek
50106 Iron Horse Trail
4br/3ba
$228,000
2,460
Chris Rios
512-775-5476
35
78633
78626
29
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78626
Katy Crossing
103 May Cove
3br/2ba
$195,000
1,532
Janette Friend-Harrington
Coldwell Banker United, Realtors
512-844-3331
78626
La Contera
1217 Grande Mesa Drive
4br/3ba
$235,500
2,158
Leisa J. Ormsbee
JB Goodwin, Realtors
512-590-1833
78626
Prince Park Place
1708 Leander St .
3br/3ba
$369,018
2,158
Amy Corley
Private Label Realty
512-799-4445
78626
Shell Addition
805 E. Fourth St.
2br/1ba
$230,000
1,027
Hunter Madden
512-639-4068
78626
Snyder Addition
1504 Olive St.
3br/2ba
$335,000
1,987
Kristin Hepp
512-300-3332
78626
South San Gabriel Urban Renewal
801 W. Ninth St.
3br/2ba
$215,000
1,277
Katherine Reedholm
512-964-3010
78626
Stonehedge
707 Delmar Drive
4br/3ba
$244,000
2,707
Megan Turnipseed
512-966-7481
78626
Stonehedge
600 Belmont Drive
4br/3ba
$214,900
2,858
Diane Waters
512-657-4750
78626
Summercrest
1352 Ashberry Trail
4br/3ba
$225,000
2,659
Suzanne Bergmann
512-639-9438
78626
Summercrest
2324 Candle Ridge Trail
4br/3ba
$234,900
2,712
Jeffrey Arnold
Realty Austin
512-639-8838
78626
Teravista
3033 Sachen St.
4br/2ba
$328,955
2,418
Tracie Johnson
512-917-7823
78626
Teravista
4932 Scenic Lake Drive
4br/4ba
$445,551
3,467
Tracie Johnson
512-917-7823
78626
Teravista
3025 Sachen St.
4br/4ba
$356,571
3,000
Tracie Johnson
512-917-7823
78626
University Park
2619 Waizel Way
4br/3ba
$250,000
3,062
Russell Phillips
512-698-7877
78626
University Park
2219 Perkins Place
3br/3ba
$185,000
1,771
Haley Waggoner
512-966-9936
78628
Berry Creek
30217 Oakmont Drive
4br/3ba
$349,000
2,597
Rodney Rodriguez
512-300-4445
78628
Berry Creek
30113 Hacienda Lane
3br/2ba
$270,000
1,896
Terri Butt
512-635-4434
78628
Berry Creek
30602 Chi Chi Drive
3br/2ba
$265,000
2,060
Stuart Sutton
RE/MAX 1
512-844-3254
78628
Gabriels Overlook
300 Lake Side Drive
3br/3ba
$638,800
3,756
Jeffrey Arnold
Realty Austin
512-639-8838
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Williamson $299,950
LD
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267 Bonham Loop
Newport $184,900
113 Six Flags Drive
Brazos $239,950
LD
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747 Armstrong Drive
Coronado $419,950
108 Double Fire Trail
Seguin $234,950
LD
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121 Stockman Trail
Burleson $379,500
LD
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105 Painted Bunting Ln
Colorado $399,500
709 Independence Creek
Surrey Crest $287,950
236 Duck Creek
Bluffton $399,950
320 Portsmouth Drive
Monterey $186,950
LD
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111 Piedmont Lane
LaSalle $415,000
311 Dove Hollow Trail
Seguin $219,900
501 Pipe Creek Lane
Cumberland $419,900
400 Dove Hollow Trail
Coronado $489,000
307 Trail of the Flowers
Crockett $469,000
109 Whirlwind Cove
Devaca $309,950
609 Breezeway Lane
DeLeon $387,500
104 Monument Hill Trail
Gray Myst $228,950
Long $219,900
Dickinson $234,950
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210 Summit Street
LaSalle $389,900
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702 Texas Drive
Maverick $214,950
319 Monument Hill Tr
Bayberry $239,950
111 Blue Sky Court
Brazos $269,950
D
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125 Blazing Star Dr
Williamson $289,950
113 Hill Country Drive
Trinity $304,950
D
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118 Nighthawk Way
Sabine $269,950
108 Goodwater Street
Angelina $192,950
619 Sheldon Lake Drive
Copper Ridge $284,900
123 Painted Bunting Ln
Rio Grande $450,000
124 Camp Drive
Travis $339,950
LD
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910 Dome Peak Lane
Vernon Hill $349,500
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507 Salt Creek Lane
Meade $229,950
267 Bonham Loop
Newport $184,900
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120 Granite Peak Drive
Llano $234,950
100 Hacienda Heights
Houston $309,000
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110 Camp Drive
Dickinson $235,000
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125 Painted Bunting Lane
Pedernales $369,950
200 Duck Creek Lane
Morningside $443,950
306 Portsmouth Drive
Monterey $189,900
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Recent Property Listings
ZIP code
Subdivision
Address
Bed/Bath
Price
Sq. ft.
Agent
Agency
Phone
78628
Gabriels Overlook
326 Park Place Drive
4br/4ba
$549,900
3,505
Jay Warren
Berkshire Hathaway TX Realty
512-864-5657
78628
Parkside at Mayfield Ranch
400 Guadalupe River Lane
5br/4ba
$499,900
4,009
Dori Garner
Realty Austin
512-917-7310
78628
108 Fort Cobb Way
4br/4ba
$384,500
3,147
Patricia Eckert
512-419-8881
78628
417 Monahans Drive
4br/3ba
$325,000
2,748
Theresa Boisseau
512-796-1368
78628
Reata Trails
903 Stagecoach Drive
3br/2ba
$182,500
1,457
Marie Kelley
512-966-1020
78628
River Bend
107 Stacey Lane
2br/2ba
$235,000
1,606
Marie Kelley
512-966-1020
78628
River Bend
2807 Gabriel View Drive
3br/3ba
$247,000
1,742
Mary Jo Schoppa
512-864-4535
78628
River Ridge
710 Greenwood Court
4br/4ba
$499,000
3,623
Susan Hershey
512-818-0429
78628
Riverview Estates
201 Riverview Drive
3br/2ba
$269,000
1,623
Susan Hershey
512-818-0429
78628
Riverview Estates
102 Woodcrest Court
3br/3ba
$385,000
2,705
Noel Roberts
JB Goodwin, Realtors
713-562-3693
78628
Riverview Estates
100 Oakmont Court
3br/2ba
$314,900
1,965
Chip E. Edmiston
RE/MAX Centx Assoc.
512-930-4663
78628
San Gabriel Heights
500 Ridge Oak Drive
4br/2ba
$226,500
2,034
Annie Bauer
512-869-9186
78628
Texas Traditions
123 Sabine Drive
3br/2ba
$215,000
1,570
Kimberly Fodor
Realty Austin
512-809-3844
78628
Turtle Bend
108 Tortoise Lane
3br/2ba
$322,000
2,579
Judith Copple
Keller Williams Realty-RR
512-422-2613
78628
Williams Addition
1705 Golden Vista Drive
2br/2ba
$143,000
1,325
Sameer Sheikh
512-285-7146
78628
Woods at Berry Creek
30205 Meadow Greens Drive
4br/4ba
$400,000
3,772
Stuart Sutton
RE/MAX 1
512-844-3254
78633
Estates at Westlake
108 Portafino Lane
4br/4ba
$695,000
3,622
Jill Wood
512-948-5527
78633
Estates at Westlake Enclave
104 San Marino Trail
4br/4ba
$725,000
3,989
Glenda DuBose
512-970-1057
78633
Heritage Oaks
4802 Hidden Springs Trail
3br/3ba
$415,000
3,378
Sandy Barr
512-635-7725
78633
Shady Oaks Estates
105 Mariposa Bonita Cove
4br/4ba
$527,000
3,284
Marion Lamantia
512-763-9178
78633
Shell Ranch
113 Rosebud Lane
3br/2ba
$235,000
2,092
Edwin Lui
Mars Hill Realty Group
512-554-9594
78633
Sun City
510 Martin Creek Lane
2br/2ba
$293,500
1,712
Charlotte Hohensee
The Stacy Group
512-868-7248
78633
Sun City
111 Blue Sky Court
2br/2ba
$269,950
1,644
Pokey Delwaide
ERA Colonial Real Estate
512-818-9300
78633
Sun City
118 Nighthawk Way
2br/2ba
$269,950
1,782
Pokey Delwaide
512-818-9300
78633
Sun City
113 Wild Horse Way
2br/3ba
$375,000
2,445
Sandra Payne
254-383-0623
78633
Sun City
125 Elderberry St.
2br/2ba
$233,000
1,664
Cynthia Kelly
512-948-6088
78633
Sun City
105 Larkspur Lane
2br/2ba
$241,600
1,344
Lon Russell
The Stacy Group
512-608-8001
78633
Sun City
109 Whirlwind Cove
3br/2ba
$309,950
2,008
Pokey Delwaide
512-818-9300
78633
Sun City
103 Silver Bonnet Drive
3br/2ba
$268,000
1,660
Lon Russell
The Stacy Group
512-608-8001
78633
Sun City
128 Summer Ridge Lane
3br/3ba
$445,000
2,967
Lon Russell
The Stacy Group
512-608-8001
78633
Sun City
313 Hills Of Texas Trail
4br/2ba
$489,000
2,782
Charlotte Hohensee
The Stacy Group
512-868-7248
78633
Sun City
108 Double Fire Trail
2br/2ba
$234,950
1,470
Pokey Delwaide
512-818-9300
78633
Sun City
3br/2ba
$228,900
1,388
Pokey Delwaide
512-818-9300
78633
Sun City
105 Sea Rim Cove
3br/2ba
$275,000
1,660
Virginia Lazenby
512-818-0988
78633
Sun City
112 Whitewing Way
2br/1ba
$167,500
915
Lon Russell
The Stacy Group
512-608-8001
78633
Sun City
107 Montley Trail
2br/2ba
$230,000
1,326
Lon Russell
The Stacy Group
512-608-8001
78633
Sun City
112 Eisenhower Court
3br/2ba
$232,800
1,388
Cay Melanson
The Stacy Group
512-966-0295
78633
Sun City
107 Baylor Mountain Cove
3br/2ba
$369,500
1,889
Pokey Delwaide
512-818-9300
78633
Sun City
608 Apache Mountain Lane
2br/2ba
$313,900
1,712
Tina Klingemann
512-966-9422
78633
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78626
29
78628
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111 Blue Sky Court
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Georgetown Diesel.............................. 37
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Dining
Master Certified Technicians with over 30 years of experience.
Blue Corn Harvest............................... 41
Bush’s Chicken-Georgetown............... 46
Dale’s Essenhaus................................ 42
Earth Fruits......................................... 44
Edible Arrangements - Cedar Park..... 46
Frankie’s New York Pizza................... 42
Full House BBQ................................... 46
Hardtails Bar and Grill........................ 44
Hello Sweetie...................................... 45
Thundercloud Subs............................. 41
Wriggley’s Pub.................................... 40
Taking care of ALL your
family members vehicles.
Entertainment
Pinot’s Palette - Georgetown.............. 39
Star Taekwondo.................................. 41
The Palace Theatre............................. 38
Complete Auto Repair & Transmissions Services
Medical
Got Ur Back Chiropractic.................... 40
Koko FitClub - Round Rock................. 44
Star Smiles Pediatric Dentistry.......... 43
Our promise is to provide fair, honest automotive service with integrity, NO GAMES!
We are a family-owned automotive repair and maintenance business serving the
Georgetown Community for 3 years.
Professional services
Avalon Monuments............................. 38
Hand & Stone c/o HSM Advertising.... 45
K & M Steam Cleaning........................ 47
New World Drywall............................. 38
Real Green Pest & Lawn Care............. 44
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Customer Satisfaction:
Here at Georgetown Diesel & Automotive we have built our reputation by providing
consistently superior service. Whether your vehicle needs a quick inspection or a major
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Quality:
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Trust:
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Our job is to keep your families cars running this year, and ten years from now!
Give us a call today to schedule a service or to diagnose a current problem. We will work hard to earn your business
as we welcome you to the Georgetown Diesel & Automotive “family”.
FREE
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Any Automotive
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Brazos Market.................................... 39
Buck’s Bikes....................................... 43
Creative Touch.................................... 45
Divine Treasures................................. 38
Eagle Rug and Floor............................ 43
East 6th St Relics and Antiques.......... 39
Elite Wireless...................................... 45
Georgetown Antique Mall................... 39
Inspiration Glass................................. 38
La Bella Casa...................................... 39
Sheep at the Wheel Yarn Company..... 42
The Exchange of Georgetown............. 39
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116 W. 8TH ST, STE 207 | GEORGETOWN, TX
JJ GOLDEN | 512-970-9040 | [email protected]
Inspiration Glass
Studio
10th St.
• Stained Glass & Fusing Supplies
• Classes | Gifts | Custom Windows & Repairs
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AVALON MONUMENTS
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DIVINE TREASURES
5
THE PALACE THEATRE
6
GEORGETOWN ANTIQUE MALL
AVALON MONUMENTS IS A FAM-
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EAST 6TH STREET RELICS
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BRAZOS MARKET
10
LA BELLA CASA
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PINOT’S PALETTE
ILY-OWNED AND OPERATED MONUMENT
COMPANY LOCATED IN GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
OFFERING THE FINEST STONES AVAILABLE AND
SERVICES RELATED TO THE CREATION, DELIVERY
AND CUSTOM ON-SITE ENGRAVING OF NEW OR
EXISTING STONES. FOR ANY CEMETERY IN ANY
LANGUAGE, “WE SPECIALIZE IN CUSTOMIZING.”
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MONDAY BY APPOINTMENT
TUESDAY & THURSDAY 10-5
WEDNESDAY 10-2
FRIDAY 10-6 • SATURDAY 10-2
Owner: Susan Dittmar | 211 W. 8th St. | Georgetown, TX
(512) 869-6630 | www.inspirationglassstudio.com
Divine Treasures
$10 OFF
$50 Purchase
or
10% OFF
Entire Purchase
809 S Main St, Georgetown, TX • (512) 688-5184
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Come A Little Off The Beaten Path To Find
Exciting & Unusual Holiday Gifts
WHERE THE PAST BECOMES
THE PRESENT!
Located “ON THE SQUARE”
for 23 YEARS!
110 W 8th Street | Georgetown, TX 78626
512-869-2088
www.georgetownantiquemall.com
314 E. 6th Street // 512-863-7969
Located between Myrtle & Elm • Look for the 314 Clock!
BRAZOS MARKET IS
YOUR ONE STOP SHOP
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
We have something
for everyone including
clothes for women &
men, jewelry, books,
toys, baby clothes, and
$40 - 1800 count sheets!
Holiday Hours: Mon-Thur 11am-6pm
Fri-Sat 11am-8pm | Sun 11am-12pm
FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER!
15% off of any purchase of $100 or more of
KIDS OF ALL AGES
Consignment Boutique
High-End Hand-Me-Downs
in Georgetown, Texas
WOMEN’S, JUNIORS’, MEN’S
we carry NEW and
Consigned items
EXTENDED HOLIDAY
SHOPPING HOURS:
FRI & SAT OPEN TILL 8PM
OPEN ON SUNDAY 1-5
Featuring Juniors
& Kids Clothing
70% off Retail Prices
We do not carry maternity
109 W. 7th Street, Suite 115
Georgetown, Texas
10%
OFF ANY
1 FULL PRICED ITEM
(512) 943-4591
www.littleloftgtown.com
Promotions cannot be combined. Expires 1/1/16.
La Bella Casa
BRINGING BEAUTY TO YOUR HOME
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HOME DECOR
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Not to be combined with any other offers. Good for
either Little Loft or the Exchange. Expires 1/15/16.
109 W. 7th St. Suite 115 • ON THE SQUARE!
HIGH END CONSIGNMENT
FOR EVERYONE
IN ONE BUILDING!
regular priced merchandise (sheets and yeti not included)
NEVER WAIT - CONSIGNMENT BY APPT. (M & W)
Little Loft 512.943.4591
The Exchange 512.864.9822
10.00 Off
$
P U R C H A S E S O F $ 5 0 O R M O RE
108 W. 8th ST | Georgetown, TX | 512-943-4528
PAINT. DRINK. HAVE FUN.
CELEBRATE!
with
• One of a kind corporate events
• Artist led 2 or 3 hour painting class
• We supply everything
• Experience in our Terrace private
party room, or at your location
• Perfect for holiday parties, team
building, corporate events and so
much more!
• Enjoy a beverage from our beer &
wine bar
PINOT’S PALETTE
212 W. 7th St., Suite 110
512.688.5022
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Brown Santa
Toy Drive!
Sponsored by the
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Good
Good
Good
Dr. Courtenay Brandt
Chiropractor
Over 15 Years Experience
Bring in your new toy
donation and receive a
FREE
Exam, Spinal Scans,
& X-Rays if needed!
($195 value)
times
food
friends
• LIVE SPORTS ON TV
• SHUFFLEBOARD & OTHER GAMES
• GREAT BEER SELECTION
• CASUAL, AFFORDABLE DINING
OFFERS DURING COLLEGE
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$2 PORK SLIDERS
MON-FRI
2PM-5PM
Valid through December
Call today to schedule
your appointment!
512-943-4588
3010 Williams Dr, Suite 123, Georgetown, TX 78628
BUY OR SELL AS A RESULT OF THIS AD AND GET $500 CLOSING COST ALLOWANCE!
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1530 SUN CITY BLVD. #115 | GEORGETOWN TEXAS 78633
512-943-8064 | WWW.WRIGGLEYSPUB2014.COM
HOURS OF OPERATION: 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM MON - FRI
9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM SAT - SUN | KITCHEN CLOSES AT 8PM
THE GABRIEL TEAM IS SO VERY BLESSED THIS CHRISTMAS
SEASON BECAUSE OF YOU, OUR WONDERFUL CLIENTS! MERRY
CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOUR 2016!
NEW PRICE A
GAIN!
210 LA MESA
Wood Ranch Beauty on Beautifully Landscaped Acre,
Panoramic Views off New Deck in Back, 4/2.5/2
Oversized, 2741 Square Feet! Georgetown, TX, $399,900
NEW PRICE AG
AIN!
309 CEDAR LAKE BLVD
ACTIVE CONT
INGENT
810 HERITAGE OAKS DRIVE
3/2/2 in Heritage Oaks, Amarillo Floorplan,
Gorgeous Screened Back Patio With Ducote
Grill Conveys! Georgetown, TX, $259,900
COMING SOO
306 WHITFIELD
N
4/2.5 /2 on oversized lot in desirable Woodlake.
4/2.5,2 on Large Cul-de-sac Third Acre Lot! New
Walk to Lake Georgetown on trial behind Woodlake Facelift! Hutto Square. Fresh Paint & Prof Cleaned
Park! Desirable Ford Elementary! New price!
Throughout! Silestone Quartz Countertops,
Georgetown, TX $252,900
Kitchen, 42” Cabinets, Great Value for 2400 SF,
Hutto Tx $195,000
Kelly Hamilton
Realtor
[email protected]
www.WeMoveTexas.com
(512) 667-4533
RE/MAX Centx Associates
1611 Williams Drive • Georgetown, TX
$3.00
Well Drinks
$4.25
House Wines
$1.00 Off
Pitchers
of Beer
NEW PRICE A
GAIN!
207 EAST RIDGEWOOD ROAD
5/2 on Wooded Acre Northlake, Corner Lot! 1000
Square Foot Man Cave for Toys! NO HOA! Inspection
Just Done With Repairs! Georgetown, TX $280,000
NEW LISTING
3006 SENNA RIDGE
5/3/3 , 3418 SF, .486 Acre Wooded Lot!
Morrison-Built Beauty in Forest Bluff, Chef’s
Kitchen, Large Media/Game Room Upstairs,
Large Outside Deck & Patio, Perfect for Upscale
Entertaining! West Round Rock, $419,900
Suzie Gabriel
Broker Associate
ABR, ASP, CDPE, CNE, CRS, GRI, SRS, SRES
[email protected]
www.WeMoveTexas.com • (512) 635-1197
RE/MAX Centx Associates
1611 Williams Drive • Georgetown, TX
Let us show you what
is in it for You!
SOLD
112 DOGWOOD
Crystal Knoll
Georgetown, TX
726 ENCHANTED
ROCK TRAIL
Heritage Oaks
Georgetown, TX
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Local farmers
FREE APPETIZER
WITH PURCHASE OF TWO ENTREES & TWO DRINKS.
One Per Table Per Visit, Dine In Only, Can Not Be Combined With
Any Other Offers. Expires 1-14-16
700 E. WHITESTONE BLVD, SUITE 204 | CEDAR PARK
512.528.0889 | WWW.BLUECORNHARVEST.COM
Expires 1/14/16
FREE
ROA
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4 years to Adult and Family
THE GEORGETOWN INTERSTATE
TRANSMISSION DIFFERENCE
SEMI-SYNTHETIC
OIL CHANGE WITH COUPON
$
15
.95
Up to 5 Qts.
Diesels
Excluded
*Oil filter extra
Expires 1/17/16
• Independently Owned & Operated
By Local Resident Joe Bob Kay
• Friendly, Honest And Ethical
Service And Repairs
• Free Estimates
• Fixed Right The First Time
• Comfortable & Clean Waiting Area
ALIGNMENT CHECK
FREE
WITH COUPON
Expires 1/17/16
WE HONOR
MOST EXTENDED
WARRANTIES
M-F Se Habla Español
DAY: 512-863-4308 NIGHTS: 512-818-6192 7:30-5:30
1002 N. AUSTIN AVE. IN GEORGETOWN
After-school program
available. We do
school pick-ups!
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Robert Garrett
Owner/Pitmaster
Your neighborhood yarn shop with a big heart.
Lunch Special
Buy 1 Plate, Get 2nd
HALF OFF
Not valid with other offers.
Valid from 11am to 2pm. Expires 1/15/16
$
Beautiful yarns, knitting/crochet supplies, classes. Stop in and cast on,
take a look around or just sit and visit. We would love to meet you!
5 OFF
EVERYTHING TO MAKE YOUR
KNITTER/CROCHETER’S CHRISTMAS
WISHES COME TRUE.
The Fullhouse Meal
2 lbs Of Sliced Brisket & 2 Sides
Reg. $35.99. Not valid with other offers.
Expires 1/15/16
Delivery now available! Call 512-608-3803.
Sun City delivery is not available at this time.
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WILLIAMSBURG SHOPPING CENTER
402 W. MORROW STREET | GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
www.fullhousebbq.com | 512-608-3803
3010 WILLIAMS DR. #162, GEORGETOWN | 737.444.6969
OPEN MON–SAT. 10A–5:00P | CLOSED SUNDAY
NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR SMOKED TURKEY PACKAGES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!: www. dale-essenhaus.com
ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY TURKEY BY
DECEMBER 14TH.
Book Your Holiday Party NOW!
$74.95 for a 12-14lb smoked turkey, cornbread
dressing & gravy
Additional sides available..... (servers 8-10)
Green Bean Casserole • $25
Sweet Potato Mash • $20
Extra gravy (32oz) • $5
Mashed Potatoes • $20
ORDER YOUR
Extra Dressing • $20
TURKEY
Turkey Only • $55
TODAY!
Cranberry Sauce (8oz) • $2
HOME OF THE WALBURGER
Dale’s Essenhaus Restaurant
CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
DEC 24TH-27TH.
RE-OPEN
MONDAY, DEC 28TH.
OPEN REGULAR HOURS
NEW YEARS EVE AND DAY.
Dining Hours: Mon-Thurs 11am-9pm • Friday and Saturday 7:30am-10pm
Breakfast: Friday and Saturday, 7:30am-3pm
3900 FM 972 - Walburg, TX
512 819-9175
[email protected]
www.dales-essenhaus.com
Directions to Restaurant: North on IH-35. Exit 268.
Turn right at stop sign. 4 miles on the right
Bicycles
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Buck’s
Austin
Round Rock
12530 Research Blvd.
1830 North Mays St.
512-250-9550
512-255-8755
Keeping Santa Wheeled!
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Good Toward Any New Bike Purchase
BUCK’S BIKES Superstores
$20
Present this coupon for a
$20 discount toward any
new bike purchase.
One coupon per bike.
Not redeemable for cash.
Expires:
January 31, 2016
www.BucksBikes.com
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WILLIAMS DRIVE, SUITE 174
COME SEE US... 3010GEORGETOWN,
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for 30 days with no
risk or obligation.
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Toll 130
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1515 N. IH-35
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Koko FitClub of Round Rock
200 University Boulevard #620 | Round Rock, TX 78665
512-962-8747 | roundrock.kokofitclub.com
Email: Tx.roundrock.university@kokofitclub.com
Mon–Fri: 11am–Midnight
Saturday: 10 A M –1 A M
Sunday: 10 A M –Midnight
Hardtails Welcomes All Patrons Until 4PM,
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Treatment of Inside Home
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Ants & More.
Not valid with any other offer/
coupons. One coupon per visit.
Expires 1/14/16
121 N. HWY 35
(Next to Georgetown Inn)
Pest Service
INSECTS ARE GROSS!
$10
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Not valid with any other offer/coupons.
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1 TOPPING FOR
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GET FREE APPETIZER OR
SLICE OF CHEESECAKE!
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Veterinarian Recommended!
Expires
Show Your
Pet08/15/14
You Care!
$155
Includes IGR!
Expires 12/31/15
Expires
10/15/14
Most
Homes/Lawns
Pest Clean Out
Eradicate Your Bug Problem
Interior and Exterior Service
Traditional and Exclusionary
Techniques
and Treatments.
Expires 08/15/14
ally
Norm .00
$179
$79
Expires 12/31/15
with annual agreement
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Unique
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