Georgetown
Georgetown looks to create new industrial overlays in ETJ
Kaitlyn Wilkes
In an effort to prevent certain areas from leaving the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction in the future, Georgetown City Council approved four new industrial districts on first reading at their August 8 meeting.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Stone Oak Ranch RV Resort has back-in sites and pull through sites. (Photo Credits Austin Real Estate Photography)
Stone Oak Ranch RV Resort’s new owners seek to expand
Kaitlyn Wilkes
The Stone Oak Ranch RV Resort in far western Georgetown will be expanded to 424 spaces, and will add new amenities like a beer garden and an additional pool.
Stone Oak Ranch RV Resort originally opened in October 2020 at 25101 Ronald Reagan Boulevard.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Sun City to host 9/11 ceremony and reception
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Sun City will host the community’s inaugural Patriot Day 9/11 Ceremony and Reception on September 11 at the Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza.
Starting at 11 a.m.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Georgetown water and wastewater users face 13 percent hike
Kaitlyn Wilkes
To help fund the water department’s capital improvement plan and rising inflation costs, Georgetown City Council voted unanimously to raise the city’s water and wastewater rates 13 percent in Fiscal Year 2024.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Ordinance adopting 2024 budget approved
Kaitlyn Wilkes
The Georgetown City Council adopted an $868 million budget for Fiscal Year 2024 on first reading August 22. A second and final vote is scheduled for September 12, where the tax rate will also be heard and adopted formally.
The 2023-24 budget anticipates $97.59 million in revenue, a 9.
Monday, August 28, 2023
The first bridge design features a lower railing for pedestrians and cyclists. (Courtesy Rosales + Partners, Inc.)
City council reviews pedestrian bridge designs for Austin Avenue bridge
Kaitlyn Wilkes
The Georgetown City Council was presented with the three final bridge design ideas for the Austin Avenue pedestrian bridge that will help connect downtown to other parts of the city and enhance the San Gabriel River greenbelt areas.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Senior Rodeo
Andy Sharp
The Texas Senior Pro Rodeo Association's rodeo was held on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at the Williamson County Expo Center. The rodeo was founded in 1978 and conducts rodeos from March through October each year. The events are open to anyone at least 40-years-old.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Former Sun reporter publishes book of poems
Nalani Nuylan
Family recipes
Former Sun reporter Brigid Cooley publishes her debut book of poems, family recipes. The collection of poems touches on topics from a woman’s strength, family wounds and eating disorders.
Cooley’s work has been published internationally in anthologies and collections.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Jackson Daly, Assistant Director of Public Works for the City of Georgetown, appeals to the community to foster or adopt healthy dogs to create space to isolate sick dogs.
Facing ‘extremely contagious’ distemper outbreak, Georgetown Animal Shelter appeals to the community to foster or adopt healthy dogs
Katherine Hamilton
An outbreak of canine distemper at the Georgetown Animal Shelter has led city officials to make an urgent appeal for help in moving healthy dogs out of the shelter and into foster or adoptive homes.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Bandy Jewelers: A hidden gem just off the Georgetown Square
Abbey Archer
Tucked between Coreena’s Bridal Boutique and The Co-Op building on West Eighth Street in Georgetown is Bandy Jewelers, a destination jewelry store in an old shotgun house.
Bandy Jewelry sells second-hand jewelry and offers repairs, custom jewelry services and battery replacements.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023