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Hundreds attend the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Banquet to support local businesses and the people who put work into the chamber to make it successful.  (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Hundreds attend the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Banquet to support local businesses and the people who put work into the chamber to make it successful. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce highlights citizen efforts with awards banquet

Georgetown’s Chamber of Commerce began the month of February by celebrating its members through the organization’s Annual Awards Banquet.

GISD committee recommends $649.5 million bond

The citizens group studying Georgetown ISD’s current and future facility needs has recommended trustees place a $649,501,678 bond on the May 4 ballot. Representatives of the 80-member Citizens Advisory Council made their recommendation to district trustees at the district’s February 5 workshop.
From left to right Scott Ambrus (Chasco), Jarrell Council Member Tanya Clawson, Whit Friend (HNTB), Pct. 4 Commissioner Russ Boles, Joseph Jones (HNTB), Joe Cobuccio (Chasco), Lauren Sharpe (Chasco), Oscar Salazar-Bueno (HNTB) break ground on County Road 332 expansion. Photo courtesy of Williamson County.

From left to right Scott Ambrus (Chasco), Jarrell Council Member Tanya Clawson, Whit Friend (HNTB), Pct. 4 Commissioner Russ Boles, Joseph Jones (HNTB), Joe Cobuccio (Chasco), Lauren Sharpe (Chasco), Oscar Salazar-Bueno (HNTB) break ground on County Road 332 expansion. Photo courtesy of Williamson County.

Jarrell, Williamson County begin new road project

Williamson County and the City of Jarrell broke ground on the County Road 332 expansion project Monday morning.    CR 332 will be reconstructed as a two-lane roadway with shoulders to improve safety and mobility, according to the press release.
Warm evening light falls on the surface of freight train cars parallel to United States Highway 79 on Wednesday, January 31.  

Warm evening light falls on the surface of freight train cars parallel to United States Highway 79 on Wednesday, January 31.  

Shining through Williamson County

Warm evening light falls on the surface of freight train cars parallel to United States Highway 79 on Wednesday, January 31.   Photo by Andy Sharp
Volunteers lead the Leander’s Martin Luther King Day march at South West Drive in Old Town Leander on Saturday, January 28.

Volunteers lead the Leander’s Martin Luther King Day march at South West Drive in Old Town Leander on Saturday, January 28.

Marching through Leander

Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024.  He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024. He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Painting the Town

Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024.  He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees.   Photo by Andy Sharp. 
Cast members perform a dance number  Thursday, February 1, 2024 photo from the Palace's Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me," playing through March 3. Photos by Andy Sharp

Cast members perform a dance number Thursday, February 1, 2024 photo from the Palace's Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me," playing through March 3. Photos by Andy Sharp

"She Loves Me" plays through March 3 in Georgetown

The Palace Theatre Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me" plays through March 3 in Georgetown. Photos by Andy Sharp