City of Georgetown

New Georgetown YMCA property brought into city

The future home of Georgetown’s YMCA has been brought into the city limits and zoned to general commercial, paving the way for the bond-supported facility and gym on the city’s northwest edge.
Lifeguards Katie Vasquez, left, and Alison Jaen work together to promote safety and fun at Georgetown’s public pools. (Photos courtesy City of Georgetown)

Lifeguards Katie Vasquez, left, and Alison Jaen work together to promote safety and fun at Georgetown’s public pools. (Photos courtesy City of Georgetown)

Lifeguards provide summer safety

The public pools in Georgetown serve as a cooling place for residents during the scorching Texas summers. A common character seen at public pools are the city lifeguards.

Find out which streetlights are out with new city service

The City of Georgetown launched a new website tool that allows residents to report streetlight outages. The tool, which can be found online at https://bit.ly/GTXstreetlightoutagereporting, allows residents to see a map of all city streetlights and report if a certain streetlight isn’t working.

City applies for $485,000 grant

The City of Georgetown will make three requests in its application to Williamson County’s 2024 Community Development Block Grant, which the county uses to fund projects that will address urgent community development needs and benefit low to moderate income residents.Georgetown’s requests total...

City looks at capital improvements

The City of Georgetown has “minimal capacity” to take on new capital improvement projects, and over the next four years will prioritize finishing already-approved work to open up both financial and planning capacity in the future.

Future Bell County development requests to leave Georgetown water

Solana Ranch — a master planned community with 14,000 single-family homes planned for a 6,311-acre parcel of land located predominantly in southern Bell County and partially in Williamson County — requested to leave Georgetown’s water system at the city’s April 23 city council workshop.

Georgetown details eclipse preparations, resident safety

The April eclipse will see thousands of people descend on the Texas Hill Country to catch a glimpse on this rare celestial event. Georgetown’s Office of Emergency Management is preparing for this influx of people through city planning and providing advice for residents.
Solar flares peek out from behind the moon during 2017’s total solar eclipse, the most recent in the continental U.S. (Courtesy Jeff Ridings)

Solar flares peek out from behind the moon during 2017’s total solar eclipse, the most recent in the continental U.S. (Courtesy Jeff Ridings)

Scientists, Georgetown residents, city prepare for April’s total solar eclipse

It’s only been a few short months since last October’s partial annular solar eclipse, but Williamson County residents who missed it can experience a more impressive total solar eclipse on April 8.