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The ribbon cutters, from left, City Manager David Morgan, Council members Kevin Pitts, Ben Stewart, Amanda Parr, Jake French, Shawn Hood, Ron Garland and Ben Butler, celebrated the opening of the garage with city staff and employees from WGI and Swinerton, who helped build the garage. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

The ribbon cutters, from left, City Manager David Morgan, Council members Kevin Pitts, Ben Stewart, Amanda Parr, Jake French, Shawn Hood, Ron Garland and Ben Butler, celebrated the opening of the garage with city staff and employees from WGI and Swinerton, who helped build the garage. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Downtown parking garage opens, adds 315 spaces

Georgetown’s first city parking garage — located at the corner of Main Street and Sixth Street — opened to the public on November 21, bringing more than 300 additional parking spaces to the Square.
Longhorns are featured on the top left of the parking garage. They represent how the Chisholm Trail cattle drives used to go through downtown Georgetown. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Longhorns are featured on the top left of the parking garage. They represent how the Chisholm Trail cattle drives used to go through downtown Georgetown. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Downtown parking garage gets two art installations

The northside of the downtown parking garage will feature a mural from American graffiti artist Ryan Christenson, who is professionally known as ARCY. According to the city, the mural will highlight Georgetown’s history and present, with flora and fauna and cattle from the Chisholm Trail days.
Maximum allowed building heights on downtown blocks outside of the nine-block Square will increase from 40 feet. The current proposal of 52 feet would meet the bottom of the courthouse balustrade, as marked here. To the far right is Tamiro Plaza, which stands at 44 feet as a reference. (Photos by Nicolas Cicale)

Maximum allowed building heights on downtown blocks outside of the nine-block Square will increase from 40 feet. The current proposal of 52 feet would meet the bottom of the courthouse balustrade, as marked here. To the far right is Tamiro Plaza, which stands at 44 feet as a reference. (Photos by Nicolas Cicale)

Residents raise voices against rising building heights downtown

Georgetown City Council will be raising the maximum allowable building heights for parts of downtown Georgetown. However, debates on how much those heights will be raised to — from the existing 40-foot limits to either 52 or 57.5 feet — continued during a workshop March 26.
3-year-old Buck Taylor had fun on Halloween night with his family along Main Street in Old Town on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

3-year-old Buck Taylor had fun on Halloween night with his family along Main Street in Old Town on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

Trick or Treat along Georgetown's Main Street

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