Georgetown

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)

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Georgetown Chamber of Commerce highlights citizen efforts with awards banquet

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Georgetown’s Chamber of Commerce began the month of February by celebrating its members through the organization’s Annual Awards Banquet.
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

Andy Sharp
Sunday, February 4, 2024
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. 
This building was the former home of the Georgetown HEB before it moved to its current and bigger location. It will now be a Flor & Decor. (Photo by Nicolas Cicale)

This building was the former home of the Georgetown HEB before it moved to its current and bigger location. It will now be a Flor & Decor. (Photo by Nicolas Cicale)

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Former H-E-B to turn into Floor & Decor

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Thursday, February 1, 2024
According to a permit from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the former H-E-B located at 1101 South Interstate-35 Frontage Road in Georgetown will turn into a Floor & Decor.  The project will cost an estimated $7,200,000, with construction starting May 1 and finishing in November.
At the January 18 Electric Board meeting, the solution was presented to the board who approved a recommendation of the plan to City Council. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes

At the January 18 Electric Board meeting, the solution was presented to the board who approved a recommendation of the plan to City Council. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes

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Georgetown electric to implement buy all/sell all plan for new solar customers

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
In an effort to more equitably recoup the expenses of the electric department, Georgetown officials are updating the Net Energy Metering program so that solar and non-solar users share the fixed costs of running the electric department.
A rendering shows the proposed concept for 200 West Sixth Street. (Courtesy the City of Georgetown)

A rendering shows the proposed concept for 200 West Sixth Street. (Courtesy the City of Georgetown)

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Three-story mixed-use concept granted courthouse view waiver

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Monday, January 29, 2024
After a public hearing Tuesday, January 23, a conceptual design for a three-story building at 200 West Sixth Street was given a waiver that would allow it to potentially block the view of the courthouse from Interstate 35.
The map of Georgetown’s City Council districts outline not only the outlines of each district, but also the council who currently presides over the district. (Courtesy the City of Georgetown)

The map of Georgetown’s City Council districts outline not only the outlines of each district, but also the council who currently presides over the district. (Courtesy the City of Georgetown)

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Filings for Georgetown City Council and GISD May elections open

Kaitlyn Wilkes and Katherine Hamilton
Monday, January 29, 2024
The next general election for Georgetown City Council and Georgetown ISD School Board positions will take place on May 4.  The first day to file for a place on the general election ballot was January 17. The final day to file is February 16 at 4:30 p.m. for the school board and  5 p.m.
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