From left, Georgetown City Manager David Morgan, Precinct 3 County Commissioner Valerie Covey and County Judge Steve Snell cut the ribbon connecting Southwestern Boulevard to SE Inner Loop. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
ribbon cutting
Kaitlyn Wilkes
A new half-mile segment of Southwestern Boulevard, from Raintree Drive to SE Inner Loop, was opened to traffic after a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 18. The project added two lanes with a center turn lane, right turn lanes at intersections and underground stormwater drainage pipes and curbs.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
From left, Standard Industries Co-CEO David Winter, Mayor Josh Schroeder, Ralph Robinett and Martin DeBono from GAF Energy, and Standard Industries Co-CEO David Millstone cut the ribbon signifying the opening of the manufacturing facility. (Kaitlyn Wilkes)
Solar roof manufacturing plant opens in Georgetown
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Georgetown is now home to a solar roof manufacturing facility from GAF Energy.
The company had the ribbon cutting ceremony for their 450,000-square-foot solar roof manufacturing facility on Wednesday, May 1.
Monday, May 6, 2024
County Commissioner Terry Cook, right, and Round Rock City Council Member Frank Ortega, left, are joined by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Round Rock High School Band to cut the ribbon for the new Ranch to Market Road 620 / Chisholm Trail roundabout. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
Round Rock roundabout restructures roads
Nalani Nuylan
“No more stoplights. No more bouncy railroad tracks,” said County Commissioner Terry Cook, who drives in the area of the new and improved Ranch To Market Road 620 and Deep Wood Drive intersection in Round Rock twice a week.
Monday, March 11, 2024