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Old Posted Jan 19, 2010, 4:24 AM
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Yea, SM would be a good fit for ACC, are they considering doing that?
"ACC officials are evaluating tracts — and, in some cases, negotiating acquisition terms — in or near Leander, San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Elgin and Bastrop.

The Leander school district is already part of the ACC taxing district, but voters in the Bastrop, Elgin, McDade, San Marcos and Hays school districts are expected to decide in November whether to be annexed.

However, Kinslow confirmed that ACC is negotiating to accept a donation of 38 acres in San Marcos and to purchase an adjacent tract of unspecified size."

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/...rt-183009.html

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If all of those schools are seeing record enrollment, how can we as a city keep up with the demand in the future?
Well, the existing colleges will probably only grow to a certain point, and obviously new colleges don't spring up very often. So, obviously as Austin continues to grow, higher education becomes less of a substantial part of the economy. Students and faculty of these institutions will become a smaller and smaller percentage of the total population. So, like most major cities, Austin will need to attract a higher percentage of it's college graduates from other places.
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voters in the Bastrop, Elgin, McDade, San Marcos and Hays school districts are expected to decide in November whether to be annexed.
I asked my brother in San Marcos about it, and he says it will cost him about $200 a year in property tax if this goes through.

That said, I can imagine a future "ACC-San Marcos" being a quality feeder school for Texas State, where he is a professor, so it is still probably a sizable net positive.

Although he has been at Texas State just over two years, his program (electrical engineering) has grown from zero students to nearly 200, and he collaborated with ACC on this project:
http://e3alliance.org/pdfs/more_engi...abj_082908.pdf
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New water park to open in Pflugerville

Ok, so now we have two new water parks planned for the metro, this on top of Volente Beach. So that's three water parks in Austin's metro. San Antonio has three as well, Six Flags Fiesta Texas' water park, Splashtown, and of course, Schlitterbahn. Amazing, 6 water parks in the region.

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1/28/2010 8:11 PM
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A company called Blu Bambu said it is on track to open a park along Pecan Street and Highway 130 by May of next year.

The project is budgeted at $16 million and is expected to break ground this spring.

The water park will initially span 14 acres.
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http://news8austin.com/content/top_s...sp?ArID=265225
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No, 7. You forgot Sea World San Antonio.
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Old Posted Jan 29, 2010, 11:19 PM
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Oh yeah, I totally forgot about Seaworld.
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Also, here's an article about Texas State's "wish list" of $633 million
in capital improvements:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/st...000400^2801851

If Texas State is at 30,800 students now, and planning for a lot more growth, and San Marcos adds an ACC campus to feed even more students in, I wonder how many college students will be in San Marcos in 10 or 15 years ?
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Actually, I see it as the opposite. A San Marcos ACC branch would give Texas State the incentive to limit first year admissions in the hope that those denied would instead first enroll at ACC with the intent to transfer, thereby delaying these individuals entrance into the their own system by a year and "lowering" enrollment numbers. However, Texas State is in a growth period, so it wouldn't be a true lowering... The number would just not be as high as it could potentially be if ACC gets what they want and opens a San Marcos campus.
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I didn't want to start a new thread, so I'll just post this here.

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Texas State moves $50M student housing project forward
Austin Business Journal

The Texas State University System Regents moved ahead with planning a 612-bed, $50 million student housing project late last week.

The San Marcos location of the eight-campus school system currently has about $633 million worth of construction slated to take place in the coming years.

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ACC-San Marcos would be on highway 123 and the building would be 476,000 square feet:
http://www.newstreamz.com/2010/02/19...in-san-marcos/
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UT limiting their size has also led to the explosive growth of UTSA in addition to Texas State.

I know this doesn't seem to facilitate ACC's desire to expand taxable area but I still think that if Highland Mall closes, it would make a great candidate as a campus location since they already have some if their offices next to the mall already, plenty of parking, on bus routes and fairly close to the city center. You could have a wide range of class sizes between the anchor stores and regular mall. I just see it as a great possibility for adaptive reuse.
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Round Rock leaders ready for convention center

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04/07/2010 06:22 PM
Round Rock leaders ready for convention center
By: Ashley Porter

During Wednesday's State of the City address in Round Rock, Mayor Alan McGraw talked about plans for a major indoor convention center.

Right now, Round Rock is in the process of looking at a tract of land on Cypress Road before finalizing a $4.6-million bid. Cypress Semiconductor had started to develop on the land before closing its Round Rock plant in 2008. The city is inspecting a slab still on the property to ensure its safety, before finalizing a potential May bid.

David Owens, who cooks and serves food at Louisiana Longhorn Cafe located on Main Street, hopes the convention center will also bring more business downtown.

"We've actually been here seven years, and it's funny, because we have people come in here every day who don't know that we've been here," Owens said. "Hopefully, it'll bring a lot of business here. It'll bring a spotlight on our community and on downtown Round Rock."

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Hays, Williamson top nat'l job growth list

http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin...l?surround=lfn

Hays, Williamson top nat'l job growth list
Austin Business Journal

Williamson posted 58.9 percent employment growth between 2000 and 2009, ranking it second in the nation, according to a recent CNNMoney.com report.

The study “Where the Jobs Are” attributed the increase to Dell Inc. in Round Rock and a tech-savvy community that attracts businesses nationwide. The North Austin county also has a growing young population with a robust public school system.

Hays County also made the list, ranking third with 56.4 percent employment growth in the past 10 years. The report attributed most of growth to government hiring and growth at Texas State University—San Marcos. The Prime Outlets of San Marcos and Tanger Factory Outlet Center were also listed as contributors to the rapid increase.



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Georgetown ISD breaks ground on new McCoy Elementary School campus

Georgetown ISD breaks ground on new McCoy Elementary School campus

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By Beth Wade Monday, 16 May 2011

GEORGETOWN — Georgetown ISD and City of Georgetown officials broke ground May 12 on the new McCoy Elementary Campus, which will be located on Bellaire Drive off of Shell Road in Northwest Georgetown.

Designed by SHW Group, the project is estimated to cost $17.66 million, including construction costs, fees and a construction contingency. The new building will be two stories, which will make it the first GISD elementary school built with two stories, said GISD school board president Brad Smith. Williams Elementary School, which was built as a high school, is a two-story building.

Funding for the project comes from the $137.3 million bond package approved by voters in Nov. 2010.
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Construction begins on two Georgetown developments Plans call for 114 residences, com

Construction begins on two Georgetown developments
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Residents walking along the hike and bike trail that follows the San Gabriel River will see the initial phases of two developments beginning to take shape: The Summit at Rivery Park and The River Place were scheduled to break ground in late April and May.

Construction began on the The Brownstone at the Summit, single-family residences in The Summit at Rivery Park located off I-35 at Rivery Boulevard. At 100 S. Austin Ave., developers of The River Place started infrastructure improvements in preparation for the first phase of the project that includes a restaurant.

Both developments have been planned for years, but only recently found the necessary components to move from concept to reality.
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Hutto ISD voters approve branch maintenance tax

Hutto ISD voters approve branch maintenance tax

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By Beth Wade and Samantha Bryant Friday, 13 May 2011

Hutto ISD residents approved a 5 cent branch maintenance tax for the proposed East Williamson County Higher Education Center with 71.75 percent of voters in favor of the tax.

"It's a good day in Hutto," said Debbie Holland, who was also elected mayor May 14.

The higher education center is a collaboration that includes Temple College and Texas State Technical College. The schools have operated a campus in Taylor since 1997, but the trustees of both colleges approved Hutto as a site for a new campus in late 2010. The Higher Education Coordinating Board followed with its approval in January.

"We are looking forward to being a part of this community," Temple College President Glenda Barron. "I think this level of support is especially nice to have."

The EWCHEC will begin offering classes out of Veterans Hill Elementary School as early as fall 2011 if an agreement is approved by the Hutto ISD school board. The college will bring in larger furniture and update some bathrooms with larger fixtures.

"We're a college town now," Hutto ISD Superintendent Doug Killian said. "We are excited about the opportunities for the school."

The Avery family donated a portion of their land east of Toll 130 and north of Hwy. 79 in Hutto for the campus, and the city, Hutto Economic Development Corp. and school district created a nonprofit corporation that is capable of issuing debt for the construction of the EWCHEC campus. Each entity also pledged to put $125,000 yearly into the project.

The 5 cent branch maintenance tax will pay for the day-to-day operation of the facility.
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This is good news, show the education crisis whos boss!!! Support Texas Schools...
The Texas constitution requires the state to have public schools. However, I found this article very interesting.

http://cafehayek.com/2011/04/grocery-school.html
(there's more in the article if you decide to read it)

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residents, depending upon their specific residential addresses, would be assigned to a particular supermarket. Each family could then get its weekly allotment of groceries for “free.” (Department of Supermarket officials would no doubt be charged with the responsibility for determining the amounts and kinds of groceries )... no family would be allowed to patronize a “public” supermarket outside of its district. ... the small handful of people who call for total separation between supermarket and state would be criticized by nearly everyone as being, at best, delusional ...
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Reworked Austin-area airport opens to corporate, private flights

By Shonda Novak

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Published: 9:55 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2011

After more than three years of construction and a $33 million makeover, the former Bird's Nest Airport celebrated its official reopening Wednesday as the Austin Executive Airport.

Officials say that the airport will fill a void in the region, which has had a shortage of general aviation airport facilities since the late 1990s, when the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport in East Austin and the original Austin Executive Airport, north of the city, closed.

Austin has been one of the nation's largest cities without a general aviation reliever airport, Austin Executive Airport officials say.

The new airport now has a 27,000-square-foot terminal; a runway that is 6,025 feet long by 100 feet wide; hangars; a fuel farm; a lounge and office space for pilots; and a conference room.
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This is sad of course, but the real reason I was interested in the article was the tower itself. I wonder what this might mean for the tower. It's been closed since 1996. I'm wondering if they'll decide to dismantle it.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...ies_after.html
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Texas State student dies after fall from Aquarena tower

Monday, June 13, 2011, 02:38 PM

FROM TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY:

SAN MARCOS - A Texas State University-San Marcos student died Sunday morning (June 12) after falling from the Sky Spiral tower at the Aquarena Center on the university campus.

Police were called at 7:10 a.m. by an area resident who saw two people at the top of the 220-foot-tall tower. Police responded to the scene and attempted to communicate with the two men. Both men then entered the tower and were descending. Fox fell and sustained fatal injuries.

The Aquarena Sky Spiral was purchased by the then-owners of the Aquarena Springs theme park from Lion Country Safari of Atlanta in 1978. It was transported to San Marcos and erected at Aquarena and opened to the public as an observation tower in 1979. It was taken out of service in 1996. The university purchased the former theme park in 1994 and has converted it to an education and research center.
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New Schlitterbahn waterpark on hold

Austin Business Journal - by Cody Lyon , ABJ Staff
Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 5:00am CDT

It could be another 30 days before Cedar Park officials learn the fate of a proposed 16-acre Schlitterbahn water park. The water park, which is part of a massive project, was initially scheduled to open by May 2012 but got delayed by sluggish financial markets.

“We’re hoping to get everyone, all our partners, back together here in the next 30 days,” said Phil Brewer, director of Cedar Park’s Economic Development Department. “There’s been some positive movement here of late. We’re starting to get this thing back on track.”
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