High capacity crowds during Dripping Springs’ annual Founders Day celebration is leading city leaders to look at ways to expand the festival’s reach.

With improvements on Old Fitzhugh Road on the horizon, Dripping Springs city officials believe expanding the event to the revamped road could not only accommodate more growth, but improve the event’s economic impact.

“We have a fixed number of booths we can set up on Mercer, and unfortunately, we’ve have had to turn pe...