Increasing awareness of minority-owned small businesses in Hays County is the primary goal of a newly formed group that also plans to offer commercial-related resources and insight to all. And, in a larger sense, the Hays County chapter of theTexas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerc...

Fostering more commercial development in downtown was the direction Kyle city leaders opted to take June 9 amid vitrol between them and downtown-area residents. On July 2, the Kyle City Council voted 5-2 in favor of a Downtown Revitalization Plan (DRP) that was recommended nearly 10 years ago. Counc...

An estimated $1.5 million fix for Goforth Road in east Kyle might be forthcoming, but only if proposed or future developments in the area help to partially foot the bill. That’s the path Kyle city leaders plan to take after they greenlit an agreement with developers of Castetta Ranch, a new subdivis...

Driftwood residents are pushing Dripping Springs city leaders to reevaluate site development plans for a local wedding venue future expansion. Earlier this month, Mark Black, owner of the controversial Mark Black Wedding Venue on Crystal Hills Drive in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction...

An in-place policy allowing Kyle water customers to pay a lower rate in the event of a leak has now been extended to commercial businesses. On June 25, the Kyle City Council voted 7-0 to update language in the city’s policy on water leaks to include businesses, while also creating a process to monit...

In a split 3-2 vote earlier this month, Wimberley city leaders rejected holding a workshop with the Short Term Rental Committee (STR), ending any chance of it meeting again in the future. Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Minnick, along with councilmembers Christine Byrne and Bo Bowman voted to deny the worksho...

New information on the potential impact of a Houston-based company’s plan to pump one billion gallons of water per year from the Trinity Aquifer will be the subject of an upcoming forum.  Hosted by the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA), the forum is in light of a contentious con...

The future of downtown Kyle was on the table Saturday as city leaders met with stakeholders hoping to find middle ground on the subject. While no formal decision was made, officials and residents came to terms on issues such as noise problems in the downtown sector, which they felt must be dealt wit...

Debate about the effectiveness of a Kyle tax rebate incentive program is pushing city officials to give it a marketing make-over. Plans to make over the First Year on Us (FYOU) program was discussed at the June 4 Kyle City Council meeting. City leaders discussed the project after the city’s first pa...

Recently passed legislation could help Kyle not only boost tourism, but potentially incentivize development of a hotel and convention center.  House Bill (HB 4347), authored by State Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas), would allow certain municipalities to redistribute money collected via Hotel Occupancy...