eptember is Life Insurance Awareness Month.   And “awareness” is an appropriate designation, because many people remain unaware of the many ways in which life insurance can help families meet their key financial goals. Here are three of the biggest of these objectives, as seen through the eyes of a ...

ith a historical footprint cemented in time, the Buda Mill and Grain no longer produces cotton and feed for dairy cows as in days gone by. What’s been reborn, however, is a new era with a new modern, yet antique shell where people can still get together and socialize. Dodi Ellis, one of the current ...

An estimated $18 million could be the price tag if Buda were to bring a convention center to town, according to Ann Miller, Buda Economic Development Corporation executive director. Miller presented Buda City Council members the results of a feasibility study done by CBRE on the ways a convention ce...

A diversity in neighborhoods and housing design by amending zoning laws is the way Kyle leaders want to improve future housing developments in the city. Those changes came after city leaders noticed current housing development patterns seemed to concentrate on the highest density return for land are...

High class office space may not be far away for Buda and Kyle. City officials believe available office space in the area is scarce, which leads to offices filling fast. With cities that are rapidly growing, the need for more office space is starting to become priority. “New office space has been bui...

ext week, we observe Labor Day, a celebration of the American worker. You work hard your whole life with the hope that your efforts will ultimately allow you to achieve your financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement. But for that to happen, you may need to apply some of the lessons of the wo...

Much like a devoted scientist, Dripping Springs business owner Sascha Biesi took great care in mixing soy milk with pureed beets over a large mixer.  The resulting concoction was a blood-red mixture that looked more movie studio than bakery. Throw that into some white frosting, however, and out came...

n the aftermath of the most recent Budafest cancellation, the City of Buda issued a press release on Aug. 18 announcing the transference of management of the Christmas festival from the Budafest committee to the city’s tourism department. According to the press release from Buda public information o...

Exponential growth is directly correlating to the increase in people making investments in Hays County, according to a survey conducted by SmartAsset, a New York-based financial technology company. SmartAsset’s survey measured each county in Texas on business establishment growth, Gross Domestic Pro...

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier this month he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $779.2 million in local sales tax allocations for August, 1.3 percent more than in August 2016. Locally, smaller cities of Mountain City, Uhland and Niederwa...