Two hours of public comment and deliberation Tuesday wasn’t enough to push Dripping Springs city leaders to make a decision on a controversial Driftwood wedding venue. Instead, the Dripping Springs City Council voted unanimously to postpone a vote on the Mark Black Wedding Venue until March 13. The ...

A 5-1 recommendation to approve a controversial Driftwood wedding venue was handed down by the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission Jan. 23, but not without protest. More than 100 people packed into Dripping Springs City Hall for a public hearing on the site development permit, with many ...

Michael and Mark Black come from a family tradition of Texas barbecue from Lockhart to Austin. But with the purchase of a 64-acre plot of land in Dripping Springs, the brothers are looking to expand into the wedding business with a proposed venue that can accommodate up to 600 people. Those plans, h...

Protest signs dotted the landscape at Dripping Springs City Hall Jan. 9 as numerous residents opposed a site development permit to allow a storage facility to open near the Rim Rock subdivision. In adherence to state law that prohibits cities from denying permits for intended use, however, led city ...

Dripping Springs OKs 700-home PID A new 189-acre Dripping Springs housing development   was approved this year, which will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage Publ...

All of the necessary entitlement agreements and approvals are complete for a new Dripping Springs housing development that will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage...

An agreement struck between Dripping Springs city leaders and a Central Texas water entity has moved the city’s plans for expanding its wastewater system a few steps forward. On Nov. 1, the Dripping Springs City Council approved an agreement with the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), which was ...

On Oct.16, the Dripping Springs City Council approved Hotel Occupancy Tax funds for local organizations that promote and attract visitors to the city. The Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau, the Brent Thurman Foundation, Friends of the Pound House Foundation, The Hill Country Alliance, and  Saxet Gun ...

Little discussion took place as the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved a 5 percent increase in the city’s wastewater rates Oct. 9. The increase, voted on by a 5-0 vote, is scheduled to go into effect immediately, Ginger Faught, deputy city administrator said in an emailed response.  ...

A number of signage ordinance amendments were given the green light by the Dripping Springs City Council last month. Signage ordinances were amended for three separate developments in the city at the request of the properties’ owners. According to Michelle Fischer, Dripping Springs city administrato...