Buda city leaders expressed concern regarding the city’s continued support of Budafest at Tuesday night’s Buda City Council meeting after members of the event’s committee failed to show for a post-event presentation. Buda Tourism Director Lysa Gonzales said the presentation was lacking information d...

For the second time in a month, Buda city leaders opposed a restaurant group’s bid for a variance to construct a sign beyond what’s allowed in city ordinance.  The Buda City Council unanimously denied a second appeal by the Panda Express Restaurant Group Jan. 17 for a variance from the city’s maximu...

A prospective fast food chain’s appeal to the Buda City Council for larger signage was met with stiff resistance Tuesday. As a result, city leaders opted to send a proposal for a 35-foot stand-alone sign for a new Panda Express restaurant, which is planning to expand to Buda, back to the Planning an...

An applicant’s request for a special use permit (SUP) to construct a self-storage facility along east Main Street in Buda was tabled earlier this month after city leaders seeks more information. But for some city leaders, the applicant’s request to build a three-story climate controlled facility nea...

The Buda City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to set the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for Propositions 1 and 2 at approximately $24 million. With the GMP set, construction on a new municipal building site along south Main Street, which is part of Proposition 1, will begin on Jan. 18, 2017. Brian...

By Bailey Buckingham Recent debates in Buda over the sustainability features of design plans for the new municipal buildings sparked conversation June 21 about the possible establishment of a sustainability commission in Buda. Planning department employee Meredith Johnson presented the Buda City Cou...

By Samantha Smith The Buda city council June 21 approved moving forward with the application process for the Texas Main Street program.  Council received a presentation from Planning Director Chance Sparks about the program, which is a state-sponsored initiative to provide Texas towns resources to a...

By Samantha Smith Discussions on possibly adding background checks to Buda board and commission applications hit the Buda City Council dais last week.  While the background check idea was indefinitely tabled by council, amending board and commission applications to possibly include voter registratio...

By Moses Leos III A “firestorm” is brewing between Buda and a business owner over back-taxes stemming from the city’s share of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission fees. This Buda business owner is fighting the charges, saying the city never gave prior notification of that tax.    “There was no notif...

By Moses Leos III Roughly a year after voters approved its $55 million bond, the Buda City Council got the chance to envision what a new municipal facility under the bond package should look like.  Page Architects, the design team behind the facility, completed that process as part of an open-ended ...