BUDA — After years of debate and discussions, Buda City Council unanimously approved the annexation of 762.244 acres into the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), relating to the MileStone Community Builders’ Persimmon Development, on first and final reading at its June 18 meeting. Afterwards...

Monica Davidson has been appointed as the executive director of the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce, effective immediately. Davidson is a third-generation Buda resident, a Hays High School graduate and currently serves as a city council member. “Monica has a history of growing organizations and with t...

BUDA — Buda City Council explored options for the city’s future at its meeting held on Tuesday, Sept. 5, after hearing a presentation on the final draft of the 2023 Downtown Master Plan and tabling a resolution to approve the Transit Development Plan (TDP). Downtown Master Plan As a part of the over...

BUDA — Several citizens came forward to voice their concerns regarding the proposed Persimmon development at the regular Buda City Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1 prior to a workshop and deliberation in an effort to establish terms for a development agreement (DA) with MileStone Community Builder...

By Brittany Anderson BUDA — Deliberations around the development agreement for Persimmon, the 775-acre development proposed on the Bailey and Armbruster tracts off FM 967, have seemingly come to a halt, for now.   The Buda City Council approved 6-0 to table the proposed agreement pending further dis...

By Brittany Anderson BUDA — While some residents have voiced privacy concerns regarding the potential installation of license plate reader cameras, Buda officials say that these cameras will be an asset to the community to help solve and prevent crime.   The Buda City Council unanimously voted to es...

We are celebrating Women's History Month by asking women in our local governments the following questions: 1 What is your career outside of local government? When you started your career, did you ever imagine that you would have a leadership role in the city? 2 Can you talk about your role in local ...

The Hays Free Press posed the following questions to candidates for Buda City Council Position 2 At-Large. Here are their responses. Monica Davidson Buda City Council candidate for Position 2 At-Large HFP: How would you further economic development efforts for the area? Davidson: Buda is PRIME real ...

As of 5 p.m. Monday, one person had filed to run for mayor of Buda and two people had filed for positions on the city council. Lee Urbanovsky, who currently holds the At-Large Position 1 on the council, filed paperwork to replace Mayor George Haehn, who is not running for re-election. Also up for el...

A trio of draft maps are what Hays CISD’s rezoning committee will take to the public as they ready for Monday’s first scheduled input forum at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. That decision came after the committee spent the better part of Monday detailing two new options that deviate from the ...