With Dripping Springs becoming the first International Dark Sky Community in Texas in 2014, Buda is now looking to get in on the action as well.

Members of the sustainability commission met on March 1 to discuss their application to make Buda a designated dark sky community. This has been a part of the Sustainability Commission’s two year work plan and the commission is now in the early stages of moving forward with the idea.

Rex Drake, chairperson of the Sustainability Commission, said th...