BUDA — Johnson High School student Kallina Rodriguez, a Texas Campus Crime Stoppers Student Ambassador, received an award of recognition from the Buda City Council Tuesday, April 15. According to its website, Hays County Crime Stoppers is an “independent non-profit organization comprised of diverse,...

BUDA — At the April 15 Buda City Council meeting, city manager Micah Grau gave a presentation on outdoor music venues in downtown Buda. In response to a request from council member Matt Smith, the presentation went over the issues and roadblocks for Buda to be a live music friendly city, including z...

BUDA — Buda City Council deliberated on possible relocation options for Buda’s dog park at its April 1 meeting. Currently, the city dog park resides at the Buda Sportsplex and is split up into two sections, one for small dogs and one for large dogs, but the planned expansion of the sportsplex would ...

BUDA — At its March 25 meeting, Buda City Council listened to a presentation on the progress of The Colony at Cole Springs development project, presented by Royce Rippy, a representative of M/I Homes. Development of The Colony at Cole Springs began in March 2024 and phase one is currently anticipate...

BUDA — At its March 4 meeting, Buda City Council approved its 2025 Local Legend Award recipient. This award will be presented at the fourth annual Buda’s Birthday Celebration, which will be held April 5. “Each year we have Buda City Council go and select who will be the Buda Local Legend that is hon...

BUDA — Buda City Council approved adding two additional projects to Garison Park at its Feb. 4 meeting. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects joined the project more than two years ago, said Capital Projects Manager Kenny Crawford, and has completed a design solution, with plans to begin the project in fall...

BUDA — Buda City Council took several actions that align with the previously negotiated and adopted development agreement (DA) between Milestone Community Builders and the council for the Persimmon development at its Jan. 21, meeting. This follows the approval of the DA at the June 18, 2024, regular...

BUDA — Buda City Council discussed the upcoming legislative session at its Jan. 7 meeting. According to city manager Micah Grau, the next legislative session begins on Jan. 14 and, although some bills have already begun to be filed, the final day is March 14, with the last day of the session occurri...

BUDA — At its Dec. 3 meeting, Buda City Council voted to approve a request by Balanced Site Design (BSD) on behalf of H-E-B to change the zoning from Interstate Commercial to Planned Development in regards to the upcoming project. The planned development — a proposed 135,000 square-foot grocery stor...

BUDA — City of Buda Community Relations and Destination Services Director Lysa Gonzalez gave a presentation to Buda City Council members regarding 2024 holiday events at its Nov. 19 meeting. Several holiday-themed proclamations were given, as well. The Hays County Food Bank’s Turkeys Tackling Hunger...