By Andy Sevilla For between $138 and $230 per year in taxes, homeowners in Buda could get $55 million in facility, road, park and trails, and drainage improvements throughout the city, according to official bond election information. That, of course, is contingent upon Buda voters approving five pro...

By Andy Sevilla A Buda water supply evaluation study found the city would need an additional 30,000 gallons of water per day as soon as 2017 to quench the populations’ thirst. The study by Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Inc. (LAN), found that the city’s existing ground and surface water supply can ha...

By Andy Sevilla With election season in full swing, two political newcomers challenging established Buda council incumbents have by far outraised the sitting office holders, according to campaign finance reports due 30 days before the November election. Evan Ture, a 27-year-old engineer, raised more...

SUBMITTED REPORT The City of Buda and the bond election public involvement team will host three open houses at area elementary schools leading up to the Nov. 4 election. These open houses are open to the public; residents are invited to come and go at their leisure. No formal presentation will be ma...

By Andy Sevilla Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 1 in east Buda is wheeling toward the issuance of $3.435 million in road bonds in its effort to keep pace with the district’s growth.  As of Sept. 1 Sunfield had 365 completed homes, 30 homes under construction and 48 vacant developed lots, acc...

By Andy Sevilla With a $55 million bond election looming, Buda leaders are fast-tracking up to $5.5 million in new debt in hopes of acquiring a lower interest rate. At their Sept. 29 meeting, Buda council members unanimously approved a notice of intent to issue up to $5.5 million in Combination Tax ...

It is truly unfortunate that the few vibrant businesses in downtown Buda are forced to constantly defend themselves to certain vocal residents and some members of the City Council. Buda is more family-friendly than ever, meaning there are choices for EVERY member of EVERY family, not only those with...

By Andy Sevilla Though some trees along RM 967 set up roots in Buda hundreds of years ago, more than two dozen will soon have to give way for a widening project aimed at accommodating growth. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Hays County partnered in the widening proposal in effort ...

By Moses Leos III All it took was one trip down South Congress Avenue in Austin for Jack and Jerry Moncrief to fall in love with food trailers.  They now hope the trend of food trailers turns their new venture, 967 Food Trucks, into a social hub.  “We loved (food trailers) and we kept going back [to...

By Andy Sevilla For the first time in its history, Buda has surpassed $1 billion in total taxable values due in large part to new development and increased property appraisals. From Jan. 1, 2013, to Jan. 1, 2014, Buda grew by 15 percent; all the while building activity within the city also was on th...