ess than six months after announcing Buda’s inclusion in the Texas Main Street program, Buda has hired a Main Street Program Manager. According to a city of Buda press release, Maggie Gillespie, who was the San Marcos Main Street coordinator, was hired as Buda’s Main Street Program Manager. Buda’s A...

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...

Changes could be coming to impact fees levied on new development in Buda as city leaders look to make possible updates. The Buda City Council authorized Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams to execute a professional service agreement with Freese and Nichols to prepare updates for new development impac...

A rewrite of Buda’s Unified Development Code (UDC) is on the horizon as city leaders look to balance the city’s small town charm while accommodating for future housing needs. Buda is gathering public input on the UDC rewrite, according to Chance Sparks, interim assistant city manager. In an intervie...

Staff report    A fter missing out on acquiring Main Street status on two previous occasions, the third time was the charm for the city of Buda.  Last week, the Texas Historical Commission tabbed Buda to be included in the Texas Main Street program. The city becomes one of 89 cities in Texas with th...

By Moses Leos III The creation of an additional road and stormwater impact fee could be on the horizon in Buda.  But for Mayor Todd Ruge, the goal is to balance the amount new development pays for infrastructure while also not driving out business.  “We want to be competitive, but we don’t want to s...

By Samantha Smith The planning process for Buda’s future housing needs has been put on hold after city staff pulled the plug on its recent Housing Action Plan (HAP) survey earlier this month. But the decision to suspend the survey in no way reflected the possibility of dissolving the city’s housing ...

by Samantha Smith Buda is taking steps to potentially offer more options when it comes to housing as it rolled out its Housing Action Plan citizen survey on the city’s website earlier this month. Buda Planning Director Chance Sparks said the catalyst for the council’s approval of a Housing Action Pl...