After multiple environmental violations and allegations of polluting a neighboring creek, Dripping Springs city officials have placed a stop-work order on the Mark Black Wedding Venue. The stop-work order is the latest chapter in a saga that began with Mark Black’s plan to build a wedding venue on p...

A trio of environmental violations at the construction site of a controversial Driftwood-area wedding venue has neighbors worried about the integrity of the project. Those violations were issued by the city of Dripping Springs and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the Mark Bla...

Two hours of public comment and deliberation Tuesday wasn’t enough to push Dripping Springs city leaders to make a decision on a controversial Driftwood wedding venue. Instead, the Dripping Springs City Council voted unanimously to postpone a vote on the Mark Black Wedding Venue until March 13. The ...

Continued frustration over a controversial Driftwood wedding venue led area residents to protest in Austin Monday. The protest, held in front of Terry Black’s BBQ, was done in opposition to the Mark Black Wedding Venue, which is proposed to be located on Crystal Hills Drive. The protests erupted rou...

A decision on a controversial Driftwood wedding venue was pushed back another week as Dripping Springs city leaders continue to gather more information on the matter. By a unanimous vote, the Dripping Springs City Council Feb. 13 voted to postpone a decision on the Mark Black Wedding Venue until Feb...

A 5-1 recommendation to approve a controversial Driftwood wedding venue was handed down by the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday, but not without protest. More than 100 people packed into Dripping Springs City Hall for a public hearing on the site development permit, with many ...