By Brittany Anderson BUDA – Some members of the community are looking to expand on grassroots art programs and initiatives within Buda.  Maggie Gillespie, Main Street program manager and assistant director of Destination Services, gave a presentation on the artist movement within the city to the cou...

Buda’s Main Street program in joint effort with the Historic Preservation Committee will bring several projects benefiting business owners and local residents in 2020. Main Street Program Manager Maggie Gillespie said it will include HPC in its grant application process, kick-off the first HPC month...

Buda businesses finalists in Texas Downtown Association President’s Awards program Several Buda businesses were among the finalists for the 2019 Texas Downtown Association President’s Awards Program, which were recently announced in Austin. For more than 30 years the awards program, sponsored by the...

With 95 percent of the project design complete for the Main Street at RM 967 improvement project, Buda officials are preparing for the long road ahead.  Part of the city’s strategic plan, in conjunction with the Main Street Program, is to protect the downtown businesses during the construction by ho...

With applications due at the end of the week, Buda officials hope the third round of a program designed to maximize downtown businesses’ advertising dollars will bring in more tourism for the entire historic district. The Buda Main Street Department launched the co-marketing program in October, Main...

he Tavern on Main in Buda was named the winner Nov. 8 of the Texas Downtown Association Best Downtown Business award in the category of towns under 50,000 people. Over 100 entities and businesses entered the competition across 12 different categories from communities across the state, said Maggie Gi...

mall Business Saturday is one of the lesser known shopping holidays falling between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. First created in 2010 by American Express, Small Business Saturday gives local communities the opportunity to support their local businesses and promote commerce in their own backyard. ...

In an effort to attract new customers to historic downtown, Buda is offering a 50 percent co-marketing reimbursement grant for some Buda businesses to pay for advertising. Maggie Gillespie, Buda Main Street coordinator, said the grant would cover half of the cost of a downtown business’s ad in magaz...

survey meant to gather what Buda residents want in their downtown is the first priority of an advisory board that assists the city’s newly appointed Main Street program. The survey, created by the Main Street Advisory Board, is to get direction from residents for the downtown sector and narrow the f...

When the governor’s wife shows up to reveal a rendering of downtown Buda, you know it’s big. And on Tuesday morning, the city of Buda was inducted into the Texas Main Street Program by the First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott at a special ceremony with Abbott unveiling a rendering of her vision of the...