🌱 How a $7.9M VA project could reshape Boerne’s Water Street
Boerne, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Boerne! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a $7.9M VA project could reshape Boerne’s Water Street
- What the new lawsuit settlement means after Boerne’s deadly bleacher collapse
- See where Boerne’s Cordillera Ranch lands in Texas’ top golf rankings.
Also on today's calendar: Sourdough Workshop and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 90 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 89, low: 68.
- Friday: Variably cloudy and breezy, with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. South Texas Veterans Health Care System to spend $7,900,000.00 to occupy 24,692 square feet of space in Boerne Texas. (intelligence360.news) — Boerne is set to gain a new South Texas Veterans Health Care System facility, with a $7.9 million build-out of nearly 25,000 square feet on Water Street by fall 2027. This expansion will bring additional services for area veterans and their families, complementing existing VA hospitals and clinics in San Antonio, Kerrville, and surrounding communities. 
2. Two people injured in Boerne bleacher collapse settle lawsuit (star-telegram.com) — Two Kendall County residents injured in the 2024 Kendall County Fair bleacher collapse in Boerne have quietly settled their lawsuit, while other cases remain active. A city-commissioned engineering report blamed an improperly welded support beam and unpermitted construction, prompting investigations by Boerne officials and highlighting ongoing safety and accountability concerns around local events.
3. Ranking the top 100 golf courses in Texas for 2026: Nos. 1-50 (dallasnews.com) — Boerne golfers might like knowing that The Clubs of Cordillera Ranch ranks among Texas’ top 10 courses for 2026, highlighting the Hill Country’s golf appeal. A Boerne amateur also serves on the statewide ranking panel, which evaluated 300 courses using detailed design and playability criteria. The list spans private, resort, and public layouts across Texas.
4. Discover the Texas Hill Country Game Fair: The Lone Star State's one-of-a-kind outdoor event - Texas Hunting & Fishing (lsonews.com) — Boerne will host the inaugural Texas Hill Country Game Fair at Joshua Creek Ranch on June 12–13, 2026, bringing a major outdoor sporting and conservation event to town. Locals can attend, sponsor, exhibit, or compete while supporting Texas youth scholarships and wildlife conservation through the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
5. Bexar County could build baseball, soccer fields near Boerne (star-telegram.com) — Bexar County is exploring a major youth sports complex just off I-10 near Boerne, on Alamo Colleges District land by the Kendall County line. Plans under study include up to eight baseball fields, four soccer fields, and parking, operated as a county park on a long-term $1 lease. The site would sit beside a new Northwest Education and Training Center opening early next year.
📸 Around Boerne
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Boerne After Hours Mixer hosted by Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club →
Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club, 7900 Fair Oaks Pkwy, Fair Oaks Ranch
4:00 pm
Thursday May 14
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Other local events
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VRES Kinder EOY Celebration
Boerne ISD Cafeteria
9:30 am -
VMS Honor, Symphonic, and Jazz Band Spring Concert
Boerne ISD Voss Middle School
6:15 pm -
Sourdough Workshop →
Herff Farm, 33 Herff Rd, Boerne
6:30 pm -
BMSS Upper Bands Spring Concert
Boerne ISD BMSS Cafetorium
7:00 pm -
VRES All Pro Dad Meeting
Boerne ISD Boerne, TX 78006
7:00 am -
VRES Field Day
Boerne ISD Blacktop/Field
8:00 am -
Bubbletime Bookworms →
Patrick Heath Public Library, 451 N Main St, Boerne
10:00 am
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
📣 Boerne Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Boerne ISD Choir Festival
Boerne ISD Champion High School Auditorium
5:30 pm -
Hope Hospice - Expressions of Grief Class
Bulverde Spring Branch Chamber of Commerce Hope Hospice of the Hill Country 29710 US-281 #103 Bulverde, TX 78163
5:30 pm -
David Lee's Lamplighter Songwriter Night
Bulverde Spring Branch Chamber of Commerce 121 Bulverde Crossing #115, Bulverde, TX 78163
7:00 pm -
VRES Kinder EOY Celebration
Boerne ISD Cafeteria
9:30 am
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Last week I posted the picture of our first sunflower of the season, which is atop this > 9 foot tall plant.
In less than a week it's exploded with flowers. (Nextdoor The Woods At Fair Oaks Hoa) - Who ever this is, Thank you so much for dropping off my packages.
USPS constantly put my packages in the wrong box. I truly appreciate you dropping it off at my house!!! Thank you!!! (Nextdoor Lost Creek)
- Take 5 Oil Change posted a job opening for Part-Time Oil Change Team Member - Shop#195 - 1102 South Main Street in Boerne. Apply here.
- GPAC Staffing posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Boerne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boerne here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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