🌱 How could Kyle’s new animal shelter reshape services across Hays County?
Kyle, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Kyle! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How could Kyle’s new animal shelter reshape services across Hays County?
- What Kyle’s leaner $417 million budget could mean for your tax bill
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 99 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 98, low: 75.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 97 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Kyle City Council talks community center agreement, future of animal shelter (haysfreepress.com) — Kyle leaders are weighing where and how to build a new regional animal shelter and how to share costs with Hays County and Buda, after controversy over using Kyle Vista parkland. Council also reviewed a new partnership agreement with the Kyle Area Senior Zone as it prepares to move from downtown’s Krug Activity Center into the larger Dacy Lane Senior Community Center, potentially expanding senior and intergenerational programming. 
• Nearly $200 million less planned for Kyle's fiscal year 2026-27 budget (haysfreepress.com) — Kyle’s interim city manager is proposing a 2026-27 budget about $200 million smaller than last year’s, aiming to close a major deficit while keeping water and storm drainage rates flat. The plan trims staff and programs, adds a raise for police, reshapes departments, and could slightly lower the average homeowner’s city tax bill if the rate is reduced as expected.
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Tanger San Marcos | Stuff-the-Bus Donation Drive Benefitting United Way of Hays & Caldwell Counties
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THE INCOME ACCELERATOR SESSION
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Ribbon Cutting Kolacny's Kolaches
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San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce Tanger Outlets San Marcos 4015 I-35 South San Marcos, TX 78666
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hey, just FYI, there's a coyote family in the unmowed part of the greenbelt in Water Leaf, and they keep coming into our backyard...
My siblings are too scared to use the backyard. (Nextdoor Waterleaf) - Update:Thank you all!
Got one!! Anyone have a shower chair I can have or borrow? My roommate's Mom just had a spinal surgery and my roommate needs to help her bathe. I can… (Nextdoor Uhland)
- Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Stocker in Kyle. Apply here.
- Firehouse Subs - Firehouse Restaurant Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Crew Member in Kyle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kyle here.
🗞 Nearby News
Buda
- Boil water notice rescinded for west Buda (haysfreepress.com)
- Buda mosquito trap tests positive for West Nile Virus (cbsaustin.com)
- 2K-acre Kyle development, Buc-ee's nears completion: Check out 5 development updates in Hays County (communityimpact.com)
San Marcos
- The Gig-Economy Crash Problem: Rideshare and Delivery Accidents in San Marcos, Texas (legalreader.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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