Community Corner
🌱 Downtown Action Plan Update + 5 New Projects + PHS Housing
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in North Austin-Pflugerville.
Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Gabriela Couvillion, your host of the North Austin-Pflugerville Daily.
First, today's weather:
Mild with plenty of sunshine. High: 73 Low: 47.
Here are the top stories in North Austin-Pflugerville today:
- On Tuesday, Feb. 8, members of the Pflugerville City Council met to approve an update to the city's Downtown Action Plan. With this approval, "over the next few years residents can expect to see projects related to the funding and development of Downtown East, a downtown-focused drainage study, a Streetscape Master Plan and projects added to the Water and Wastewater Master Plans for Downtown." For more information on the Downtown Action Plan, visit Downtown | City of Pflugerville, Texas (pflugervilletx.gov). For more details on the Downtown East project, visit pflugervilletx.gov/downtowneast. For Patch's complete press release visit: (Press Release Desk)
- Five new commercial projects were recently filed in Pflugerville and surrounding areas. Among those new projects are a church renovation, construction of new homes, and a new bank building. For details and information on these and other new projects, please visit: (Community Impact Newspaper)
- Recently "the Austin City Council approved a contract to renovate a former hotel on Burnet Road and enter an agreement with Integral Care, the local mental health authority for Travis County, to operate the facility as Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)." PSH is a type of affordable housing that includes support services "such as case management, mental health care, substance use treatment, wellness services and employment services." Dianna Grey, City of Austin Homeless Strategy Officer said, "This new apartment building will advance our community's efforts to address homelessness for many years to come." For more information visit: (KVUE.com)
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Today in North Austin-Pflugerville:
- Groundbreaking of Travis County ESD No. 2 Station 6 at Weiss High School. (11 a.m.)
- 2nd Impression Print Show Presented by Round Rock Arts at Downtowner Gallery. (Noon)
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— Gabriela Couvillion
About me: I'm an active mom of two grown sons and lifelong San Antonio resident. I received a BA in Spanish from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in my free time I immerse myself in creative writing. Thanks for reading Patch, and feel free to reach out if you have any news and happenings you think may appeal to our readers!
