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Liberty Hill council OKs citywide comprehensive plan Liberty Hill council approved the 2023 comprehensive plan Oct. 11, which will help navigate growth, development and redevel- opment in the city through 2040. Sorting out details In the plan, the city’s consultant team recommended: • Improving the city’s street network • Exploring alternative road routes • Enhancing the pedestrian experience • Creating spaces for community gathering • Connecting services to neighborhoods • Building a variety of housing types • Oering more aordable housing
WilCo commissioners consider improvements at county justice center At a meeting to discuss capital improvements Oct. 3, Williamson County Commissioners Court debated whether to fund improvements to the county’s justice center and jailhouse as ocials are considering a potential relocation for both facilities in the coming years. What’s happening? Williamson County Precinct 3 Commissioner Valerie Covey cited the necessity for greater capac- ity in the center in downtown Georgetown. She also said the long-range plan for the justice center involves connecting the justice center and jail. Commissioners discussed whether downtown provides enough space for an expansion. The alternative to a downtown expansion entails combining the justice center and jailhouse
“If the goal is to move somewhere else, I don’t know that we need to pour a whole lot of money into the jail and justice [center]. So
that might be something that we consider holding o on.” VALERIE COVEY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY PRECINCT 3 COMMISSIONER
into one building on a 150-acre property outside of the downtown area but still within city limits. Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell ques- tioned the future of the county headquarters being tied to the city of Georgetown. “I love Georgetown, you know. As a kid, I grew up coming here, but also don’t know that it’s the highest and best use of the county to build in this area,” Gravell said. Regardless of current space, plans for renova- tions or a potential new site are not projected to begin for at least three years.
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