San Marcos - Buda - Kyle Edition | December 2024

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BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN

African American History Museum to relocate The city of San Marcos approved the transfer of its legal title of the Mitchell Center, located at 715 Valley St., to the Calaboose African American History Museum on Nov. 6. What it means The local nonprofit organization will soon be relocating and expanding to the Mitchell Center. The Calaboose African American History Museum, currently located at 200 Martin Luther King Drive, will use the new facility to create an “immersive and expanded museum experience” that will serve as a “vital” cultural and educational hub for the city—particularly the Dunbar neighborhood, according to agenda documents. “By relocating and expanding its exhibits to the Mitchell Center, the museum can posi- tively reclaim the cultural significance of the historic Calaboose building, offering a more

Kyle plans hotel and convention center The city of Kyle is looking to partner with a developer or hotelier to design, construct and operate a premier hotel and convention facility located between Kyle Parkway and Kohlers Crossing, according to a news release. The details The project is envisioned as part of a larger development that includes a St. David’s Hospital, retail and restaurant space. The development is also slated to have a waterfront park. The city also said they were prepared to offer the land through a long-term lease for a nominal fee or transfer it as part of an economic partnership, according to the news release.

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comprehensive interpretation of its history alongside that of the Historic Hays County Jail,” agenda documents state. What’s next? The city and museum will be finalizing the legal documents for the property conveyance.

Buda approves rezoning for future H-E-B location

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135,000-square-foot grocery store with a drive-thru restaurant, pharmacy and garden center. The property was previously used as a landfill, which requires “significant” remediation costs associated with construction—making the property difficult to develop, agenda documents state. Negotiations for an economic incentive agree- ment between the city and H-E-B are pending, Buda City Manager Micah Grau told Community Impact .

Buda is inching closer to having a new H-E-B. The City Council unanimously approved a request from H-E-B to rezone 21 acres of land from Interstate Commercial to Planned Development, or PD, on Dec. 3. The proposed H-E-B would be located at the northwest corner of I-35 and Main Street. The details The rezoning allows H-E-B to develop a

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