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BY GRANT CRAWFORD, BROOKE SJOBERG & GRACIE WARHURST
Round Rock green lights new fire station Round Rock City Council approved a land purchase agreement in August to build a new fire station next to Ascension Seton William- son Hospital. What happened The city purchased the land for Fire Station No. 11 for a little over $489,000. The project is part of $44 million in public safety projects funded by the 2023 bond. Fire Station No. 11 will house a police satellite office.
Council to vote on downtown zoning
Commissioners fund over $25M in facilities Williamson County Commissioners Court allocated over $25.5 million in capital improvement projects in September. What happened The commissioners allocated $1 million to purchase a building at 600 Forest Street, Georgetown, to potentially house Jail and Justice Center offices. Commissioners also allocated almost $4 million for contractors associated with the new justice center project. Some of the other allocations included: • $7.6 million for technology and software for internal operations • $4.6 million for a 911 training center in the Lake Creek annex • $2.5 million for an internal asset manage- ment solution
ACC awarded $3.6M semiconductor grant Austin Community College received a $3.6 mil- lion grant from the state of Texas in August, which will go to a new space at the Round Rock campus for semiconductor manufacturing training. In a nutshell ACC will dedicate about 10,000 square feet of a new semiconductor advanced manufacturing lab on campus, featuring the Samsung Austin Semi- conductor Advanced Manufacturing Classroom at ACC and a simulated semiconductor fabrication facility. The space will also include a locker room and gowning area, an airlock transition space, a simulated clean room and a storage area. The grant is part of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund, an incentive program to encourage semiconductor research, design and manufacturing in Texas. The fund awards grants to state entities and
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In October, Round Rock City Council will vote on amendments to downtown zoning that would expand the boundaries, increase the density allowed on Mays Street and Round Rock Avenue, and provide for taller buildings in certain parcels of downtown. Overview Brad Dushkin, director of planning and devel- opment services, said at a September hearing that the proposal comes from a desire to provide more diverse dining, retail and entertainment opportu- nities to residents in the downtown area. Certain segments of downtown would be rezoned to a mixed-use medium density district, allowing for four different building types ranging from two and a half stories to 12 stories. Other segments would be rezoned from sin- gle-family parcels to mixed-use limited districts,
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designed to allow limited commercial uses while also maintaining the area’s residential look, according to city documents. Lastly, certain parcels of land would be rezoned as open-space districts, including the area surrounding the city’s Town Green project. This project will upgrade the square around the city’s historic water tower, creating wooden-deck seating, turf lawns, food-truck parking and reno- vations of the Johnson building. Council is expected to vote on the zoning measure at its Oct. 23 meeting.
higher educational institutions for manufacturing and design projects, as well as businesses with established presences in the state. “Texas continues to lead America’s resurgence in semiconductor manufacturing thanks to our highly skilled and growing workforce,” Gov. Abbott said in a news release. “Already recognized as a national model for semiconductor workforce training, ACC will establish a new semiconductor advanced manufacturing lab and a precision welding skills lab on their campus in Round Rock.”
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