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Owners John and Jennifer Garrett launched the rst edition of Community Impact Newspaper in 2005 with three full-time employees covering Round Rock and P ugerville, Texas. We have expanded our operations to include hundreds of employees, our own printing operation and over 30 hyperlocal editions across three states. Our circulation is over 2million residential mailboxes, and it grows eachmonth with new residents and developments.
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FROMAMY: Our area of Central Texas has been growing rapidly for several years. Not only are developers and city leaders making way for thousands of new housing units to accommodate the population growth, but businesses and niche industries are also cropping up. In this edition, Senior Editor Brian Rash examines how a local tequila industry is emerging in P ugerville. Amy Leonard Bryant, GENERALMANAGER
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FROMBRIAN: March marks two years since o cials began implementing COVID-19 safety protocols. The cycle of the historic pandemic has changed and educated us in numerous ways—from our understanding of how the virus works to adjusting to each new variant that becomes dominant to navigating new local, state and federal policies as they are enacted. In this issue, Reporter Carson Ganong looks into how local communities are looking forward. Brian Rash, SENIOR EDITOR
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TRANSPORTATION &DEVELOPMENT Regular updates on area projects to keep you in the know
SCHOOL, CITY & COUNTY We attend area meetings to keep you informed
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CORRECTIONS: Volume 17, Issue 6 On Page 31, the substitute pay graphic should have the second school district labeled as Leander ISD. On Pages 32 and 33, two Round Rock ISD parents were arrested three days after a school board meeting.
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