Austin City Council Will meet July 20 at 10 a.m. at Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second St., Austin. 512-974-2250 www.austintexas.gov/department/ city-council Cedar Park City Council Will meet June 22 and July 13 at 450 Cypress Creek Road, Bldg. 4, MEETINGS WE COVER NUMBER TO KNOW The number of people experiencing homelessness in Williamson County, according to a 2023 point-in-time count from the Texas Homeless Network, compared to 12 in 2020 96 HIGHLIGHTS LEANDER The city is the fourth fastest growing city in Texas at 10.9% from July 2021 to July 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Cedar Park swears in new council member
Austin sends nearly $2M to child care workers, schools
for workforce development training for child care workers
What else?: Council also voted to help three school districts open a total of eight new pre-K classrooms for 3-year-olds. These supports include: • $48,000 to Austin ISD for three classrooms • $64,000 to Del Valle ISD for four classrooms • $16,000 to Leander ISD for one classroom PROVIDING SUPPORT Funding approved for workforce and child care worker programs on May 18 by Austin City Council includes: $1 million for child care worker stipends
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Mortgage Financing No Down Payment! 100% CEDAR PARK City Council swore in new Council Member Bobbi Hutchin- son at a May 25 meeting. Hutchinson ran unopposed for Place 1 in the city’s May 6 election. Former Council Member Stephen Thomas was unable to seek re-elec- tion due to being appointed to the role previously in June 2022. Hutchinson has lived in Cedar Park since 2012 with her husband and four children. A keen dedication to public service inspired her to run for City Council, she said. As a council member, Hutchinson said her main priority is to help maintain the city’s positive state. “I think our city is really well run and doing amazing with the stage of development that it’s in now,” Hutchinson said. “My goal really is to just kind of keep that train on the track and keep it the wonderful place that it is.”
BY BEN THOMPSON
AUSTIN Several funding mea- sures approved by city of Austin officials May 18 will send around $2 million toward local workforce development, child care and early childhood education. A closer look: The three contracts totaling $1.85 million will go toward education for aspiring medical workers as well as training and supporting local child care staff, including: • $1 million to Workforce Solutions Capital Area for child care worker stipends centered on employees in programs serving children • $500,000 to Capital IDEA for workforce development services for low-income health care students • $351,270 to Together4Children
Cedar Park. 512-401-5000 www.cedarparktexas.gov Williamson County Commissioners Court
$351,270 for training for child care workers $500,000 for low-income health care students
Will meet June 27 and July 11 at 9:30 a.m. at the Williamson County Courthouse, 710 Main St., Georgetown. 512-943-1100 www.wilco.org
SOURCE: AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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