The Georgetown Public Library is starting a new service, GPL Express, to deliver items on hold from the library to lockers at the Carver Center for Families.

What else? Library users can select the Carver Center as their pick up location, and the lockers are open 24/7. There is also a book drop available near the lockers for users to return items.

The Georgetown Health Foundation, the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library and the Carver Center for Families sponsored the lockers.

The library will host a ribbon cutting for the new service on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m.

• 1200 W. 17th St., Georgetown

Read about 12 Georgetown-area businesses located west of I-35 that have recently opened, are coming soon, are in the news or have closed.

I <3 Churros
The food truck can now be found parked permanently at Tasty Trails Food Fun & Brew, owner Cesar Velasco said. The business sells traditional churros with fillings, such as dulce de leche and chocolate. The truck also offers churro loops and churro cones.

• Opened in December
• 3309 W. Hwy. 29, Georgetown

• Opening in the spring
• Southwest intersection of Hwy. 29 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard

• 1310 W. University Ave., Georgetown

A new coffee shop is brewing specialty lattes with a nod to Texas history in Round Rock.

What you need to know: Waterloo Coffee Co. expanded into a brick-and mortar-location in February, bringing its Texas-centric coffee tradition to downtown Round Rock. 

About the business: The coffee company began as a drive-thru coffee trailer in Georgetown, which will remain open. Co-owner Amy Bresnan said the name comes from the history of the city of Austin, originally named Waterloo. 

In their own words: "We love Texas," Bresnan said. "We love the spirit of Texas, that people are proud to be from Texas."

Check out six upcoming or ongoing transportation projects around the Austin metro.

Upcoming projects
Austin Light Rail
Project: The 10-mile rail system will initially feature 15 stations along the alignment and all-electric trains running every five to 10 minutes throughout most of the day.
Update: Austin Transit Partnership approved a $60 million design-build contract for the first phase of the project Feb. 18.

• Timeline: construction expected to begin in 2027
• Cost: $7.1 billion
• Funding source: federal grants and infrastructure loans, Project Connect revenues, city taxes

• Timeline: 2026-28 (Phase 1A)
• Cost: $30 million (Phase 1A)
• Funding sources: federal funding, city of Leander (Phase 1A)

The focus of a national initiative to build climate resilience at the local level in Central Texas will focus on three specific climate hazards, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions announced in February.

What you need to know: The Feb. 18 announcement states that the triple threat of extreme heat, wildfires and flooding in the area will be the focus of the Climate Resilient Communities Accelerator hub in the area. This comes after months of meetings with area leaders, assessment of area disasters and other information gathering.

What they're saying: This accelerator program will be the first through the CCES to include flooding, according the news release.  

"Although the harmful impacts of any of these hazards alone can be very significant, the compounding impacts when they overlap can be devastating," the release states. "Extreme heat can amplify wildfire risk, and heavy rainfall immediately following wildfire can increase erosion and flooding due to soil and vegetation changes."