Students age 18 and younger can receive free breakfast and lunch at three Georgetown ISD campuses this summer.

The summer meal program runs June 1-Aug. 7 at Tippit Middle School and June 1-Aug. 6 at Purl Elementary School and the Future Ready Center.

What you need to know: Children do not need to be enrolled in GISD to receive free meals, nor do they need to qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The program is also open to students with disabilities up to age 21.

No meals will be served June 23-July 3 while the district is closed, according to GISD documents. Additionally, Tippit will be the only campus providing meals on Fridays.

Tippit Middle School (serving meals Monday through Friday):

• Breakfast: 7:15-8:30 a.m.
• Lunch: 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Breakfast: 8-9 a.m.
• Lunch: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• Breakfast: 7:15-8 a.m.
• Lunch: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CityVet will open a location in Georgetown by the end of the year, a representative for the company said.

About the business: The veterinary care clinic offers wellness exams, vaccinations, dental care and surgical procedures for pets. It also provides grooming and boarding services, according to its website.

CityVet began in Dallas, and now operates more than 60 locations across the country.

• 4720 Williams Drive, Georgetown

South Korea-based Soulbrain, a chemical and materials manufacturer in the semiconductor industry, was awarded an $11.6 million grant through the Texas Semiconductor Innovation fund in June. 

What you need to know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced the award June 4, citing the company's recent move to open a manufacturing facility and U.S. headquarters in Taylor, near the future Samsung plant that is expected to come online later this year. 

The facility is expected to bring 20 "high-skilled" jobs to the region, as well as $120 million in capital investment. 

What they're saying: “We are grateful to Governor Abbott and the State of Texas for supporting Soulbrain through the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund,” Soulbrain President Jon Park said. “With this partnership, we will expand advanced materials capabilities in Texas, strengthen the domestic semiconductor ecosystem, and create high-value manufacturing and engineering opportunities for Texans.”

In smaller communities and cities around the Greater Austin area, demand for health care specialists has risen at a rate unmatched by access to professionals, said Ashley Price, Austin Regional Clinic's vice president of operations.

Austin Regional Clinic, or ARC, is expanding its specialty services both north and south of Austin to provide unique care to residents in the surrounding cities.

Current situation: Access to health care specialists in Central Texas can be a barrier for residents seeking medical care, Price said. While cities neighboring Austin are growing rapidly, the nation faces a shortage of both primary care physicians and specialists.

Specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants with ARC travel to multiple clinic locations to meet patients where there is a need, so they are not required to journey into Austin for care.

The specifics: ARC is further expanding with the opening of a Lockhart clinic on June 15, and ARC South Specialty in South Austin, opening in phases beginning June 1.

ARC also opened the Greenlawn Specialty clinic in Round Rock on Jan. 19.

Check out some of the most-read stories from the Austin area June 1-4. 

1. The Peach Cobbler Factory now open in Round Rock

2. Liberty Hill annexes property on Hwy. 29 to become commercial development

3. Mountain Mike's opens first Williamson County location

4. Georgetown officials remove local alcohol permit fee

5. Austin raises senior, disabled homeowner property tax exemption by $12K

6. Bastrop's Texas Roadhouse sets late July opening