Bastrop city officials will hold a town hall at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 to gauge public feedback on the Crossings at 95 development—a project that aims to build 81 residential units and multi-unit townhomes as well as a 4,000-square-foot restaurant.

The details: The nearly 7.4-acre property at 2002 Hwy. 95, Bastrop, which is currently vacant, is east of the Public Works Department and south of the Bastrop Youth Baseball and Softball Organization’s fields.

Developers will need a zoning change from employment center to planned development district to move forward. Employment center, or P-EC, is a zoning district for a mix of development uses, including commercial, retail and office, according to city documents.

The city of Bastrop has established approximately 2.2 acres along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, near Emile Elementary School, as designated parkland. 

The details: Bastrop purchased the site at 610 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in June 2024 for $147,000 through its Land Acquisition Fund, according to city documents. 

“The property is located in the Gills Branch tributary,” Bastrop Police Chief Vicky Steffanic said in a staff report. 

How we got here: With much of the land in the floodway and the 100-year floodplain, officials established the property as parkland to prevent development from occurring.

“The area must be kept open to efficiently carry the majority of flood waters during high-flow events, which is necessary for the natural flow of water,” Steffanic said during a Sept. 9 Bastrop City Council meeting.

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The Nov. 4 election is coming up, and so is the deadline to register to vote. Eligible Texans must register by Oct. 6 to cast votes in various local races and weigh in on 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

What to know: Texans who need to register to vote must submit a paper application. The application is available here and must be printed, signed and mailed to the election office in the voter’s county of residence.

Texas does not allow online voter registration, unless residents are updating, renewing or replacing a Texas driver’s license or ID card.

Zooming in: To be eligible to register to vote, an individual must:

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Reside in the county they apply to vote in
• Be at least 18 years old by Election Day
• Not have been declared mentally incapacitated without the right to vote by a court