Hannah Gustafson started the Tiny Farmer’s Market in her East Austin neighborhood last April, selling homemade jams in her front yard. She had just been laid off from her job and was looking for a way to meet her neighbors and create the community she had been craving. 

The impact: Within a year, what started with a sole vendor turned into a lineup of more than 30 artisans and an influx of support for the monthly Tiny Farmer’s Market. 

What they offer: Each market has unique offerings with a vendor waitlist of about 300 applicants. Attendees can always find something new, including matcha and coffee, ceramic goods, art, hand-sewn items, jewelry, coffee syrups and stained glass decor. 

What's next: Up next for the Tiny Farmer’s Market is its first pop-up after dark, taking place June 7 at P6 in downtown Austin.

• 2009 Chicon St., Austin

Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty relocated to a new location on March 5, according to manager Christina Bingham.

The new building is three miles away from its former location, according to the Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty website. 

• Old address: 7300 Ranch Road 2222, Austin

• New address: 7501 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Bldg. A, Austin

What they offer: AVES offers comprehensive care with 24/7 emergency services and specialty care for orthopedics, oncology, internal medicine, neurology and neurosurgery. 

What’s new: The new 45,000-square-foot building is three times larger with 32 exam rooms and nine surgery suites. The new space also includes an in-house pharmacy, full diagnostic imaging and an on-site lab and an Animal Cancer Center with radiation oncology. 

• 7501 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Bldg. A, Austin

The global entertainment company AEG Presents is taking over and renovating Emo's Austin next year.

The details: AEG Presents will take over operations at Emo's in January 2027. It's then expected to reopen early next year after "upgrades, renovations, and a full rebrand," according to the company.

Robin Phillips, AEG Presents' Southwest region vice president said the new-look venue will maintain its current capacity and could begin hosting performances as soon as February.

The reimagined space will complement AEG's nearby 65,000-square-foot indoor music venue project in the River Park mixed-use development.

City Council required additional monitoring and mitigation measures as new natural gas generation units go online, a week after officials signed off on the controversial project.

The details: Austin Energy uses natural gas peakers with hundreds of megawatts of capacity at two main East Austin power stations. The backup installations are viewed as an "insurance policy" for times of peak power demand, from a hot summer day to severe weather incident.

Officials signed off on a strategy to add 400 MW of capacity from new peaker units in May, a move approved behind closed doors over broad community objections. While privately voting to advance AE's peaker initiative, several council members expressed reluctance and shared doubts with Austinites who'd testified against it. In response, they went on to approve a group of resolutions to serve as community guardrails as the project moves forward.

“I think it's fair to say that these resolutions reflect our concerns and misgivings about the peaker plan," said council member Mike Siegel, who sponsored one of four items on the topic.

A Sprouts Farmers Market, East 51st Street improvements and a new museum building are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Deposition Technology ($27 million): This project at the semiconductor support and manufacturing company consists of a cleanroom expansion and renovation.

2. East 51st Street ($17 million): This project involves the revitalization of East 51st Street from I-35 to Berkman Drive.

3. Sprouts Farmers Market ($4.8 Million): A new location for the grocery store is coming to Hutto.

4. UT Dinosaur Trackways ($4.2 million): The building is a 2,100-square-foot single-story museum, which aims to conserve and house some of Texas’ most renowned fossilized footprints made 113 million years ago by a sauropod and a theropod near Glen Rose.

5. Texas State University: Student Success Commons at the Albert B. Alkek Library ($3.5 million): This project involves the interior renovation of approximately 38,000 square feet of the sixth floor of Alkek Library to add staff offices and study spaces.