ATX-NNW: Impact 10/9/2025

Health food restaurant Toastique opened a new Austin location in early October at The Domain.

The details: The restaurant serves a variety of health-focused food and drinks, including:

• Gourmet toasts with toppings such as peanut butter, bananas, strawberries, avocado, microgreens, crab or tuna
• Smoothie bowls with fruit, nuts and granola
• Cold pressed juices and wellness shots
• Iced collagen lattes made with collagen and blended with ingredients such as beet, matcha, turmeric, blueberry and lavender
• Homemade desserts such as peanut butter energy balls and granola bars.

• 3220 Amy Donovan Plaza, Ste. 100, Austin

Round Rock ISD officials will consider contracts for lighting replacements at competition and high school stadiums in the district at an upcoming meeting.

The replacements would be funded by 2018 and 2024 bond funds, district documents state.

What you need to know: Trustees will consider two contracts to replace existing lighting at stadiums in the district, converting them to LEDs. District documents state these replacements are intended to reduce energy consumption and require less maintenance, as well as improve visibility for spectators and athletes on the field.

Under consideration are two contracts to use $519,960 in 2018 bond funds to replace lights at the district's two competition stadiums—the Kelly Reeves Athletics Complex and Dragon Stadium—and $811,020 in 2024 bond funds to replace lights at Cedar Ridge, McNeil, Stony Point and Westwood high school football stadiums.

A pro bono clinic in Southwest Austin is teaching children and youth with neuromotor disabilities how to walk and regain movement while training the next generation of physical therapists.

Since 2016, the Pro Bono Neuroplasticity Clinic at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences' Austin campus has provided free physical therapy to under- or uninsured families of children with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, and other central nervous system conditions.

The pediatric clinic provides hands-on experience for physical therapy students while offering high-demand care for a growing number of families in the Austin area, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences staff said.

The overview: A handful of children and teenage patients visit the clinic multiple times a week to receive physical therapy services provided by students and faculty. The clinic helps patients foster independence by learning how to walk and improving their motor skills, said Sheila Brose, a physical therapy faculty lab instructor.

The impact: The clinic is an important resource for families who couldn’t otherwise afford physical therapy services, Brose said.

Employees of Samsung Austin Semiconductor will move into the new office building at the manufacturer’s Taylor campus by the end of November, Michele Glaze, senior director of communications and community affairs, said Oct. 8.

The overview: Glaze, speaking at a Hutto Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon, said the six-story office building boasts a number of amenities, including two cafeterias, open-concept cubicles, atriums, a fitness center and a meditation space.

About 1,000 Samsung employees will move into the Taylor site over the first two quarters, Glaze said. 

The background: Construction on the $17 billion Taylor site began in 2022. To date, Glaze said the 1,200-acre campus, totaling 4 million square feet, is home to: 

• The office building
• A fabrication plant
• Two gas and chemical supply buildings
• A utility station and building
• An electrical substation
• Water and wastewater facilities
• Two water tanks
• Three warehouses
• 250 construction trailers, and more