ATX-SBK: Impact 9/24/2025

Kyle residents will vote on the Place 2 council seat in the November elections.

What's happening? Candidates were asked to keep responses under 50 words, answer the questions provided and avoid attacking opponents.

Answers may have been edited or cut to adhere to those guidelines, or for style and clarity.

Meet the candidates: Candidates for Place 2 include Melisa Medina and Paul Hill.

The Rotary Club of San Marcos, in partnership with the international nonprofit Rise Against Hunger, is tackling global famine for the fifth year in a row as part of Global Food Week.

In a nutshell: The group is calling for 130 volunteers to help pack nearly 15,000 food packages—each serving six people—for a total of 90,000 meals from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 18.

What else: The food-packing process takes about two hours, provided there are enough volunteers. Activities are available for people of all abilities, including seated tasks for those unable to stand for long periods.
 

• First Lutheran Church, 130 W. Holland St., San Marcos

Austin Community College’s RiverHacks hackathon will coincide with NASA’s third annual International Space App Challenge, where teams can participate in open data challenges and network with space leaders and experts.

The gist: The ACC Center for Government and Civic Services is collaborating with The Space Workforce Incubator for Texas to host the RiverHacks hackathon and the Austin portion of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge Oct. 4-5 at the Rio Grande campus.

The global event encourages participants to leverage free, open data from NASA and their international space agency partners to create innovative solutions for Earth- and space-related challenges.

Open data may include:

• Satellite imagery
• Climate and weather records
• Planetary data
• Astronomical data
• Earth observation data

A new information partnership between Opportunity Austin and both Workforce Solutions Capital and Rural Capital Area will provide data insights into a variety of growing industries in the Austin metro area. 

What you need to know: Called the Workforce Industry Insights partnership, the initiative will provide employers with timely workforce data, per a news release shared Sept. 17. 

About the program: Using white papers, which are formal data-driven reports, case studies and other opportunities to analyze local data, the partnership will help employers in several industries with insights on hiring trends, workforce needs and strategies, as well as showcasing the connections between community organizations, educational institutions and economic development in fostering regional growth.