ATX-LTW: Impact 10/27/2025

From a new QuikTrip and restaurant to relocations, here are 18 business updates for the Lake Travis-Westlake area.

Now open
QuikTrip
At the new location, customers can purchase gasoline and diesel as well as a variety of food and drinks, including made-to-order options from QT Kitchens.

• Opened Oct. 9
• 1307 N. RM 620, Lakeway

• Opened Aug. 10
• 12815 Shops Parkway, Ste. 100, Bee Cave

• 21209 W. Hwy. 71, Spicewood

Faubion Elementary is celebrating 50 years of serving the Leander ISD community with an anniversary event in November. 

The details: The event will be held Nov. 8 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and include a proclamation from Cedar Park Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin and speeches from Ada Mae Faubion's grandson Kern Faubion and other district officials. The event will also feature carnival games, a bounce house, food trucks and more. 

Did you know?: Faubion first opened its doors for the 1976-77 school year as LISD's second elementary school and is named after Ada Mae Faubion, a former LISD teacher. 

Faubion is one of three elementary schools LISD officials are considering closing and repurposing in the 2026-27 school year due to lowering enrollment in southern LISD campuses and a growing budget shortfall. However, no decisions have been made yet, and the board of trustees approved a resolution in September for district staff to establish a clear process for long-range planning efforts, including determining the threshold for campus consolidations and finding alternative revenue generation and expenditure reduction strategies. 

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The Austin community is officially preparing for the upcoming holiday season with Austin Energy stringing the 155-foot-tall Christmas light tree at Zilker Park.

The setup: The tree is formed using 39 strings of LED bulbs which feature 81 red, yellow, green and blue bulbs. Lights are placed strategically so the yellow bulbs create a swirl pattern, accompanying a 10-foot by 10-foot double star at the head of the display.

The historic moonlight tower in the park which is used as the base for the holiday tree is one of the original 31 towers that the city used for its urban lighting system in 1895, as stated in a news release. Today, the tower is one of 17 original towers still remaining in Austin.

Stay tuned: The lighting of the tree will happen right after Thanksgiving on Nov. 30 at 5:15 p.m. at Zilker Park. Attendees can look forward to live music, entertainment and food.

• Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road, Austin