ATX-PFH: Impact 10/23/2025

Vintage Vapor in Pflugerville will close its doors at the end of October.

The overview: The vape shop, founded by Justin Gibson, operated for 12 years in Pflugerville. Gibson said over the years the business helped thousands of customers quit smoking and eventually wean off vaping.

“In a way we sort of ran out of people to help quit smoking ... so it’s not a horrible thing that we’re closing this location,” Gibson said.

• 2700 W. Pecan St., Ste. 305, Pflugerville

Catch up on three stories coming out of the city of Pflugerville and city of Hutto.

Hutto makes plan to issue bonds for utility, police projects: The city of Hutto is planning to issue roughly $77 million in bonds for upcoming utility projects and for the design of a new justice center. More than $72.5 million of the bond funding will help support capital improvement projects for the city’s utility system.

New STAR Flight base to boost response times in Travis County: Emergency response times in northeast Travis County are expected to improve due to a new partnership between Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2, also known as the Pflugerville Fire Department, and Travis County STAR Flight—the county’s Shock Trauma Air Rescue program.

Pflugerville water, wastewater rates to increase: Pflugerville residents can expect higher water and wastewater bills beginning in November, based on October usage under an approved rate schedule tied to the city’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget.

The 2025 Austin-San Antonio Growth Summit kicked off on Oct. 8, highlighting the current growth and future expansion of business and development along the I-35 corridor.

Hundreds of business owners, regional officials and lawmakers attended the event in San Marcos.

The outlook: Henry Cisneros, former San Antonio mayor and 10th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, began the summit by detailing what the region could look like by 2050.

“What we’re living through is quantitatively different than any generation has seen before,” he said.

By 2050, Cisneros said the population in the Austin and San Antonio metroplex is projected to grow from 5.3 million to 8.3 million.

Williamson County property owners will receive their 2025 property tax statements soon, after they were mailed out beginning Oct. 21, according to a county news release.

Most property owners should see the statements arrive the following week.

What you need to know: Property taxes are due upon receipt of the statement, and become delinquent, incurring penalty and interest Feb. 1.

Taxpayers can pay their bill online or utilize payment drop boxes located at all Williamson County tax office locations.

Something to note: Statements for about 55,000 properties in the city of Austin, Liberty Hill ISD, Taylor ISD, Coupland ISD and the Anderson Mill Limited District will go out after the Nov. 4 general election, as voters are being asked to approve these entities' adopted rates.