A new training-focused golf facility, Sim Creek Golf Performance Studio, is now open in Cedar Park, offering technology-driven instruction with one of the only RoboGolfPro systems in Texas, according to its website. The studio combines robotic swing training with data analysis to help golfers build consistent, repeatable mechanics.

What they offer: The RoboGolfPro system physically guides players through a custom-programmed swing based on their individual movement patterns, while instructors use tools such as TrackMan and GCQuad to measure performance data, including ball speed, launch angle and club path, according to a company representative.

Key players: The studio is led by co-owners and instructors Zach Boelter—a PGA member and certified RoboGolfPro instructor—Ryan Perkins, Jeff Kraber and Jared Miller, who specialize in player development, swing analysis and club fitting.
Lessons are offered in one-hour sessions, with online booking available through the company’s website.

• 2051 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park

Cedar Park City Council approved a rezoning request April 23 for the roughly 100-acre Indigo Ridge South site, a planned mixed-use development, which will include commercial, office, and residential areas.

The specifics: The development, first proposed in 2018, is located on the south side of East Whitestone Boulevard east of West Parmer Lane. The Cedar Park Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the rezoning at its March 11 meeting.
The project is a planned development district with general business and mixed-use development. According to city documents, the revised plan adds about 5 acres recently purchased on the site’s northwest corner and dedicates right of way for the future extension of Commerce Parkway and the ongoing extension of Toro Grande Boulevard.

What else? The plan includes an 8-foot masonry wall and a 25-foot landscape buffer. City staff recommended approval, citing that the project aligns with the city’s vision for “walkable and urban” development. The update also significantly reduces the maximum number of apartments included in the development, decreasing the total from 1,500 units to 650.

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As explosive growth threatens to spread light pollution, Leander and Liberty Hill are working to make sure their night skies stay dark. Supporters of the efforts say dark skies are beneficial to the environment and residents’ quality of life.

What’s happening? From 2015 to 2025, the average brightness of the nighttime sky over Leander and Liberty Hill increased about 9% per year, according to data from NASA’s Black Marble, a project that compiles satellite data on the night sky. Both cities are taking steps to try to slow that increase.

What they’re saying: “We know that growth is going to continue ... so there is no better time than now to do it,” Leander Mayor Na’Cole Thompson said in an interview. “I think it’s something that we need to do as far as keeping the character of the city. We really are a gateway to Central Texas and to the Hill Country.”

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter received a Governor’s Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Award for its Leashing Hope program.

Representatives with the shelter highlighted the program’s achievements at a Commissioners Court meeting April 21.

About the program: The Leashing Hope program is a collaboration between the WCRAS and the Bartlett State Jail’s Innovation Unit. It pairs incarcerated veterans with shelter dogs for positive reinforcement-based training.

The program is mutually beneficial for the shelter dogs and incarcerated individuals, preparing dogs for permanent homes, and fostering emotional healing and a sense of duty for the handlers, WCRAS officials said.

There are currently nine dogs paired with 18 handlers through the program. The inaugural class graduated five dogs in April 2025, according to county documents.