Co-owners Tanner Heim and Taryn Ostendorf opened True Rest Float Spa in Cedar Park in August 2020 to expand holistic wellness options for Williamson County residents.

The independently owned spa offers a unique approach to personal wellness, combining float therapy with a private vitality suite stocked with amenities like a sauna, cold plunge, and red light therapy.

How it works: Clients enjoy a customized, one-hour experience in a float pod filled with 10-15 inches of water and 1,000-1,500 pounds of Epsom salts, creating a weightless sensation, Heim explained.

“You kind of forget where your body ends and the water begins,” he said.

Float therapy can also benefit those recovering from injuries or stress disorders. True Rest offers free sessions for veterans on the 11th of each month and partners with the Wounded Warrior Project to provide discounted rates.

Of note: Membership options start at $109 per month.

 “Just show up for yourself,” Ostendorf said. “We have everything you need.”

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Home prices fell in Cedar Park and surrounding areas in January compared to the previous year, according to Unlock MLS data.

The details: In ZIP code 78613, representing Cedar Park, there was a roughly 7% decrease in median home prices year over year for January, going from $522,077 to $483,030. Additionally, the area just southwest of Cedar Park in ZIP code 78750 experienced a 28% decrease over the same time frame, with home prices dropping from $690,000 to $494,000.

The average number of days spent on the market also increased for several areas, with the 78750 ZIP code area seeing the largest year-over-year increase of 118%.

Also of note: Market-wide, the number of new listings was slightly higher in January than the previous year, totaling 308 in 2025 and 318 in 2026.

The price per square foot is slightly lower than the same time last year, running around $222 per square foot in 2025 and $211 in 2026.

The focus of a national initiative to build climate resilience at the local level in Central Texas will focus on three specific climate hazards, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions announced in February.

What you need to know: The Feb. 18 announcement states that the triple threat of extreme heat, wildfires and flooding in the area will be the focus of the Climate Resilient Communities Accelerator hub in the area. This comes after months of meetings with area leaders, assessment of area disasters and other information gathering.

What they're saying: This accelerator program will be the first through the CCES to include flooding, according the news release.  

"Although the harmful impacts of any of these hazards alone can be very significant, the compounding impacts when they overlap can be devastating," the release states. "Extreme heat can amplify wildfire risk, and heavy rainfall immediately following wildfire can increase erosion and flooding due to soil and vegetation changes."

Check out six upcoming or ongoing transportation projects around the Austin metro.

Upcoming projects
Austin Light Rail
Project: The 10-mile rail system will initially feature 15 stations along the alignment and all-electric trains running every five to 10 minutes throughout most of the day.
Update: Austin Transit Partnership approved a $60 million design-build contract for the first phase of the project Feb. 18.

• Timeline: construction expected to begin in 2027
• Cost: $7.1 billion
• Funding source: federal grants and infrastructure loans, Project Connect revenues, city taxes

• Timeline: 2026-28 (Phase 1A)
• Cost: $30 million (Phase 1A)
• Funding sources: federal funding, city of Leander (Phase 1A)