New Braunfels City Council awarded a $2,015,170 contract to E-Z Bel Construction for the construction of the Gruene Road and Post Road intersection and the Zipp Road and Old Zipp Road intersection projects July 13.

What you need to know: The Gruene Road and Post Road intersection will be realigned. There will also be pedestrian and drainage infrastructure improvements. The Zipp Road and Old Zipp Road intersection will be reconstructed to include roadway, pedestrian and drainage improvements, according to agenda documents.

The improvements will be funded through roadway impact fees, according to agenda documents.

Gym franchise F45 Training is coming to New Braunfels.

F45 Training will be opening at 2286 Alyssa Way this fall, co-owner Savannah Zipp said in an email to Community Impact. The New Braunfels franchise is owned by the Zipp and Ezell families, who decided to bring F45 Training to the city because they saw a need.

Some background: Savannah Zipp said she was looking for an F45 Training location when they moved to the city in 2019. She found that the closest location was 45 minutes away. 

"[New Braunfels] has nothing like F45 Training and we knew deep in our hearts that the fitness community aspect would be something special here," Zipp said in the email. "Being locals, we knew that this side of [New Braunfels] was where we wanted to be located due to the need for options on this side of town."

What they offer: F45 offers 45-minute functional fitness classes using resistance, cardio and hybrid training modalities. 

• 2286 Alyssa Way, New Braunfels

During a July 14 press conference hosted by Vikki Goodwin, candidate for Texas lieutenant governor, local elected officials from Hays County spoke about recent governmental votes involving data center development in the region.

The gist: Michelle Cohen, Hays County Precinct 2 commissioner and candidate for Hays County judge, spoke on the Commissioners Court’s June 23 resolution establishing a 180-day emergency water protection review period for high-usage developments, including data centers, and creating a review board to evaluate proposals.

The Commissioners Court’s resolution began a temporary review period during which the court will not consider any discretionary approvals for high-water-usage industrial projects or data centers, within the county’s legal authority, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

A closer look: San Marcos City Council members Amanda Rodriguez and Alyssa Garza both spoke at the July 14 press conference on the council’s recent decision to prohibit data centers in all city zoning distinctions.

Also of note: The officials called for a temporary moratorium on new data center construction until the Legislature could meet and review industry regulations.

At least one person has died due to flooding in the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott said July 16.

The details: The fatality occurred along the Guadalupe River between Kerrville and Comfort—downstream from Hunt, where many summer camps are located and the majority of the flooding took place in July 2025. Flooding this year has been more intense downstream than upstream, Abbott said.

Zooming in: More than 70 people have been rescued from floodwaters, and evacuation orders have been issued in multiple parts of South-Central Texas, the governor said.

"We have massive flooding in ... the Greater Kerrville area, but we also are looking at what's been taking place in Uvalde—there are massive challenges in Uvalde as well," Abbott told reporters. "In fact, people need to expect very meaningful flooding in the Rio Grande [Valley]."

The big picture: Parts of South-Central Texas were expected to see more than 30 inches of rain during this week's storms, and 59 counties were under a state disaster declaration.