The former Dittlinger and ADM Milling Co. site is getting closer to redevelopment.

Some details: New Braunfels City Council approved an ordinance on first reading rezoning an additional 2.11 acres of the ADM Milling Co. site on April 27 from industrial to high intensity mixed-use with a special use permit. Council member Toni Carter dissented and Mayor Neal Linnartz recused himself.

The rezoned properties are primarily along Market Avenue, west of E. San Antonio St. The rezoning would allow for the overall redevelopment of the former Dittlinger and ADM Milling Co. site, Deputy City Manager Jordan Matney said.

The ADM Milling Co. closed in March 2023 and plans to transform the grain mill were later presented and considered by City Council in November 2024. The 9-acre riverfront property was rezoned by City Council in December 2024, but the additional 2-acre rezoning is critical to the project and its design, said Ashley Farrimond, a partner at Killen, Griffin & Farrimond PLLC.

A new hair salon has opened its doors off of Hwy. 46 in New Braunfels.

Arnold & Mane opened at 992 Hwy. 46, Ste. 102 on March 30.

Some details: The hair salon was founded by local independent hair stylist Travis Arnold. Arnold & Mane aims to bring an "elevated, intentional salon experience" to the community, according to the salon's website.

What they offer: The salon offers hair coloring and extension services. Arnold & Mane also offers haircuts.

• 992 Hwy. 46, Ste.102, New Braunfels

Camp Mystic, the Texas Hill Country camp where 28 people died in catastrophic flooding last summer, announced April 30 that it will not welcome campers this summer.

The background: The decision comes nearly 10 months after 25 young campers, two teenage counselors and the camp’s executive director, Dick Eastland, died as the Guadalupe River camp flooded July 4. Camp Mystic’s owners had planned to open a secondary campsite called Cypress Lake in late May, but backed down at the urging of flood victims’ families and state lawmakers.

What's happening: A spokesperson for the Department of State Health Services, which licenses youth camps, confirmed to Community Impact that Camp Mystic had withdrawn its application to operate in summer 2026. 

In a statement, Camp Mystic officials said they did not want to “unintentionally effect further harm” on flood victims and their families.

"We also recognize that over 800 girls want to return to Camp Mystic Cypress Lake this summer," they wrote. "Our special bond with our Camp Mystic families does not change or end with the announcement."