ATX-CPF: Impact 10/8/2025

Indie Bol opened its food truck this summer in Northwest Austin.

The details: The Mexican-Indian fusion food truck serves Mexican dishes with an Indian twist such as the samosa bowl with spiced potatoes and peas, black beans, cheese, pico and chutney; or the naan tacos with lime cilantro rice, proteins such as chicken, paneer or lamb, and topped with spinach curry, tikka curry or chickpea masala and a creamy cilantro, tamarind or spicy garlic sauce.

Also on the menu are Indian rice cracker chips served with mango salsa or pineapple guacamole.

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Round Rock ISD officials will consider contracts for lighting replacements at competition and high school stadiums in the district at an upcoming meeting.

The replacements would be funded by 2018 and 2024 bond funds, district documents state.

What you need to know: Trustees will consider two contracts to replace existing lighting at stadiums in the district, converting them to LEDs. District documents state these replacements are intended to reduce energy consumption and require less maintenance, as well as improve visibility for spectators and athletes on the field.

Under consideration are two contracts to use $519,960 in 2018 bond funds to replace lights at the district's two competition stadiums—the Kelly Reeves Athletics Complex and Dragon Stadium—and $811,020 in 2024 bond funds to replace lights at Cedar Ridge, McNeil, Stony Point and Westwood high school football stadiums.

The Veterans Memorial Advisory Group, the organization charged with overseeing the Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza in Sun City, is working to raise $200,000 to create a place of peace at the memorial.

The overview: The revitalization project entails constructing a pergola with benches behind the wall of the memorial where visitors can sit and reflect, surrounded by native landscaping and pavers, VMAG Chair Diane Klutz said.

Currently, there are a number of Italian cypress trees behind the wall. However, VMAG Communications Chair George Monnat said these trees are not native to Texas, adding that the group has spent a significant amount of funding to maintain them.

What’s next: The fundraising campaign kicked off Sept. 15, and VMAG is looking to secure pledges totaling $200,000 in funding by the end of November.

Initial estimates show work starting in late January or February and taking about two months to complete, Monnat said.

The organization’s goal is to reopen the revitalized portion of the memorial plaza by Memorial Day, May 25.

Odyssey, a New York-based tech company, has been selected to manage Texas’ $1 billion education savings account program, the state comptroller’s office announced Oct. 6.

The overview: Odyssey will work with the comptroller to launch the program, deemed “Texas Education Freedom Accounts,” ahead of the 2026-27 school year. Families can begin applying for the program early next year, and those accepted will receive thousands of dollars in state funds to send their children to private school or homeschool them.

Zooming in: Odyssey will develop and manage an online platform to administer Texas’ education savings account program. State law also tasks the company with:

• Collecting applications and determining which families are accepted to the program
• Approving vendors for education-related materials and services, such as textbooks, transportation and tutoring
• Reviewing inquiries and complaints about the program
• Advertising the program and communicating with interested families