Stay up to date with the latest business news in the Liberty Hill area—a collection of newly opened, coming soon and noteworthy businesses.

Now open: Masala Pizza and Bitezz
The restaurant, which opened April 9, serves South Asian fusion cuisine and offers halal options. The menu features items such as wings, fusion pizzas, loaded fries, burgers and “street-style bites.” The Liberty Hill location is the business' second with the first Masala Pizza and Bitezz located in South Riding, Virginia.

• 9073 W. Hwy. 29, Unit 102, Liberty Hill

Marco's Pizza
The New York-style pizza chain offers a range of pizzas, pizzolis, subs, and more.

• 1892 US 183, Ste. 115, Leander

In the news: Parker's Corner Market
The city of Liberty Hill is renovating the former Parker’s Corner Market to prepare for a new tenant. A post on the city's social media states that a new tenant will be announced shortly.

• 1017 Main St., Liberty Hill

Williamson County officials updated the policy for multiuse conference rooms in county buildings at an April 28 Commissioners Court meeting, restricting room reservations to county operations and approved outside entities.

The gist: The updated policy aims to prioritize county business and improve security while limiting liability, according to county documents. It will affect rooms in the Georgetown Annex, Cedar Park Annex, Jester Annex, and the administration and historic courthouse buildings.

Under the new multiuse room reservation policy, the following outside entities are allowed to reserve rooms:

• Emergency services districts
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
• Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center
• The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Baylor Scott & White Health is expanding its Cedar Park clinic, including adding several new full-time specialists in cardiology, orthopedics and podiatry.

"It's been very exciting for us to have this expansion since there's been a huge need for it," said Dr. Melvin Lau, associate chief medical officer for the Greater Austin region.

The details: According to Lau and a BS&W spokesperson, the expansion includes

• A full-time cardiologist
• A full-time orthopedist
• A full-time podiatrist
• Nurses, medical assistants and other support staff
• 12 new exam rooms
• Expanded treatment space
• Allergy shot services

Check out the latest Austin metro transportation updates. 

Ongoing projects
Oak Hill Parkway
Project: The Texas Department of Transportation is currently reconstructing 7 miles of Hwy. 290 in Oak Hill, transforming the existing four-lane, undivided roadway to a six-lane divided highway with new frontage roads and 14 miles of shared-use paths.
Update: As early as mid-May, the Hwy. 290 and SH 71 flyovers will open. The Convict Hill cross-street bridge opened in April.

• Timeline: 2022-26

• Cost: $677 million

• Funding source: TxDOT

Completed projects
Gattis School Road Segment 3
Project: The city of Round Rock is expanding Gattis School Road—from A.W. Grimes Boulevard to Double Creek Drive—into a six-lane divided roadway, and adding pedestrian improvements, bicycle enhancements and right- and left-turn bays with new traffic signals to A.W. Grimes and Double Creek.
Update: Construction on segment 3 of the road was completed in May. Construction on segment 6 is still ongoing and expected to be complete by late 2027.

• Timeline: 2024-27

• Cost: $26 million (segment 3)

• Funding source: type B sales tax revenue (segment 3)

More than 53,000 students will be invited to join Texas’ education savings account program this week, the state comptroller’s office said May 4.

The details: Families will be notified by email between May 4-6 if they were awarded funds in the second round of the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, per a news release from the comptroller’s office.

To date, nearly 96,000 students have been selected to participate, with these students set to receive about $820 million of the $1 billion state lawmakers allocated for the program, an agency spokesperson said. Of the 53,000 second-round awardees, over 51,000 are from low-income families. The other 2,000 students accepted this week were found to qualify for disability-related funding, the agency said.

The background: Families accepted to the TEFA program will receive state funds to send their children to private schools or homeschool them for the 2026-27 school year.

Proponents of the new program have said it will expand educational opportunities, while critics have expressed concerns that the program will unfairly benefit students already enrolled in private schools.