Georgetown City Council members approved the creation and funding to support the Bluffview Public Improvement District at a May 12 meeting. The neighborhood project will bring 105 single-family homes and 181 multifamily units to southwest Georgetown.

Digging deeper: Located on 68 acres near Leander Road and Southwestern Bypass, the residential project will be developed in phases, starting with a roughly 29-acre portion dedicated to 105 single-family homes.

Future phases will include 181 multifamily units, according to city documents. Developer Lamy 2243, managed by Riverside Resources, is the leader for the project, documents state.

To support the new homes, the project includes building new streets, water and wastewater lines, and drainage systems. It will also feature recreational space including the Bluffview Trail, a shared-use path, trailhead parking, park benches and a natural area.

The city will issue $4.56 million in special revenue bonds for the first phase of improvements.

Dry Eye Care Texas opened a Georgetown clinic in early April.

The specifics: Located off Blue Ridge Drive, the clinic offers diagnostic testing and imaging as well as procedure-based dry eye treatment, including intense pulsed light, radio frequency and low-level light therapy.

Patients at the Georgetown location will be seen by therapeutic optometrists, Drs. Lucy Ton and Priyal Desai.

Dry Eye Center Texas has an existing location in Austin off MoPac.

• 1502 Blue Ridge Drive, Ste. 301, Georgetown

With Williamson County reporting the results from all in-person early voting and election day ballots cast, David McDonald has won the Republican primary runoff for the Precinct 2 Commissioners Court seat.

The breakdown: McDonald received 63.11% of votes cast, or 5,384 votes. His opponent, Jeff Mayes, garnered 36.89% of the vote, or 3,147 votes.

Looking ahead: Because no Democratic candidate ran in the March 3 primary election, McDonald will appear uncontested on the ballot in November, clearing his way for election to Commissioners Court.

He will fill the seat currently held by Cynthia Long, who decided not to seek reelection after 20 years on the court.

McDonald is a former Leander City Council member and a transportation consultant.

One more thing: All results are unofficial until canvassed. Williamson County is still partial reporting its mail-in ballots.

A new Carvana, Austin Country Club renovations and a higher education center are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

Carvana ($65 million): Located off SH 130 in Manor, the business will offer automotive sales and services.

Austin Country Club ($38 million): This project involves construction at the country club, including a parking garage, a fitness building and a dining building. Renovations will also be made to an existing youth building.

Ayn Rand Center ($30 million): Located near the University of Texas at Austin, the center will consist of a library, exhibition spaces, offices and higher education classrooms.

One of the Kids Therapy Center ($10 million): The therapy center, which has locations in Cedar Park and South Austin, offers applied behavior analysis, speech, occupational therapy, swim therapy and more.

O'Reilly Auto Parts ($1.4 million): Construction on the automotive store in San Marcos is set to begin this fall.

In the May 26 runoff election, Republican voters across Texas cast their votes in a contentious U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The context: The Republican race for U.S. Senate is one of several statewide contests that advanced to May runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary election.

About the candidates: Cornyn, an incumbent senator with nearly 24 years in office, is seeking to hold his seat for another six years while being challenged by Paxton, the once-impeached state attorney general who was recently endorsed by President Donald Trump. Read each candidate's priorities in their own words here.  

The winning Republican candidate will face the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, state Rep. James Talarico of Austin, in November.
 
Keep reading to see the results in the Cornyn-Paxton race and find other runoff results at communityimpact.com/voter-guide.

For the first time in more than a decade, there is no incumbent in the Texas attorney general's race as Ken Paxton runs for the U.S. Senate. Voters across Texas made their picks for attorney general in the May 26 runoff election, with the winning candidate from each political party moving on to the November election.

The context: The Republican and Democratic attorney general races are among several statewide contests that advanced to May runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary election.

The attorney general serves as Texas' top lawyer and law enforcement officer.

About the candidates: On the right, state Sen. Mayes Middleton of Galveston and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Austin are each seeking the Republican nomination for the seat.

On the left, state Sen. Nathan Johnson of Dallas and former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski are vying for the Democratic nomination.

Keep reading to see the results in the two attorney general races and find other runoff results at communityimpact.com/voter-guide.