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Construction on The Ruby Hotel & Bar event space expansion to start this fall

Construction on an expansion to The Ruby Hotel & Bar will begin this fall, the business announced July 7.

The details: The 2,500-square-foot expansion to the hotel will see an existing 1965 home transformed into an event space to increase the hotel's capacity to host weddings, corporate gatherings, conferences, and special events. It sits on 2.4 acres, according to the announcement.

Once renovated, the new space will be able to host 150 seated guests, with a total capacity of 225 guests when combined with the adjacent saloon and gathering spaces.

About the business: The Ruby Hotel & Bar opened in 2019, renovating a mid-century home in downtown Round Rock into a hotel and bar with a view of Brushy Creek.
 
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Report shows local efforts generated $9.4 million in donations for July 2025 floods

A new report from the Central Texas Community Foundation shows that in the year since July floods impacted the Texas Hill Country, the Round Rock-based nonprofit generated $9.4 million in donations to support those impacted. 

The big picture: The foundation released a one-year impact report July 1 detailing fundraising efforts in the wake of historic flooding impacting much of Central Texas in July 2025. 

Zooming in: The report shows over 1,200 individual donors as well as 150 organizers and corporate partners supported the Travis and Williamson County CARES Funds, with $8 million in direct financial assistance distributed to impacted families. An additional $1.4 million in flood recovery funding was distributed in Burnet and Concho counties, according to the foundation. 

This funding assisted about 260 families located in Travis and Williamson counties, the report states.
 

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Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Disney's The Little Mermaid

Friday Night Flix: Dive-In Movie: “Jaws”

July 10-25, 7:30 p.m.
San Marcos

July 10, dusk
Cedar Park

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Round Rock Wine Fest

Buda’s Summer Musical

July 11, noon-6 p.m.
Round Rock

July 11-26, 8-10 p.m.
Buda

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Don Huffines appointed as Texas comptroller

Former state Sen. Don Huffines was appointed as the Texas comptroller of public accounts, Gov. Greg Abbott announced July 2.

Huffines, a Dallas-area native with a bachelor's degree in business administration in finance from The University of Texas at Austin, will take over as the state's finance and budgeting officer from acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock. Huffines will officially begin his service Aug. 1.

Huffines defeated Hancock, who became acting comptroller one year ago, in the March Republican primary. He'll now face former state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt in the November general election for a four-year term.

 

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