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With six golf courses within city limits, and more accessible nearby, Georgetown is a popular golf destination, said Luke Zeske, first assistant golf professional at Georgetown Country Club.

Diving in deeper: Three of Georgetown’s golf courses are located in the Sun City Texas neighborhood. Sun City golfers play about 155,000 rounds a year, or an average of 425 rounds a day, according to data provided by the Sun City Texas Community Association. 

Additionally, Berry Creek Country Club, Cimarron Hills Golf & Country Club, and Georgetown Country Club provide other options to golfers in the city.

The impact: Kristen Hullum, a registered nurse and the trauma injury prevention coordinator at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, said golf provides both physical activity and social interaction, which many people, especially older adults, have to explicitly seek out.

Williamson County voters participating in the March 3 primary election will use precinct-specific voting locations on election day, even though countywide polling locations will remain available through early voting.

Explained: Although the Williamson County Elections Department manages early voting, the Republican and Democratic parties are responsible for election day procedures, County Elections Administrator Bridgette Escobedo said.

For the first time since 2013, the Williamson County Republican Party opted for precinct-specific polling locations, which in turn requires the local Democratic Party to follow suit.

Digging deeper: Republicans plan to operate 79 polling locations, combining some of the 177 voting precincts. The Democratic Party plans to operate 46 polling locations. These numbers have not been finalized and are subject to change, according to officials from the Republican Party.

Voters can check county voter precinct maps to identify their updated precinct, which went into effect Jan. 1.

Specific polling locations, for both early voting and election day, have not been released yet. Early voting locations should become available next week, Escobedo said.

Gardeners can rent plots at Heritage Community Garden in Georgetown beginning
Feb. 2.

The details: Both residents and nonresidents can rent a plot to plant their own flowers, vegetables and fruits.

There are two options to choose from:

• 20-foot-by-20-foot in-ground be
  • $50 (resident), $75 (nonresident)
• 7-foot-by-16-foot raised bed
  • $40 (resident), $50 (nonresident)

• 100 Hutto Road, Georgetown

The Austin Board of Realtors hosted its Central Texas growth forum Jan. 28, bringing in a panel of officials from key Austin transportation entities to discuss how ongoing projects could impact local Realtors.

The panel featured Lindsay Wood with Austin Transit Partnership, Sam Haynes with Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Tucker Ferguson with Texas Department of Transportation's Austin District.

If you could correct one common misconception related to your project, what is that?

Wood: Light rail is happening. Yes, it's a long process. ... We'll keep hitting every one of those milestones, and you'll start to see construction next year.

Haynes: The airport experienced five years worth of passenger activity over the course of less than 12 months right after the pandemic. ... In a way, yes we are behind, but trust that it is not because we were waiting for the passenger levels to get here or were dragging our feet.

Ferguson: TxDOT listens. We listen to public feedback and incorporate changes into our project, and I-35 is a perfect example of that.

The March 3 primary election is coming up, and so is the deadline to register to vote. Eligible Texans must register by Feb. 2 to cast votes in dozens of races, including 18 statewide officials, 38 members of Congress, 166 state legislators and various local seats, such as county judges and commissioners.

How to register: Texans must submit a paper voter registration application by Feb. 2. Applications can be mailed to their county elections office or delivered in-person.

To avoid delivery delays under new federal postmark rules, prospective voters may requests that mailed applications be hand-stamped at a local post office.

The big picture: Texas holds primaries for partisan elected positions at the federal, state, regional and local levels. Republican and Democratic primary voters will have a say in which candidates will represent their chosen political party on the November ballot, shaping who is ultimately elected to each seat.

In recent years, no more than one-fourth of registered Texas voters have cast ballots in primary elections, state data shows.