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City to discuss 400-acre Bastrop West mixed-use development

Bastrop City Council will consider a professional services agreement with Round Rock-based Place Designers at a future meeting for a feasibility study on Bastrop West—a project featuring a hotel and convention center, hospital and more—that would be located at the intersection of Hwy. 20 and Hwy. 71.

“The agenda item seeks to determine the viability and potential return on investment of the project types, as incentives will be requested by the development group," City Manager Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino said in a Sept. 23 staff report. 

The details: According to Carillo-Trevino, the mixed-use development would be situated on about 400 acres, and would include: 

  • A medical mall with a hospital and clinics 
  • A hotel and convention center 
  • Area for outdoor entertainment, such as concerts 
  • Fields for youth sports 

Notable quote: “This is super exciting as we continue to grow and the line between Travis County and Bastrop County is really blurred,” she said during her State of the City address in early September.

 
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Bastrop Master Gardeners to host Oct. 11 plant sale

The Bastrop County Master Gardeners will host their semiannual plant sale on Oct. 11.

The gist: BCMG Communications Director Linda Shear said attendees can find native plants and trees ranging from succulents to vegetables, shrubs and more.

Learn more: The Master Gardeners program is an educational and service-oriented initiative under the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

BCMG President Chris Toth said the group’s mission is to support the community by promoting and teaching sustainable ecological practices that help the local environment thrive.

  • Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
  • Free (admission)
  • Mayfest Park, 25 American Legion Drive, Bastrop 
 

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Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Austin area.

Himalayan Flavor, a new restaurant serving Nepalese and Indian dishes in Pflugerville, recently opened.


The restaurant’s entrees include butter chicken, tikka masala, curry, biryani, chow mein, fried rice, chicken and tandoori and more. For appetizers, customers will find chicken lollipops, vegetable pakora, chili wings and pani puri. The eatery also serves naan, rice pudding, mango ice cream and rasmalai.


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🎉 Emmer & Rye celebrates one decade of cuisine on Rainey Street
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🥪 Bastrop to welcome first Firehouse Subs
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🍨 Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt now offering sweet treats in Kyle
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🌮 Blue Agave Tex Mex restaurant and bar coming to far Northwest Austin this month
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The duo behind Veracruz All Natural and Veracruz Fonda & Bar has launched its first mezcalería, La Mezca. Located next to Veracruz Fonda & Bar in Mueller, the business honors small-batch agave spirits and the generations of mezcaleros who create them.


Diners will be able to try more than 20 artisanal mezcals and ancestral agave spirits from family producers in Oaxaca, Guerrero, Durango and San Luis Potosí.


“It’s a celebration of the people, places and time-honored methods that make mezcal what it is,” Reyna Vasquez said. “From small-batch mezcals to rare agave distillates, we want every guest to leave with a deeper appreciation for the culture, complexity and beauty of agave.”


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Base Power launches first Texas factory with $1B funding

Battery-powered home energy service Base Power has acquired funds to expand its operations with a Texas factory in the heart of Austin.

What to know: The company has raised $1 billion alongside 20 investors which will help build its first Texas factory in the space previously occupied by the Austin-American Statesman printing press in downtown Austin.

"Base Power is an Austin-born company, and we're excited about deepening our investment in the city with the goal of bringing affordable, reliable power to Texans," Co-founder and CEO Zach Dell said.

The energy storage and power electronics factory will help meet the company’s current and future demands with its plans to expand services nationwide.

“We’re building domestic manufacturing capacity for fixing the grid,” COO and co-founder Justin Lopas said. “The only way to add capacity to the grid is physically deploying hardware, and we need to make that here in the U.S., ourselves.

  • 305 S. Congress Ave., Austin
 

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