In the Hays County fiscal year 2026-27 budget, adopted on Sept. 15, the Commissioners Court did not allocate social services funding to the Price Center & Garden.

After hearing input from the organization and community, the county identified a clerical error and the commissioners voted to amend the allocations, providing the organization with $10,000 for the fiscal year.

What happened: When applying for the funding in the past, the Price Center & Garden has submitted its requests under the name “Greater San Marcos Area Seniors,” said Hays County Budget Officer Scott Woodland. In its FY 2026-27 request, the organization applied under the Price Center & Garden name.

Breaking it down: The Indigenous Cultures Institute, or ICI, chose not to accept its grant award of $1,500 so it wouldn't need to report on it, Woodland said. The funding will go to the Price Center.

Additionally, the $5,000 awarded to PAWS Shelter of Central Texas will be awarded to the Price Center after the organization announced a partnership with Austin Pets Alive!.

The county will fund the remaining $3,500.

The Dacy Business Park is expanding its facilities by constructing four new buildings.

The overview: The business park’s third phase of construction began on Oct. 1 and includes buildings 1, 4, 8 and 12, according to a news release. The phase will add 43,050 square feet to the project at 3300 Dacy Lane in Kyle.

Building 1 will be the Dacy Business Park’s flagship building. The building will house businesses that want more visibility to traffic on Dacy Lane. The road serves 10,815 vehicles a day, according to the 2025 TPP Statewide Traffic Count.

The expansion will bring new commercial properties to Kyle, increasing the local tax base and creating space for additional businesses, according to the release. Dacy Business Park space is available for sale, lease or lease-to-own arrangements. Available suites will combine office and warehouse space.

Also of note: The first two phases of the project are fully sold and leased, housing a variety of businesses.

The third-phase expansion is expected to be completed in early 2027.

A new gym in Kyle, a Rooms To Go in Leander and a Brakes Plus in Georgetown are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Project Longhorn ($366 million): This project includes constructing a new one-story data center building.

2. Texas Military Department Camp Mabry Building 8 ($36 million): This project involves constructing a 145,000-square-foot, two-story building.

3. EōS Fitness ($6.4 million): This project involves constructing a 42,556-square-foot structure, including a 2,558-square-foot outdoor exercise area, to be used as a health and fitness club.

4. Rooms To Go ($5.8 million): A Rooms To Go is coming to Leander, with construction set to wrap up next December.

5. Brakes Plus ($1.5 million): This project involves the construction of an auto service facility with associated site work.

6. Juanes Mexican Restaurant ($300,000): A new Mexican restaurant is coming to Round Rock, with construction set to wrap up in December.

Texans interested in casting their midterm election ballots before Election Day can do so from Oct. 19-30, the state's early voting period.

The overview: Registered voters can visit any polling place in their county during early voting. They will receive a ballot with federal, state and local races—from the U.S. Senate and Texas governor to city and school district officials.

Dates to know

• Oct. 19: Early in-person voting begins

• Oct. 23: Deadline to apply to vote by mail

• Oct. 30: Early in-person voting ends

• Nov. 3: Election Day

Something to note: Local election officials are also working through a backlog of voter registrations after the Texas Department of Public Safety failed to send some registration records to counties, according to previous reporting. Texans who registered before the Oct. 5 deadline but do not appear on the rolls can still cast a provisional ballot, per the secretary of state.

More details: To check out candidate Q&As and review all races on local ballots, visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide.