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A new wellness-focused business opened in southern Round Rock in December. 

About the business: Evolve Social Wellness Space brings a socially-focused facility centered around recovery and wellness. The business offers a variety of wellness-focused services and amenities, including but not limited to:

• Cold plunge
• Contrast therapy
• Infrared saunas
• Red light therapy

Round Rock’s Dell Diamond will serve as the home to the Texas Volts, a new professional softball team part of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.

Overview: The Volts will join the six-team league that also includes the Carolina Blaze, Chicago Bandits, Oklahoma City Spark, Portland Cascade and Utah Talons, with play beginning June 9.

The announcement comes as the AUSL wrapped up its inaugural season and completed a multiyear renewal of its media rights agreement with ESPN.

Diving deeper: Cat Osterman, a four-time All American at The University of Texas will serve as the team’s general manager. The team will be coached by Ricci Woodard, who is also entering her 26th season as head coach for the Texas State University softball team.

Texas Children’s Hospital in North Austin has become the first pediatric hospital to have its own helicopter based in Austin.

The helicopter will allow Texas Children’s Hospital to provide faster critical care to more patients across Central Texas.

In their own words: “[The helicopter] represents Texas Children's long-term investment in this region and a commitment to bringing world-class pediatric, neonatal, and maternal care closer to home,” said Jeff Shilt, Texas Children's president of Austin and Central Texas, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 12.

How it works: Through the new helicopter, Texas Children’s may pick up patients from community hospitals who need specialized pediatric care and transport them to the North Austin hospital.

The mobile intensive care unit is operated by Texas Children’s Kangaroo Crew of registered nurses and respiratory therapists who can begin providing ICU therapies to stabilize patients at their bedside before arriving at the hospital.

The impact: The Austin-based helicopter can travel within a 120-nautical-mile service area, including Waco, San Antonio, Houston and College Station.