ATX-RRK: Impact 11/6/2025

Round Table Pizza is slated to host a grand opening event Nov. 8 with door prizes, a DJ, a photo booth, face painting, a tie-dye station and more, said owner Andrea Vergara. 

On the menu: The West Coast pizza chain will offer classic and specialty pizzas, according to previous Community Impact reporting, as well as appetizers like wings and mozzarella sticks. The restaurant also features a full service bar, Vergara said.

More details: Prior to Nov. 8, Round Table Pizza is hosting a friends and family-style soft opening. At the grand opening the first 100 guests will receive free pizza for a year, Vergara said.  

Round Rock Area Serving Center is expected to relocate its current thrift store to a new building in January.

The gist: The new store, Treasures Charity Resale Shop & Boutique, will be a 16,000-square-foot store on East Main Street in Round Rock. The store will sell clothes, furniture and home goods. 

Relocating current retail operations to the new location will allow the food pantry at the existing building to double in size.

The Ascension Seton Health Alliance, a network of doctors and hospitals in the Austin metro area, will invest $800 million in its Williamson County facilities through a nonprofit bond.

The breakdown: ASHA has plans to improve some of its existing facilities throughout the state, amounting to more than $1 billion, Jerry Kyle, a partner at public finance firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, said at a Commissioners Court meeting Oct. 28.

Upgrades to Williamson County facilities include:

• $480 million for the Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital
• $25 million for the Ascension Seton Wound Care Center in Cedar Park
• $20 million for the Ascension Seton Emergency Center in Leander
• $275 million for the Seton Williamson Hospital in Round Rock

Construction is underway on a major affordable housing project in Whisper Valley, a sustainable master-planned community just east of Austin.

What's happening? Austin Habitat for Humanity is building 25 homes this year as part of a multiyear effort to expand affordable homeownership across Central Texas. The project will ultimately include 48 Habitat homes in Whisper Valley, supported by $1.9 million in Travis County funding.

A closer look: County Judge Andy Brown called the community “the future of housing,” noting the homes are designed to stay affordable long term while reducing energy costs through efficient design and sustainable materials.

Whisper Valley features geothermal energy, solar panels, and a 600-acre park—offering residents both affordability and environmental benefits.