Georgetown’s 27th annual Red Poppy Festival is returning April 24-26, for a weekend of live performances, local vendors, parades and kid-friendly activities. 

A closer look: The two-and-a-half-day festival will draw crowds from across Texas to downtown Georgetown, honoring its history and celebrating the city’s famous flowers. 

The specifics: Festivities begin on Friday evening with 175 artisan vendors, 25 food vendors, and live performances and dancing throughout the square. 

Saturday will bring a full day of fun, including the Poppy Parade, classic car show, and music from Jade Eagleson and Maddie & Tae. 

On Sunday, attendees will again have access to the artisan market, live music, pup parade and an appearance from Chet Garner, the creator, executive producer, writer and host of the travel show “The Daytripper.”

What we know: This year marks the first Red Poppy Festival since the city of Georgetown unveiled its first downtown parking garage, adding 315 parking spaces near the square in November.

Marshalls will welcome shoppers to its new Georgetown location April 2, according to a company news release.

A closer look: As an off-price retailer, Marshalls stores carry a selection of brand-name and designer fashion.

The new 24,089-square-foot location in the Cedar Breaks West will join the more than 1,200 existing Marshalls stores.

Architecture firm Arch Con Corporation is also building out space for a HomeGoods in the same retail center.

Learn more: The Georgetown store will be open from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. for its grand opening April 2, with regular store hours from 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. daily.

The company is looking to add about 60 part-time and full-time employees.

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Dell Children’s Medical Center in Central Austin has become the first pediatric hospital to provide bone marrow transplants, also known as stem cell transplants, in Central Texas.

The impact: The procedure increases the cure rate for pediatric cancer patients, Dell Children’s doctors told Community Impact. The new stem cell transplant program means Austin-area families no longer have to leave Central Texas to receive lifesaving cancer care, said Dr. Amir Mian, the program’s medical director and division chief for pediatric oncology and hematology.

“Previously, everybody had to travel out of town, and what it meant was leaving home for more than a month, sometimes even longer,” Mian said. “Now they don’t have to ... nobody has to leave town just to get lifesaving treatment.”

How it works: The transplant involves removing a patient's bone marrow and replacing older stem cells by administering new stem cells to pediatric cancer patients through an IV, Mian said. The stem cells travel to the patient’s bone marrow and begin producing healthy blood cells that may restore their immune system.

The South Terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is officially shutting down March 31 after less than a decade in operation.

The details: The auxiliary terminal is being demolished to make way for new midfield taxiways as part of the multiyear "Journey with AUS" campus expansion. That includes the addition of the 26-gate Concourse B with a new connecting tunnel to the existing Barbara Jordan Terminal, and the development of a temporary six-gate southern terminal called Concourse M.

The South Terminal was initially expected to have a longer presence at ABIA, and its early closure led to costly legal proceedings between the city and former facility operator LoneStar Airport Holdings.

What else: Ahead of the South Terminal closure, Austin Aviation unveiled its initial designs for the nearly 38,000-square-foot Concourse M. Its gates on the west side of ABIA's airfield are meant for relief and diversions during Journey with AUS construction as the Barbara Jordan Terminal is expanded and improved, and while Concourse B remains in development.

From a new commercial building at The Domain shopping center to private school improvements and more, here are five of the most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Baer Manufacturing Crosspoint Tenant Improvement in Georgetown ($15.7 million): A 605,873-square-foot office, manufacturing and warehouse space will be built.

2. Domain 9.5 in Austin ($7 million): Austin-based Cousins Properties will construct a two-story, four-tenant commercial building with a parking garage at The Domain shopping center, totaling 31,410 square feet.

3. Veritas Academy in Austin ($7 million): The private school campus will add a gym, field house and community hall.

4. Gerber Collision and Glass in Liberty Hill ($2 million): The Illinois-based automotive repair company will build its fourth location in Williamson County. 

5. Driftwood Business Center in Austin ($600,000): The Driftwood Business Center will add a 6,648-square-foot warehouse with space for multiple tenants.