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Cedar Park business owners and professionals have several opportunities for networking and professional development this quarter through several events hosted by Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce. This list is not comprehensive.

1. Business After Hours
Chamber members and guests can connect with local professionals during an evening networking event hosted by Frost Bank.

• Jan. 22, 5-7 p.m.
• Free to members and future members

• Jan. 23, 8:30-10 a.m.
• $5 for members, $15 for nonmembers

• Feb. 4, 4-6 p.m.
• $20, first drink included

Mini-golf company PopStroke has announced plans to open a second Austin-area location in Cedar Park.

The details: The $5.8 million venture is anticipated to open in April, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Co-owned by golf legend Tiger Woods, PopStroke recently opened its first Austin location near The Domain in North Austin in September.

Community members can expect to find two 18-hole mini-golf courses, a full-service scratch kitchen restaurant and an ice cream parlor. The venue will include indoor and outdoor restaurant seating, three bars, an outdoor beer garden, yard games and a fully enclosed soft-surface playground.

Individuals can pay a daily rate for the space’s experiences or invest in a membership fee, which provides access to all games and sports amenities. The space can also be rented out for events or retreats.

• 817 C-Bar Ranch Trail, Cedar Park

• 1550 Cypress Creek Road, Ste. 103, Cedar Park

• 1811 S. Lakeline, Ste. 200, Cedar Park

• 4811 183A Toll Road, Cedar Park

Amid enrollment growth across a majority of its programs, Austin Community College is reporting significant growth across workforce and health care programs. 

What you need to know: The community college district shared an update on enrollment Jan. 20, the start of the spring 2026 semester. 

Data updated as of Jan. 16 shows enrollment is up 7% year over year. More students are also choosing to remain with ACC semester to semester, the report shows, with returning students up 9% compared to 2025, and 23% compared to 2024. 

An electric vehicle sales center and a new residential building are among the newest projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Here are five of the most expensive projects filed with the TDLR in the Austin metro this week.

1. Gunter Street residential building: A five-story, multifamily building with a five-story parking garage is planned near the East Seventh Street H-E-B.

• Location: 1135 Gunter St., Austin
• Estimated timeline: May 1, 2026-Aug. 1, 2028
• Estimated cost: $80 million

• Location: Kelly Lane, from Moorlynch Avenue to Weiss Lane, Pflugerville
• Estimated timeline: Oct. 1, 2026-March 31, 2030
• Estimated cost: $40 million

Five Republican candidates are running for a six-year term on the Texas Railroad Commission in the upcoming March 3 primary election.

The big picture: Katherine Culbert, Hawk Dunlap, Bo French, James "Jim" Matlock and Jim Wright are vying for the Republican nomination for a seat on the railroad commission. The winning Republican candidate will face Jon Rosenthal in November, and the winner of that election will begin serving on the commission in January 2027.

Rosenthal, a state representative and oilfield mechanical engineer, is running uncontested in the Democratic primary. Community Impact runs candidate Q&As for contested races only.

The context: The railroad commission regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry, according to its website, while the state's railroads are under the control of the Texas Department of Transportation and the federal government.