A future neighborhood-scale retail development could be built on a vacant property along RM 1431, in front of the Mayfield Ranch neighborhood in Round Rock. 

What you need to know: Developer Endeavor is seeking an amendment to its planned unit development agreement with the city of Round Rock. The proposal would see the property rezoned from office to general commercial with limitations. 

What's next? The Planning and Zoning Commission heard the proposal May 6 and recommended it to the Round Rock City Council for approval. It will appear on a future agenda for consideration.

Cherished Lane Events owner Brittani Shepherd has been planning weddings across Central Texas for 15 years.

What’s special about it: A self-proclaimed “people-pleaser,” Shepherd started by coordinating her sister’s wedding in 2009 and has built her business on precision and connection.

After successfully planning many weddings for family and friends, she said, her services grew into a full-service planning business offering four packages from day-of coordination, $1,500, to full planning, $5,000-$8,000.

Staying local: Beyond planning logistics, Shepherd offers DIY floral assembly and custom dessert bars for additional fees, drawing on her cottage baking background. She provides complimentary content creation, shooting and editing wedding footage that couples receive the same night—a service others charge over $1,000 for. Based in Leander, Shepherd only recommends vendors she’s personally worked with at least three times.

Quote of note: “I get really attached to my couples,” Shepherd said. “Once I get her down the aisle and I see the groom crying, then I can breathe.”

Williamson County officials updated the policy for multiuse conference rooms in county buildings at an April 28 Commissioners Court meeting, restricting room reservations to county operations and approved outside entities.

The gist: The updated policy aims to prioritize county business and improve security while limiting liability, according to county documents. It will affect rooms in the Georgetown Annex, Cedar Park Annex, Jester Annex, and the administration and historic courthouse buildings.

Under the new multiuse room reservation policy, the following outside entities are allowed to reserve rooms:

• Emergency services districts
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
• Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center
• The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

From a new Target in Austin to elementary school construction in Leander ISD, here are five of the most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Leander ISD Elementary School No. 32 ($65 million): The new elementary school will be 117,000 square feet. According to the district, the school is projected to open in 2028 and follow the same design used for recent elementary schools.

2. Paramount Theatre Restoration ($21.7 million): This project includes a partial renovation of the existing theater, and will be completed in the summer of 2027. 

3. Target ($19.3 million): A Target will anchor The Village at Dripping Springs shopping center. 

4. Lake Travis Fire Rescue ($8 million): This project involves the demolition of the existing fire station and construction of a new one.

5. Conner Tract Parking Addition ($2 million): This project involves an overflow parking addition for Liberty Hill ISD north of the existing Liberty Hill High School campus.

Following pressure from summer camp operators, lawmakers and legislative leaders, Texas is suspending a requirement that all camps install “end-to-end” fiber-optic internet infrastructure before opening this summer.

The background: After catastrophic flooding in Central Texas killed more than 130 people—including 28 deaths at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp—last July, state lawmakers passed a pair of laws designed to strengthen safety and emergency preparedness requirements for all Texas summer camps. One provision of the laws requires that camps install two types of broadband internet, including a fiber-optic system.

Nineteen camp operators sued the state over the fiber-optic rule in April, citing million-dollar installation fees and limited access to fiber-optic services in rural parts of Texas.

What's happening: The Department of State Health Services, which licenses youth camps, said it reached an agreement with the camp operators May 7. Under the agreement, Texas camps that maintain “redundant” broadband internet services—such as cellular, microwave or satellite technology—will not have their license revoked or denied as long as they meet all other safety requirements.