From an art exhibition featuring water and free summer musicals to a Kyle police and fire basketball game to support local public schools, check out some of the summer events planned in San Marcos, Buda and Kyle.

July
Disney's The Little Mermaid
The fifth annual free summer musical series will be presented at San Marcos Plaza Park by the Broke Thespians Theatre Company. The family-friendly event will feature a cast of local students, university alumni and a youth ensemble.

• July 10-25, 7:30 p.m.
• San Marcos Plaza Park, 206 N. CM Allen Parkway, San Marcos

• June 27-August 6
• Buda Welcome Center, 303 Main St., Buda

As school districts enter into a new fiscal year, read about the recently approved budgets for San Marcos and Hays CISDs.

1. Hays CISD adopts $275M surplus budget: The general fund budget includes $275.42 million in expenditures and $287.68 million in revenues, resulting in a surplus budget.

The largest expenditure by function is instruction, at $159.59 million. This is a $5.33 million decrease from last year.

2. San Marcos CISD approves budget with $2.29M shortfall: During a June 15 meeting, the San Marcos CISD board of trustees approved the district’s 2026-27 budget with a shortfall in the general fund.

The budget estimates approximately $92.89 million in general fund revenues and $95.18 million in expenditures, resulting in a planned shortfall of about $2.29 million.

A locally-owned coffee and pastry shop provides customers in San Marcos with hand-crafted drinks made from scratch.

The gist: Sucre Cafe and Go is a new coffee spot offering handcrafted drinks, homemade sauces and pastries. The store is owned and operated by Vanessa Martinez and is the sister company of Di Sucre by V, a local cake shop.

“I have a lot of passion for the kitchen,” Martinez. “That's where I develop all of my recipes, also for my coffees. Everything came from my grandma and my mom, so they teach me and guide me through the whole process.”

Vanessa started her cake business in 2016 and opened Di Sucre by V almost five years ago, she said.

What they offer: Sucre Cafe and Go offers a variety of coffee and pastry options for customers, including those that are vegan or have dietary restrictions, Martinez said.

• Opened May 2
• 16100 SH 123, San Marcos

Check out the latest transportation project updates across the Austin metro.

Cedar Park to improve more neighborhood roads: Cedar Park City Council approved a change to the city’s contract with Lone Star Paving on June 25. The change order adds ten new streets to the project, with the existing asphalt removed and replaced with a new 2-inch asphalt surface.

Gattis School Road lane closures in effect through end of July for construction: A section of Gattis School Road between Via Sonoma Trail and High Country Boulevard will be reduced to one lane in each direction until the end of July. The closure will facilitate installation of three waterline crossings.

Roadway plans move forward as Dog's Head site prepped for major industrial project: Preparations for the first major addition to the recently annexed Dog's Head are underway, while local leaders ready to adopt a long-term public financing plan for upgrades across the more than 4-square-mile East Austin megasite. A range of mixed-use development is possible after city officials' initial vote for a long-term deal this spring. 

A new report from the Central Texas Community Foundation shows that in the year since July floods impacted the Texas Hill Country, the Round Rock-based nonprofit generated $9.4 million in donations to support those impacted. 

The big picture: The foundation released a one-year impact report July 1 detailing fundraising efforts in the wake of historic flooding impacting much of Central Texas in July 2025. 

Zooming in: The report shows over 1,200 individual donors as well as 150 organizers and corporate partners supported the Travis and Williamson County CARES Funds, with $8 million in direct financial assistance distributed to impacted families. An additional $1.4 million in flood recovery funding was distributed in Burnet and Concho counties, according to the foundation. 

This funding assisted about 260 families located in Travis and Williamson counties, the report states.