Bake shop Cookie Dough Cowgirl has been serving the Lakeway and surrounding communities with fresh baked cookies, ice cream, coffee and more since September 2022.

Meet the baker: When the shop first opened, owner Leslie Perkins was taking a leap into unfamiliar territory.

"I didn't have any background in necessarily owning a business or even as a bakery owner, but I've always loved baking and always liked trying new things," Perkins said.

What they offer: The name Cookie Dough Cowgirl and many of the bakery items stem from Perkins’ love of animals she has owned, including horses, dogs and lizards. The shop offers a variety of cookies made from Perkins’ own recipes, such the Cowboy Cookie with flourless peanut butter oatmeal, dark chocolate, caramel and pecans and the Rodeo Cookie with Oreo, white and semi-sweet chocolate, and sprinkles. The shop also features a small gift shop with tea towels, t-shirts, hats and more.

• 1310 Ranch Road 620 S, Ste. A6, Lakeway

The city of Lakeway will break ground on the new Butler Rough Hollow Park on July 6.

The overview: The new park will include an amphitheater, which will feature limestone block seating built into the hillside facing a concrete stage area. Other features include a mountain bike course, bank shot play court, multisports field, playground, ninja course, pavilion, restroom facility, picnic tables and benches.

A backstop and fence, baseball bases, portable benches and portable soccers goals will go into the multisports field. The playground will include integrated shade, roller slides, swings and multiple levels of play for all ages.

The project will cost an estimated $2.6 million, stemming from a 2024 voter-approved bond package. This is the second of the five projects as part of the bond program.

What else: At the groundbreaking ceremony, which will be held at 9:30 a.m., July 6, the Lakeway Parks and Recreation Department will give out free native Texas tree saplings while supplies last. The event will also include cookies and refreshments.

A new data-sharing program is helping Austin identify and fill potholes on city streets using data gathered by Waymo autonomous vehicles through the Waze for Cities platform.

The details: The free initiative involves Waymo vehicle systems tracking pothole locations and reporting them to transportation agencies. Data is also shared with Waze users, who can be alerted of pothole reports and verify their accuracy through the navigation app.

Austin street and bridge crews filled more than 1,800 resident-reported potholes in 2025, and several dozen potential pothole locations have already been identified through the Waymo data-sharing initiative so far this year. Waymo vehicles in Austin are reporting the latitude, longitude and on-street placement of potholes.

Going forward: Officials said the Waymo data-sharing program is intended to expand and could begin to include other types of reported information in the future.