A new development with a boutique hotel and single-family homes is underway in New Braunfels.

Construction for the River's Edge at Gruene, a 125-acre development located along FM 306 near The Chapel at Gruene, began in 2025. The project is being developed by local Clint Jones, who began getting involved in residential development after working as general counsel for a national homebuilder. Before moving to New Braunfels 10 years ago, Jones lived in Lake Travis where he partnered with Red McCombs to develop The Reserve at Lake Travis.

“That was the first major development that I was involved with that was more along the lines of a resort-type community,” Jones told Community Impact.

About the project: River's Edge at Gruene will consist of about 200-225 homes with a mix of riverfront lots, river access lots, estate lots, garden homes and farm homes. The riverfront lots will have an exclusive riverfront patio, said Wade Goodwin, a real estate broker working on the project.

The number of homes sold increased by 46.5% in the 78130 ZIP code. In the 78132 ZIP code, the number of homes sold also increased, according to the most recent data compiled by the Four Rivers Association of Realtors.

What you need to know: The average price of homes listed for sale in the two New Braunfels ZIP codes over the past six months were in the $334,000-$609,000 range.

Approximately 249 homes sold in the 78130 ZIP code and 133 homes sold in the 78132 ZIP code.

In June, year-over-year median home prices decreased by 8% in the 78130 ZIP code. Median home prices also dipped by 1.6% in the 78132 ZIP code.

The number of homes under contract increased by 36% year over year in the 78130 ZIP code.

Homes spent the same amount of time on the market in the 78130 ZIP code year over year.

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.

In Texas, 246 of the state’s 254 counties are designated by the federal government as “mental health professional shortage areas,” meaning local law enforcement are often tasked with responding to mental health crisis calls.

The situation: All Texas peace officers are required to complete crisis intervention and deescalation trainings, according to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

What's happening: Across Community Impact’s coverage areas, some city and county law enforcement agencies are partnering with local mental health professionals to respond to crisis calls. However, law enforcement and criminal justice leaders from smaller communities told state legislators July 7 that they have “limited tools” to effectively respond to mental health calls and help people in crisis.

“We do not have any inpatient mental health facilities in my county—we've never had that, and we've needed them for decades,” Comal County Criminal District Attorney Jennifer Tharp said July 7. “We originally started out sending individuals to the San Antonio area, and right now we are transporting individuals for inpatient treatment to North Austin.”