ATX-GEO: Impact 11/7/2025

Built by KB Home in 2020-21, the Valley View neighborhood features about 80-90 homes with a median value of $339,000.

Zooming in: The neighborhood is located in Georgetown's 78626 ZIP code, near I-35 and the SE Inner Loop.

The modern homes include gourmet kitchens that overlook great rooms, primary bedroom suites and home offices.

• Average square footage: 1,845
• Homes on the market: 3 (as of Oct. 31)
• Schools: Georgetown ISD's Purl Ementary, Tippit Middle and East View High schools
• Amenities: walking trail, fishing pond

As the H-E-B-anchored Parmer Ranch Marketplace shopping center continues to grow, two more businesses have announced they are opening their storefronts soon.

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The 24-hour infrared fitness studio offers a number of workouts classes, including Pilates, yoga and cycling.

• Opening in mid-January
• 10106 RM 2338, Ste. 210, Georgetown

• Opening Dec. 16
• 10104 RM 2338, Ste. 180, Georgetown

The air traffic control tower at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is staffed at just 45% of its target, according to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett.

The overview: Only 27 controllers are currently assigned to a tower that needs 60 to meet federal recommendations. The Federal Aviation Administration attributes nationwide shortages to disrupted hiring and training cycles. Controller turnover remains a top issue, according to FAA reports. While the FAA plans to hire 8,900 controllers by 2028, projected departures mean only a net gain of about 2,000. 

The local lens: Those gaps have raised safety concerns. Since late 2022, the FAA has recorded six near-miss incidents at ABIA. 
Local leaders warn that without faster staffing relief, reliability and safety could suffer as Austin’s aviation demand rises.

Quote of note: “These staffing-related disruptions are now systemic, recurring with increasing frequency and intensity. ... With record-setting passenger growth and a multi-billion-dollar expansion underway, AUS cannot meet its operational or safety commitments without immediate staffing relief,” ABIA CEO Ghizlane Badawi wrote in a letter to FAA administrators.