Whataburger will open a new Georgetown location in mid-June.

The specifics: Marcia Rios will operate the local franchise, located in the Parmer Ranch shopping center in northwest Georgetown.

Whataburger sells burgers, chicken meals, salads and milkshakes, and also offers a breakfast menu. The restaurant has two existing area locations on Williams Drive and one in Bar W Marketplace.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening on June 15 from 9-10 a.m.

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Santa Rita Ranch residents can enjoy a new amenity complex located in the Saddleback neighborhood.

The Paddock, which opened in May, adds two new pools to the community and features a 3,522-square-foot clubhouse, according to a news release from Santa Rita Ranch.

The setup: The new 5-acre amenity complex offers a new resort pool, lap pool, indoor and outdoor pickleball courts, a playground and a tricycle path, the news release states.

With the addition of this new recreational area, the Santa Rita Ranch community now has a total of seven pools.

“Repeatedly opening new amenity complexes underscores our commitment to an active, engaging way of life here at Santa Rita Ranch,” Santa Rita Ranch Developer Ed Horne said in the release. “We’ve opened more than $80 million worth of pools, parks, sports fields, spaces to gather, fitness center and other amenities in the community so residents can find a place for relaxation and recreation near their homes, no matter where they live in the community.”

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6. Check out 5 Cedar Park-area parks and recreation updates

As the 2026-27 school year nears, the number of people selected to participate in Texas’ education savings account program has topped 100,000.

The overview: To date, just over 102,000 students have been accepted into the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, which gives families state funds to send their children to private schools or homeschool them.

However, being awarded funds does not mean a student is guaranteed to be able to use that money at a participating private school this fall.

Zooming in: Over 2,600 private schools have been approved to accept TEFA funding, per the state comptroller's office. State law does not require schools participating in the program to accept all interested families.

Next steps: Families accepted into the program have until July 15 to do one of the following:

• Confirm enrollment at a private school involved in the program
• Notify the state of their homeschooling plans
• Opt out of the program