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East Riverside gym Athletic Outcomes expanding to Mueller this summer

Athletic Outcomes will open a second location this summer at 1808 Aldrich St., Ste. 105, Austin, in the Mueller neighborhood.

What's special about it: The functional fitness studio offers coached group classes, small-group personal training capped at six people, one-on-one training, pre- and postnatal training and physical therapy, as stated on its website.

Founding memberships for the Mueller location are open through Aug. 1, and the building is currently under construction, per a social post from the business. Founding members can start their first month as soon as Oct. 1, as stated on the website.

  • 1808 Aldrich St., Unit 105, Austin

 
On The Business Beat
Wingstop to relocate down the street on East Riverside Drive in Austin

Wingstop plans to relocate its E. Riverside Drive location to 1920 E. Riverside Drive, Ste. D-100, less than a mile from the existing store, according to a state filing. Construction is expected to be complete in late November.

What they offer: The chain serves classic and boneless wings, tenders and chicken sandwiches in more than a dozen flavors.

What's next: The company has not announced a closure date for the existing location, which is open from 10:30 a.m.-1 a.m. daily.

 
Transportation Tuesday
Light rail, CapMetro, traffic improvements: 6 Austin metro transportation updates

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

Upcoming projects

Austin Light Rail vehicle design to advance under $39M contract with Stadler: Switzerland-based Stadler has been selected to deliver the train cars for Austin Light Rail, the third and final major vendor brought on for the project's first stages this year. Officials with the Austin Transit Partnership advanced a $39 million contract with Stadler to design the fully electric vehicles July 15.

Ongoing projects

North-south route coming to Round Rock’s west side: Residents on Round Rock’s west side will soon have a true alternative to I-35 once the city and county complete the full extension of Wyoming Springs Drive, officials said in June. Ongoing and future road projects are set to help drivers and pedestrians reach their destinations faster and with less traffic.

Completed projects

New bridge over Onion Creek opens in Buda, increasing city access: The bridge will provide community members and first responders a faster route to travel in the city, connecting Cole Springs Road with FM 2770.

 
CI Texas
Texas agencies outline plans to balance affordability with data center growth

Texas’ power grid operator and regulator have laid out their plans to regulate data centers that connect to the state grid and ensure data center companies, not residents, pay for the industry’s growth.

What's happening: To shield Texans from the negative impacts of data center growth, the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are:

  • Prohibiting data centers from taking existing power resources off the grid
  • Launching a new process to evaluate large projects looking to connect to the grid
  • Creating standards that large consumers must meet before joining the grid
  • Developing incentives for large consumers to reduce their energy use ahead of a grid emergency
  • Requiring large companies to pay for the grid infrastructure needed to serve them
  • Improving ERCOT’s process for projecting future demand

Some context: The agencies outlined their data center policies July 17 in response to a June 10 order from the governor, although many of those projects were already in the works.

 

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