Crunch Fitness will open a location in Georgetown this fall, a spokesperson confirmed.

The details: Presale for memberships is happening now. The new gym, located next to Costco and Lowe's, will have an event Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the community to see the gym, meet staff and grab free swag.

Crunch Georgetown is an $11 million, 40,000-square-foot fitness facility that will feature the new Crunch 3.0 design, which offers modern aesthetics and enhanced functionality, according to a news release.

Crestview Baptist Church will host its first worship service in its building expansion on Oct. 18, Executive Pastor Mike McDonough said.

Learn more: The new 31,545-square-foot, two-story worship center has been under construction for just over a year, McDonough said. The addition will help support the growing congregation by combining the two current worship services into one service with room to grow, according to McDonough.

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A data center in Hutto, additions to the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter and a Dick’s Sporting Goods in Bastrop are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Skybox Hutto 4 ($550 million): This project involves site improvements and construction of a new core and shell building with a future use as a data center.

2. Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter addition ($14 million): New additions are coming to the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, including first floor kennels second floor office space.

3. Menchaca Apartments ($13 million): This project involves the construction of a clubhouse for apartments in Austin.

4. Dick's Sporting Goods ($11 million): A 55,000-square-foot store is coming to Bastrop.

5. Gringo's Tex-Mex ($5 million): The Tex-Mex franchise is coming to Kyle.

The average annual insurance premium for a Texas homeowner rose 79% in six years, from less than $2,000 in 2020 to more than $3,500 this year, Texas Insurance Commissioner Amanda Crawford told state lawmakers Oct. 5.

The overview: The rise in home insurance costs has been caused by severe weather, high inflationary costs impacting home repairs and "the concentration of risk" in the insurance market, Crawford said.

Experts said hardening homes against severe weather could help reduce expensive losses from disasters, resulting in lower insurance premiums.

Zooming in: Proponents of home-hardening incentives have pointed to their success in other Gulf Coast states, such as Alabama. Texas consumer advocacy groups and the insurance industry backed proposals to create a similar grant program last year, according to previous Community Impact reporting, but those measures did not pass.

"Resilience helps homeowners long before it shows up in an insurance bill because a stronger home holds up better when the storm comes," said Chelsea Stallings, a regional vice president for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.