June 2007 - Posts
With the huge amount of rain the Lake Travis catch basin has collected recently, floodgates on most Highland Lakes are open. Mansfield Dam has 4 floodgates open. Check out what the sight looks like below. Rain has been falling for more than a week and
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A large regional medical facility has finally been approved by the Lakeway city council that will bring the south lake Travis area some tremendous facilities. Included in the plan are a hospital with a level two trauma center and an emergency services
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I was at a meeting last week when Michael DeMarco of Laurel Haven Homes gave an update on his business. Laurel Haven has built in the western Travis County area for a while and their specialty has been high-end homes. By that I mean homes in the $800,000
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After the post about football and education I had a comment posted by Dan. His comment made me think I need to post about the level of education the Lake Travis ISD provides. As someone who has had kids in the district, who has subbed for 4 years in the
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Austin Realtor's wife left a comment after my post about Robin Hood (property tax redistribution) as it relates to the Lake Travis ISD. I have seen what she commented about - "lesser" school districts getting new band uniforms, computers,
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From Alamo Title Co.: The month of May 2007 New listings were down by 11.89%. Solds increased by 2.55%. As for Average Prices: The "New Listings" average list price is up 26.31% to 337,378. Sold average sales prices increased 7.89% to $245,616
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I listened to Rocky Kirk, the superintendent of the Lake Travis ISD, today at a lunch. Rocky gave an update on school district growth and a few other things. At the end of Rocky's talk Russ Eitel asked a question about property tax reform. Rocky told
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The photo of Lake Travis that follows was taken in November, 2006 from the Iguana Grill off of 620. Lake Travis actually dropped more until the rains started falling in April. Thanks to a lot of rain in about 6 weeks over a large geographic area, Lake
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