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A sign that I have lost all<br />
touch with reality might<br />
be this: Several weeks ago<br />
I got excited when a magazine<br />
called Fiscal Notes<br />
showed up at my office. It<br />
is a free monthly publication (a brilliant<br />
idea, if I do say so) published by the Texas<br />
State Comptroller’s office which offers an<br />
overview of the Texas economy.<br />
For some reason I always look first at<br />
the cover, and then inside the back cover.<br />
There, graphs depicting data, including<br />
the Industrial Production Index and the<br />
Leading Economic Indicators Index, prove<br />
fascinating to some and offer a cure for<br />
insomnia to others. What should be interesting<br />
to us all, however, are the insights on<br />
<strong>education</strong> and the impact that an educated<br />
workforce has on our economy.<br />
According to the comptroller, the<br />
median weekly income for a high school<br />
graduate who is older than 25 and<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Impact<br />
4 Georgetown, Hutto and Taylor<br />
Business Profiles<br />
6 Framer’s Gallery Georgetown gallery and frame<br />
shop makes framing an art form<br />
7 Hutto Veterinary Clinic Veterinarian takes oldfashioned<br />
approach to animal care<br />
8 Dreams to Treasures Taylor resident turns a<br />
crafting hobby into a downtown boutique<br />
Neighborhood Dining<br />
10 County Seat Café New owners expand menu<br />
with wraps and cold plates for summer<br />
City and County Notes<br />
12 Recent News City council election results and<br />
runoff election information<br />
At the Capitol<br />
13 Texas lawmakers institute major reforms to<br />
higher <strong>education</strong><br />
Local History<br />
14 1902 Hutto fire Portions of East Street destroyed<br />
in historic blaze<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Profile<br />
16 Williamson County Justices of the Peace Steve<br />
Benton, precinct three, and Judy Schier Hobbs,<br />
precinct four<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Corridor<br />
18 Industrial Park Circle Commercial and industrial<br />
complex in Northeast Georgetown<br />
Education<br />
20 <strong>Higher</strong> Education Focus<br />
General Manager’s Note<br />
Contents Distribution<br />
Regional Report<br />
24 Abridged stories from our other editions<br />
Nonprofit Profile<br />
26 The Miracle Foundation Local organization<br />
improves lives of orphans in India<br />
Real Estate<br />
30 A look at residential real estate<br />
working full-time is $619. For a worker<br />
with a bachelor’s degree, the median<br />
weekly income jumps a staggering 64 percent<br />
to $1,016. Have an advanced degree<br />
or considering one? The average weekly<br />
income increases another 25 percent<br />
to $1,272. There are exceptions, but the<br />
numbers paint a compelling picture.<br />
We are fortunate to have local institutions<br />
such as Southwestern University, Austin<br />
<strong>Community</strong> College, Texas State University<br />
and the East Williamson County <strong>Higher</strong><br />
Education Center, which is a collaboration<br />
of schools. These institutions offer personal<br />
as well as macroeconomic benefits: They<br />
create jobs, support local merchants and<br />
create an attractive environment for businesses<br />
seeking to relocate to an area with a<br />
highly educated workforce.<br />
Southwest Southwest Austin<br />
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Back issue<br />
Central Central Austin Austin<br />
Matt Painter<br />
mpainter@impactnews.com<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Impact Newspaper is Central Texas’<br />
fastest growing news organization. Founder<br />
John Garrett grew up in the Austin area and<br />
since launching the first paper in Round Rock<br />
and Pflugerville in 2005, our mission has been to<br />
provide useful information to the communities<br />
we serve. Now distributing to more than 385,000<br />
homes and businesses in six markets, the papers’<br />
commitment to local, unbiased reporting has<br />
become a recognized brand. At a time when print<br />
media are on the decline, <strong>Community</strong> Impact<br />
Newspaper has restructured an old product —<br />
the community newspaper — and turned it into<br />
an important tool by providing readers useful,<br />
informative news.<br />
Subscriptions<br />
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Beth Wade, bwade@impactnews.com<br />
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Designer | Elizabeth Janson<br />
Assistant Designer | Ellie Burke, Lindsay Beran<br />
Staff Writers | Patrick Brendel, Joseph M. de Leon,<br />
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Contributing Photographer | Rachel Parkhurst<br />
Executive Management<br />
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Vice President of Finance<br />
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Executive Editor<br />
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Managing Editor<br />
Shannon Colletti, scolletti@impactnews.com<br />
Cedar Park/Leander<br />
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Central Austin<br />
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Round Rock/Pflugerville<br />
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impactnews.com<br />
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Reader feedback from the web<br />
Central Texas agencies develop long-range transportation vision<br />
“The local government has been collecting taxpayer money<br />
for years with little improvement to the roads systems, aside<br />
from building toll roads ( some already previously built,<br />
but none the less we are charged for!), with little improvement<br />
to the congestion we all deal with on a daily basis.<br />
We now pay tolls to go the long way around town, Capital<br />
Metro train is still not up and running, and there’s a proposition<br />
for us to pay tax on mileage we drive?!!!! Absolutely<br />
ridiculous!! As a Texan, I thought we have always done<br />
better with less government involvement!<br />
I don’t know what’s going on here, but I personally don’t<br />
like the smell of it! The government is crooked with little<br />
regulation for the people to regulate the way it chooses<br />
to spend OUR money! [I am] sick of it — those of you who<br />
don’t agree — it won’t be long till you see the truth!”<br />
— Andrew<br />
Comments from May 2009<br />
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