Dripping Springs development (Hays: homes, neighborhood, living)

[orngkat]

I can just see the congestion this will cause on 290; I am beginning to think there won't be any Hill Country left when this boom is over:
$400M project springs up in Hays

[Reggieray]

What am I missing. There already is a heb and Home Depot so is the article saying they will build another or am I misreading it?

[TXEX06]

Disgusting!

[TexasHorseLady]

If you read the article, and look at the dates referenced, it looks like it's an old one predating the current HEB. And a little googling indicates the same.

[ImOnFiya]

With only 450 homes and a sprawling golf course planned, the new neighborhood is sure to be high-end and exclusive. But, does it have to be called "Caliterra"? The name has all the feel of a Goodyear blimp telling Californians with money to move here with our faux-Spanish name!

[Kosmonaut]

It's going to be a disaster. Do these people not realize that towns just west of us are starting to be ABANDONED due to water availability issues?

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by Kosmonaut

It's going to be a disaster. Do these people not realize that towns just west of us are starting to be ABANDONED due to water availability issues?

No, they aren't.

A few small communities are having _temporary_ issues due to their intakes being too high up, which is being fixed.

[Kosmonaut]

Originally Posted by Novacek

No, they aren't.

A few small communities are having _temporary_ issues due to their intakes being too high up, which is being fixed.

http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/...ng-10460.shtml

Despite the recent rains, one local community is living the harsh realities of the drought every day. In the Lake Travis community of Spicewood Beach, the greens on the golf course are brown. The boat docks are land locked. Spicewood Beach is suffering through the most severe water restrictions in the state. Stage 4 water restrictions have been in place since January 2012. That means no outdoor watering.

Gregg Sanders says it's impacted everyone in the neighborhood.

He says, "That's a tremendous effect on anybody trying to keep their trees alive and trying to do a garden."

Spicewood Beach's water well levels were directly tied to Lake Travis. As the lake dropped to historic lows, so did their water supply. That means for the past year and a half, the Lower Colorado River Authority has paid $1,000 every day to have six to eight truckloads of water delivered throughout the day. Stage 4 water restrictions have forced folks like Sanders to conserve water in every way possible.

[Kosmonaut]

This is a bad idea, and no one wants to admit it because they hope it will raise property values.

http://austin.ynn.com/content/285732...th-lake-levels

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by Kosmonaut

http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/...ng-10460.shtml

Despite the recent rains, one local community is living the harsh realities of the drought every day. In the Lake Travis community of Spicewood Beach, the greens on the golf course are brown. The boat docks are land locked. Spicewood Beach is suffering through the most severe water restrictions in the state. Stage 4 water restrictions have been in place since January 2012. That means no outdoor watering.

Gregg Sanders says it's impacted everyone in the neighborhood.

He says, "That's a tremendous effect on anybody trying to keep their trees alive and trying to do a garden."

Spicewood Beach's water well levels were directly tied to Lake Travis. As the lake dropped to historic lows, so did their water supply. That means for the past year and a half, the Lower Colorado River Authority has paid $1,000 every day to have six to eight truckloads of water delivered throughout the day. Stage 4 water restrictions have forced folks like Sanders to conserve water in every way possible.

Where in that story does it state that people are abandoning Spicewood Beach? That story backs me up, the LCRA is building some infrastructure, at which point they'll be back to serving them.