Impact Round Rock - October 2007

Impact Round Rock - October 2007

Sunday, 07 October 2007

1. Find the most hairy

The Brushy Creek Women’s Association and Brushy Creek MUD will host the Hairy Man Festival, Oct. 13 noon to 7 p.m. in Cat Hollow Park, 8600 O’Connor Drive. Events include a hairiest man contest and other activities. Admission is two non-perishable food items or $2. All proceeds go to Hill Country Ministries, the Round Rock Serving Center, St. Vincent de Paul and the Children at Heart Foundation. For more information, call 426-0834 or visit www.hairymanfestival.org.

2. Commissioner talk

Williamson County Precinct One Commissioner Lisa Birkman will host her Annual Open House Oct. 16, 5 - 7 p.m. at her office, 400 W. Main Ave., Ste. 216. For more information, call 733-5380.

3. New park opens

Williamson County will celebrate the grand opening of Champion Park Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a ribbon cutting and a variety of family activities. The new park is on Brushy Creek Road approximately one mile west of Parmer Lane.

4. Bring in the subs

Firehouse Subs will open Oct. 8 in the Round Rock Crossing shopping center, 3151 S. IH 35, Ste. 630. The sub shop offers 20 different sub sandwich combinations and 60 different hot sauce choices. The subs are served warm and seasoned to taste. For more information, call 310-0300 or visit www.firehousesubs.com.

5. Serving Round Rock

The Round Rock Area Serving Center, 1099 E. Main Ave. will begin its 2007 Fall Food Drive Oct. 29. Donations of non-perishable food items are accepted at Round Rock ISD schools through Nov. 10. For more information, call 244-2431.

Donations of new or gently used coats for the Coats for Kids campaign will be accepted until Oct. 15 at the Round Rock fire stations, Reid’s Cleaners, Mangia Pizza, Texas Jumping Bean and the YMCA. The center needs volunteers for distribution Nov. 3 from 8 to 11 a.m. For more information, visit www.volrock.org.

6. Downtown diva

This year marks the Fourth Annual Christmas Diva Affair in Historic Downtown Round Rock. The event is Oct. 18, 4 - 9 p.m., and will include food, shopping, music and door prizes from the stores located along Main Avenue. For more information, call 246-9908.

7. Consign at Stein

Stein Mart, Inc., along with the Assistance League Georgetown Area will host Trade In, Trade Up Oct. 5 - 7 during store hours at Stein Mart, 3021 S. IH 35, Ste. 240. Bring in clean, gently used clothing and earn up to four 20-percent off coupons. Donations benefit the Assistance League Georgetown Area thrift store.

8. A jewel of a shop

Z&M Jewelry Repair opened Sept. 4 at 1800 N. Mays, Ste. 110. The store specializes in jewelry repair, and sells gold, silver, watches, bands, batteries and custom made jewelry. For more information, call 218-1570.

9. Books for a benefit

The Friends of the Round Rock Library will hold its Fall Book Sale at the library on Main Avenue Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 218-7000 or e-mail j_bow@usa.net.

10. Shop center settles

The Old Settlers Market Place, 1400 Old Settlers Blvd., will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting Oct. 11. The 30,000 sq. ft. shopping center has three tenants, including Top Liquor, Cleenerz and Diamond Nails. For more information, call 374-4949.

11. Back in office

The Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector Office in Round Rock, 211 Commerce Cove, reopened Sept. 18, after being closed for several weeks. For more information, visit http://wilco.org/tax-assessor/.

12. Diamonds from donuts

Samuels Diamonds opened in September in the former Krispy Kreme Donuts building in La Frontera. The 4,500 sq. ft. store has a jeweler on site. For more information, call 600-0140 or visit www.samuelsjewelers.com.

13. Spa

Sunkiss’D Salon and L’image Med Spa celebrated its grand opening Sept. 27. The spa, 1401 N. IH 35, Ste. 200, offers med spa services including microdermabrasion, chemical peels, Botox and Juvederm and other services. For more information, call 828-0600.

14. Kid smart

Baby-Wise.com, an online infant and toddler retailer, opened a retail store at 21 Cypress Blvd., Ste. 1110. For more information, visit www.baby-wise.com or call 1-888-tot-buys.

15. Flea market

The Round Rock American Legion Auxiliary will host a flea market Oct. 27 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Legion Hall, 1000 Georgetown St. For more information, call Donna DeGolier at 913-9883 or e-mail at donnao369@aol.com.

16. Title office

Gracy Title opened its Round Rock office, Sept. 10 in the First State Bank building, 505 E. Palm Valley Blvd., Ste. 220. For more information, call 244-2946.

17. Filling Frontera

Simmons Vedder & Co. broke ground on Frontera Vista, near the corner of CR 172 and Toll 45, Sept. 27. This is the first phase of two five-story Class-A office buildings totaling 270,000 sq. ft.

18. In the market

The Dupont Group broke ground on Turtle Creek Market in August at the corner of Gattis School Road and A.W. Grimes. The 8.2 acre site will include two retail buildings, totaling 31,400 sq. ft., two restaurant pads and two commercial lots, one of which is under contract to a bank. Project is to be completed in January. For more information, call 302-1500 or visit www.thedupontgroup.com.

19. Scream to raise money

The Mansion of Terror, 2000 S. IH 35, will donate a portion of its proceeds to the non-profit, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas. For more information, call 576-9570 or visit www.mansionofterror.com.

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