Pflugerville Impacts — December 2007

Pflugerville Impacts — December 2007

Friday, 07 December 2007

1. Old Town celebration

To celebrate the holidays, the City of Pflugerville will host the Old Town Holiday Stroll & Christmas Parade Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The downtown event will include shopping, food vendors, live entertainment, a car and cycle show, children activities, a CycloCross race, a lighted Christmas parade and a tree lighting ceremony. The parade will run along Main Street, Pecan Street and Railroad Avenue. For more information, call 436-0667, e-mail downtownevents@cityofpflugerville.com or visit www.cityofpflugerville.com/downtownevents.

2. Holiday in the park

Celebrate the season this year with the old-fashioned Holidays at Heritage Park, 901 Old Hutto Road, Dec. 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. The event will include children’s arts and crafts, hayrides and hot cocoa, along with traditional holiday music by local school choirs until 8 p.m. Santa will be available for pictures from 8 to 9 p.m. For more information, call 251-5082, e-mail amya@cityofpflugerville.com or visit www.cityofpflugerville.com/parkholidayevents. Event is free. Free parking is at the city pool lot next door.

3. European car shop

A new service shop for European cars has opened in Pflugerville. European Motor Sports, 2925 A.W. Grimes Blvd., celebrated its grand opening Nov. 10. The shop has various service protocols including diagnostics technology and insight about service requirements. For more information, call 252-9333.

4. Journey to Bethlehem

Pflugerville Community Church, 1214 Pfennig Lane, invites local families to take part in the third annual “Journey to Bethlehem” Dec. 14-15. Church grounds will be transformed into the dusty road to Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. The walk-through drama is told in nine scenes. Free tours will run continuously both evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. Refreshments and a petting zoo will be available at the end of the tour. For more information, call 251-0719 or visit www.pc-church.org.

5. Christmas story drive-thru

Immanuel Lutheran Church, 500 Immanuel Road, will host a Christmas story drive-thru Dec. 8 and 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the church parking lot. For more information, call 251-4494.

6. Banking options

Pflugerville is now home to a new location of Bank of America, which opened to customers Dec. 5. Located at 1544 FM 685, the bank’s lobby hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call 251-5052 or visit www.bankofamerica.com.

7. Upscale java

Coffee house Blue Marble Java opened in Pecan Plaza, 1912 W. Pecan St., in October. The café offers smoothies, pastries, sandwiches and cakes, as well as a variety of coffee beverages. For more information, call 670-3100.

8. Thirty-one flavors

With a new location near Wal-Mart, Baskin Robbins will be serving ice cream in time for the New Year. The store, 1552 FM 685, will open in December. For more information, visit www.baskinrobbins.com.

9. Gamers’ paradise

For all the gamers in Pflugerville, Game Stop, 1552 FM 685, which buys and sells a variety of new and used games and game systems, opened its Pfluger Crossing location Nov. 8. For more information, call 251-3745 or visit www.gamestop.com.

News or questions about Pflugerville? E-mail Beth Wade at bwade@impactnews.com.