Where is it — Round Rock, Pflugerville or Austin?
Where is it — Round Rock, Pflugerville or Austin?
Written by Eric Pulsifer Thursday, 03 July 2008
With the growth of Round Rock, Pflugerville and Austin, the lines between the cities have become blurred.
Pflugerville Economic Development Director Charles Simon said the biggest border mix up in Pflugerville is the area near IH 35 and FM 1825. For example, longtime landmarks such as Charlie’s Steak House and Springhill Restaurant, though considered by most to be in Pflugerville, sit just outside of the city’s borders in Austin.
“They’ve been around for quite a while, before Austin and Pflugerville had grown together. It used to be that those [businesses] seemed very much Pflugerville, since they were far from Austin,” Simon said.
Even newer developments along the IH 35 frontage road in Pflugerville, such as Tinseltown and Cheddar’s, are technically located in Austin.
Charley Ayres, Round Rock Chamber of Commerce senior vice president of business retention and expansion, said one of the best examples of this confusion in Round Rock are the businesses west of IH 35 and south of Toll 45. The Art Institute of Austin and the nearby industrial area both have Austin mailing addresses but are within Round Rock’s city limits.
These gray areas are the result of discrepancies between the post office’s and city’s mapping methods. And while these mislabeled businesses’ tax dollars go to Round Rock, marketing materials and websites are branded with Austin’s name.
Another boundary hiccup occurs in northeast Round Rock, where the services of Verizon and AT&T meet near the city’s border with Georgetown. This proximity creates a problem for residents trying to call the Round Rock Premium Outlets or Scott & White Medical Center, which are both located in Round Rock.
“To call the Round Rock Premium Outlets from Round Rock is a long-distance call,” Ayres said.
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