Round Rock’s new fiscal year, a new downtown spot and October happenings
|Subscribe·Archives·Current Issue
Round Rock’s new fiscal year, a new downtown spot and October happenings
What the new city budget means, The Fair opens downtown, plus National Night Out, live music and October dates to save.
Published by Round Rock Shout Outs |
Your local news source for Round Rock, Texas. Published by G Wiz Media Group. |
Round Rock’s New Fiscal Year Is Underway — Here’s What Residents Should Know |
The city’s FY2027 plan puts major attention on public safety, infrastructure and quality-of-life investments as the new fiscal year begins. |
Round Rock’s new fiscal year began Oct. 1. The City’s current FY2027 budget materials outline a $684.1 million plan, including $192.5 million for the General Fund and $297.9 million for the Community Investment Program. City materials say the plan focuses on infrastructure, public safety and quality-of-life investments. The City’s FY2027 materials list a proposed property-tax rate of 42.3 cents per $100 of valuation. At that rate, the City estimates a median taxable-value home of $370,288 would pay about $131 per month in City property taxes—about $8 more per month than the prior year’s median-home estimate. The City is only one taxing entity on a property-tax bill, so that figure is not a homeowner’s total property-tax payment. Why the increase? City budget materials attribute the additional revenue above the no-new-revenue rate to public-safety staffing and operations, operating costs tied to voter-approved bond projects, and debt payments on those projects. At the same time, the FY2027 plan is smaller than the adopted FY2026 budget, largely because capital-project spending changes from year to year. For residents: The useful question over the coming months is how those dollars translate into visible services—police and fire staffing, roads, water and wastewater infrastructure, parks and other projects around town. Source: City of Round Rock Budget Office — https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-departments/finance/budget-office/ |
The Fair, an expansion of neighboring Alcove, opened Sept. 25 on East Main Street with live music, a full bar, a pool table and Alcove’s food menu. Read More... |
Round Rock is building toward a more connected trail system that links neighborhoods, parks, schools, businesses and downtown.
The updated 2026 Trails Master Plan focuses on closing gaps in the existing network, including Heritage Trail East along Brushy Creek.
Once complete, the project will strengthen an important east-west connection through the city and help turn individual trail segments into a system residents can use for recreation and getting around. Read More... |
OUT & ABOUT — This Week in Round Rock |
Three ways to get out around Round Rock this week: enjoy Cold Heart Cash at Music on Main tonight, explore resources for adults 50+ and their families at the Baca Center Resource Expo Friday morning, and shop local at Trailside Market Saturday morning. |
Music on Main — Cold Heart Cash |
|
Spend Wednesday evening downtown with free live music from Cold Heart Cash as part of Round Rock’s fall Music on Main series. Bring a chair, settle in at Prete Plaza and make an evening of it with downtown dining and shopping nearby. |
|
|
Baca Center Resource Expo |
|
Adults 50+ and their families can meet local organizations and professionals in one place and learn about programs, services and resources available throughout the community. Explore health and wellness resources, local services, living options and more. H-E-B will also offer flu, COVID, RSV and pneumonia vaccines at the Expo; advance vaccine registration is available. |
|
|
Trailside Market |
|
Shop local along the Memorial Park Trail at this outdoor Saturday market featuring farmers, makers, bakers, growers, artists and other local vendors. It’s an easy way to spend the morning outdoors while discovering locally grown and locally made goods. |
|
|
ON THE HORIZON — Set Your Sights on What’s Coming Next |
Save a few October dates now: Oct. 16 brings two free Biz.ability workshops for entrepreneurs and nonprofits at Round Rock Public Library; Oct. 24 brings Mainly Art and the Library’s Local Author Meet & Greet; and Hometown Halloween returns Oct. 30. Details follow below. |
Biz.ability — Business Research Workshops |
|
Two free workshops designed to help local entrepreneurs and nonprofits make better business decisions using professional research tools available through the Round Rock Public Library. Learn how to research target markets, competitors and industry trends with Reference Solutions and PolicyMap — useful whether you’re starting something new or growing an existing organization. |
|
|
Mainly Art — Fall 2026 |
|
Mainly Art turns downtown Round Rock into an outdoor showcase for local and regional visual artists. Stroll the displays, meet the artists and shop original work while enjoying the restaurants, shops and atmosphere along Main Street. |
|
|
Local Author Meet & Greet |
Photo by Berna on Pexels
|
Meet local authors, discover books with Central Texas connections and purchase signed copies during the Library’s Local Author Meet & Greet. Participating authors donate 10% of event book sales to the Friends of the Round Rock Public Library. |
|
|
Hometown Halloween |
|
Downtown Round Rock gets into costume for this free, family-friendly Halloween celebration. Bring the kids for trick-or-treating along Main Street plus live entertainment and Halloween activities in the heart of downtown. |
|
|