Marketing efforts to bring people to Georgetown’s historic downtown were honored as the best in the state recently by the Texas Downtown Association. Winners were announced October 18 at the annual meeting of the Texas Downtown Revitalization Conference in Fort Worth, sponsored by TDA and the Texas Main Street Program.
The Best [...]

8th Annual Gingerbread Construction Contest
Bakers Get Ready!
We’re looking forward to the best Gingerbread Construction Contest ever. As always, we want the emphasis to be on the fun you have making the entry–and as you can see from the categories, we expect most of the entrants will be kids–but we’d also love to [...]

This summer, record flooding damaged City parks and covered low water crossings. Last night, the Georgetown City Council approved contracts to begin repairs to a damaged park road and to build a new bridge to replace a low water crossing over Berry Creek.
The council passed measures that will begin the engineering [...]

Try writing a novel in November
Three opportunities to be a part of a write-in
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY [...]

The 13th annual Haunted Hayride and Carnival sponsored by Georgetown parks and recreation will be held on Thursday, October 25 from 6 to 9 pm. Last year, nearly 500 people attended this popular fall event.
The Hayride entrance and carnival location is the Community Center, located in San Gabriel Park at 445 [...]

Here’s an auction with a little bit of everything, from office chairs, cubicle partitions, and file cabinets, to laptop computers, PCs, and monitors, to televisions and VCRs.
Maybe you need a metal band saw. Or a dump truck. Or 180 feet of pipe.
Or one of six pickups trucks, two Jeep Cherokees, or [...]

Basic and Internet classes offered
Genealogical Research Tips from an Expert
Jim Minson, who has provided genealogical research help at the library in the past, is offering two free classes during November. The first, a two-session class on November 6 and 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is a course to help you [...]

Look for plenty of wagging tails and four-legged leaps next week in Georgetown. You can bet on some happy dogs to help inaugurate the City’s new Bark Park, a six-acre recreation area for dogs. Mayor Gary Nelon and other City officials will be on hand for the opening at 10 a.m. on [...]

The City of Georgetown Planning & Development Department will be hosting a public workshop to discuss proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code on Thursday, October 25. The workshop begins at 3 p.m. in the Williamson Conference Room at the Georgetown Municipal Complex, located at 300-1 Industrial Avenue in Georgetown.
The purpose [...]

For the first time since it opened nearly 62 years ago, pilots who use the Georgetown Municipal Airport will be flying in controlled air space. The new air traffic control tower begins operations tomorrow from 9 am to 5 pm. During those hours, pilots must clear take-offs, landings, and taxi-way movements with [...]