🌱 New Homes Coming To Pflugerville + AISD Faces Budget Shortfall

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Hi there, neighbors! Meagan Falcon here with today’s edition of North Austin-Pflugerville daily.

The weekend is finally here. To get you started, we’ve rounded up where to find the best things to do when we have good weather this weekend and what you missed on yesterday’s news.

First the weather today:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 67 Low: 47.

Your weekend weather forecast:

The weekend will be mostly clear, seasonal and mild with highs in the 70s. The start of the working week looks dry and warm. The clouds will increase on Wednesday before the next cold front, which should sweep through the area Wednesday night.

Here are the top stories in North Austin-Pflugerville today:

1. Ohio-based Lifestyle Communities is planning its first Texas Parish in Pflugerville with 1,050 new apartments. Read the exclusive subscriber story here. (Austin Business Journal)
2. After a lower enrollment than planned resulted in lower funding for the school year 2021-22, Austin ISD faces a budget deficit of $ 62 millionofficials said. (Community Impact Newspaper)
3. US Congressman Lloyd Doggett is standing for re-election in the new 37th District Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Democratic headquarters in Texas. (North Austin-Pflugerville Patch)
4. Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir will step down from office soon into “active” retirement. (Community Impact Newspaper)
5. Peppermint Parkway, a drive-thru vacation experience, has been discontinued back to the Circuit of the Americas November 26th – Dec 26th with some new attractions. (KXAN.com)

30 days of gratitude in North Austin-Pflugerville

Patch’s “30 Days of Gratitude” runs throughout November with stories of a life of gratitude – in simple terms, a conscious choice to see the goodness and joy in your life and to wish the same for your neighbors.

Learn more about it here.

Activities this weekend

There is always something to do in central Texas. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the best things to do with friends and family this weekend.

Your leader: Austin subway to do November 12-14

North Austin-Pflugerville Patch Notebook

• Pflugerville fire department: “Please visit us today for an extinguishing and running-in ceremony. The event will take place at 2:00 pm at Station 1: 203 East Pecan. See you there.” (Facebook)
• Pflugerville Library: “Enjoy a craft from home! Learn to make a mini clay pendant out of oven-baked clay. Questions? Email Bette at bettem@pflugervilletx.gov.” (Facebook)
• Ruth Barron Elementary School: “Book Characters Mr. Sanchez’s class loved dressing up as their favorite book characters.” (Facebook)
• Pflugerville, TX Town Hall: “This week the city council secured the ambulance service, awarded a construction contract for Grand Avenue Parkway and thanked Mayor Pro Tem Omar Peña and Councilor Mike Heath for their services.” (Facebook)

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Your friendly neighborhood journalist,