GROWING PAINS: Post-COVID population shift centers on the Highland Lakes One of the more than 230 families that visited model homes at Gregg Ranch by Pulte Homes in Marble Falls during the development’s first open house April 17. The subdivision plans 750 single-family homes and 250 multi-family residences in its 240-acre, master-planned community. Courtesy photo
Homebuilding in the Highland Lakes has never been busier, but it can’t keep up with a rising demand from newcomers looking to move to the area, according to several local leaders in the construction and real estate industries.
“This is the most growth we’ve ever seen, even when my grandfather started the business,” said Matt Winsborough of Winsborough Construction, a company that has been specializing in custom homes and remodels in the Highland Lakes for three generations. Winsborough is president of the Hill Country Builders Association, a not-for-profit professional membe
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Conceptual designs of the buffer to be built between residential properties and a proposed housing development in the Mormon Mill area. The Marble Falls City Council voted to rezone two lots and grant conditional use permits to the housing developers during a regular meeting April 20. Conceptual designs by Vincent Gerard & Associates
The Marble Falls City Council voted to rezone and grant conditional use permits for the construction of multi-unit condominiums on two lots in the Mormon Mill area during its meeting Tuesday, April 20. The vote follows a series of discussions between residents and housing developers to design a buffer between the single-family properties next door to the proposed development.
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Marble Falls rezoning proposal for multi-family housing draws opposition Ron Schwier and other homeowners in the Mormon Mill area attended the Marble Falls City Council’s April 6 meeting to express opposition to a multi-family housing development planned for Holly-Naumann Subdivision No. 3. After hearing concerns from residents and presentations by developers, the council voted to continue the public hearing at its next meeting. Staff photo by Brigid Cooley
A proposal to rezone land for a planned multi-family housing project in the Mormon Mill area of Marble Falls received negative feedback from neighboring property owners during a public hearing Tuesday, April 6. The Marble Falls City Council decided to hold a second public hearing before making a final decision on whether to rezone part of the land to neighborhood commercial from general commercial and the rest to transitional residential from its current neighborhood residential status.