For the first time in Vandegrift’s history, the school will have a homecoming dance hosted by the Legacies dance team.
“Kids and parents have asked for a Vandegrift Homecoming Dance since the school opened 11 years ago, but there were obstacles that discouraged support,” said Jill Wingrove, homecoming dance chair and mom of twin senior girls.
A trusted real estate source reported that the former 3M campus at 6801 River Place Blvd. may be heading for foreclosure on Oct. 1. This comes a month after the Austin offices of World Class Holding — the owner of the 156-acre former 3M campus — were raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Journalist Jan Buchholz, an award-winning real estate and business reporter most recently with Austin Business Journal, posted on the ATX Real Estate News website that there was a notice of trustee sale filed on Sept. 9 for the former 3M campus site, which was renamed Silicon Hills Campus LLC.
Award-winning, New York Times best-selling children’s author Ryan T. Higgins read some of his stories to students at Grandview Hills Elementary on Tuesday.
Hill Country Bible Church moved into its new church building on the hilltop near the main entrance of Steiner Ranch a couple of weeks ago. This is the culmination of many years of dedication and planning for the church, which had been meeting remotely for a decade at Laura W. Bush Elementary. HCBC Steiner has around 300 members not including hundreds more who visit each week.
The local campus is part of the larger Hill Country Bible Church at Lakeline. HCBC has other campuses and church plants throughout Austin and beyond.
Groundbreaking for the Steiner church on its 30-acre site was July 29, 2018