Marble Falls Wants a Riverwalk

From KXAN, May 4, 2009...

A lunchtime view across Lake Marble Falls is a welcome break from the workday for Interim City Manager Ralph Hendricks. He hopes a plan beginning this week will entice others to follow suit.

Hendricks said, “Economic development plan will receive a plan for expanding our pavilion into an event center this week.”

Up the hill, he says downtown could use some help from what’s lapping below. But there’s no real connection between the historic Main Street and the water. Businesses sit about four blocks from the banks.

“The center of town, the center of activity in our town have moved,” said Hendricks. “So we need to move our Main Street to match that movement.”

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One business booming in bad economy

From KXAN, April 29, 2009...

The Blue Bonnet Cafe, even during a recession, is doing quite well. Some attribute it to serving great food since the Depression, but it is really their pies with four- to six-inch meringue on top.

Some shops just don't survive. You find plenty of "For Sale" signs in downtown Marble Falls . But just a block away from Main Street, customers can't get enough. John Kemper is one who asked for a full helping.

"Well, I grew up here, and the gentleman, Don Bridges, who owned the Blue Bonnet, was wanting to retire," said Kemper. "And every time I'd come in here, he'd just beg me to buy it, and I finally agreed."

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Residential rezoning in Marble Falls stalls

From Austin Business Journal, January 9, 2009...

One of the biggest mixed-use developments ever planned for Marble Falls may move forward more slowly than anticipated now that developers have opted to back off a rezoning request in the face of community opposition.

Falling Water, as the development is called, is slated to hold a mix of commercial space, single-family and multifamily homes, a marina, and potentially a hotel that could have a spa or convention center, said Roy Bechtol, CEO of Planned Environments Inc.

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Bluebonnet Cafe serves up slice of home in Marble Falls

From KEYE, December 18, 2008...

It's hard to drive through Marble Falls without stopping at the Bluebonnet Cafe. For almost 80 years the cafe has been the go-to spot for people craving coconut meringue pie, tamale soup or chicken fried steak.

Allene Hobbs and James Burwick have been eating at the Bluebonnet Cafe on Highway 281 for longer than they might care to tell you.

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Marble Falls using Stage 3 drought plan

From KXAN, July 23, 2008...

Forget stage one and two, the city of Marble Falls jumped straight to stage three water restrictions Tuesday.

All water customers must cease all nonessential water use immediately.

Customers are only allowed to use hand-held hoses and buckets to water on certain days and at certain times, depending on their street address.

The drastic measure comes after the water plant operator noticed the cities [sic] only clear well level dropped about 2.4 million gallons in one day. The city can only generate 3 million gallons of water per day.

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Boomer retirees are loving what Texas Hill Country affords them

From Dallas Morning News, May 6, 2008...

Baby boomers' growing desire to retire to small towns is turning the Texas Hill Country into one of the nation's hot spots for the silver-haired set.

The natural beauty and relative affordability of the area west of Austin and San Antonio have put towns such as Fredericksburg, Kerrville and Marble Falls on national lists of popular retirement places.

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Medical Center Coming To The Hill Country

From KXAN.com February 8, 2008...


A regional medical center will be coming to the Hill Country as community leaders signed off on the final documents Friday.

The hospital will sit just south of Marble Falls at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and State Highway 71.

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