Lake Marble Falls

Marble Falls, Burnet on list of top travel destinations from Austin

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Austin is a logical starting point for these … unique Hill Country day trips: • Blanco An hour west of Austin, Blanco‘s County Courthouse square hosts market days, fall festivals, cook-offs, and multi-generational family fun. Blanco State Park parallels a mile-long stretch of spring-fed river where you can cool off with a canoe or kayak cruise and enjoy the breathtaking scenery. Old 300 BBQ serves terrific barbecue, referring to Stephen F. Austin’s original 300 land grants that settled early Texas. The Stevie Ray Vaughan burger pays tribute to a famous Texas musician and his • Marble Falls Marble Falls, 58 miles northwest of Austin, is all things Hill Country with breweries, wineries, galleries, boating, hiking and kayaking (in and around the community).

Crews work on bank fix

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Dig setbacks have temporarily stalled a multi-million dollar bank stabilization project along Backbone Creek, expected to restart soon as the city dips into contingency funds to repair issues including a raw water line construction mishap.

Tests show algae producing toxins in Highland Lakes

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Highland Lakes residents are being strongly urged not to let their dogs play near or ingest algae in any of the lakes controlled by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Test results received back Tuesday, March 23, from samples of blue-green algae taken on March 16-17 from five Highland Lakes — Buchanan, Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls and Travis — detected the presence of cyanotoxins in the samples from Inks Lake, Lake Marble Falls and Lake Travis.

EDC helps fund water feature design

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City and economic development officials are moving forward with designs to transform an untouched historic textile mill structure on Lake Marble Falls. The plan involves transforming an abandoned hydro power-generating facility first used shortly after the founding of the community in the 1890s into a lighted waterfall feature.

LCRA delays drawdown until 2022

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The Lower Colorado River Authority does not plan to draw down any of the pass-through lakes in the Highland Lakes chain in 2021. This applies to lakes Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls and Austin.