Real Estate Information

Dee Prewitt of Lakeway is the winner of our Kindle Fire giveaway!. Congratulations, Dee, and thanks for reading our newsletter.

Just in case you are not aware, we have a wonderful resource for you today. Residents of Austin and Travis County can take their recyclables to the Household Waste Facility at 2514 Business Center Drive in Austin ... 974-4343. They are open Tues - Wed from 10 am till 6 pm and on Saturday from 7 am till noon. Check out their website for the items that are accepted and the items that are not.

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/household_hazardous_waste.asp

Also, give them a call and ask about the limits for your drop off. Generally it is free unless you have an unusually large disposal. Now you don't have to wait for the once a year hazardous waste drop off in our area. In addition to keeping it weird, let's keep it green!

Did you know that Austin tops the United States for the largest percentage of job gain over five years! Check out the article in the Austin Business Journal. Great things happening here in Austin!

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2013/01/15/austin-tops-us-for-largest.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article

Did you know that Lakeway is sponsoring a blood drive this Saturday, January 19th, at the Lakeway Activity Center? The Activity Center is located at 105 Crosscreek. Searcy Willis is the contact person for this drive and you can contact Searcy at 512.261.9055 or swillis1@austin.rr.com. The drive will run from 8 a.m. until noon and there are plenty of appointments available. Come and support your community and The Blood Center of Central Texas!

Okay, we are kicking off the year with a great give away for you, our Lakeway/Lake Travis peeps! Be on the lookout for our Lake Travis Living Newsletter in the next couple of weeks in your mailbox so you can email us and get in the running for a brand new Kindle Fire. Just in case you didn't get one for Christmas, we are here to help. The instructions to enter are in the newsletter; just check it out. One entry per email address, please.

A big thank you to the Agents and Staff at the Lake Travis Market Center for helping to make one family's Christmas a bit brighter. I appreciate working for a company that makes giving back to the community a priority.

http://www.laketravischamber.com/CWT/EXTERNAL/WCPAGES/WCNEWS/NEWSARTICLEDISPLAY.ASPX?ArticleID=139

Progress Coffee opened last week in Lakeway Plaza, next to Santa Catarina restaurant. The locally roasted, small-batch coffee is delicious. Ample seating inside and out and looks to be a great place to  meet friends and clients. For those of us who liked to meet at the former Starbucks and who find the new place not conducive to that, this place is an excellent alternative. Check out Progress Coffee Monday through Friday from 3 - 4 p.m. when they have happy hour or purchase any breakfast item and a cup of coffee between 6:30 and 8:30 a.m. and get your breakfast item half price. On Thursdays their coffee beans are $3 off per pound. Progress Coffee is open from 6:30 a.m. till 7 p.m. and offers a menu complete with fresh, in-house baked goodies, salads, wraps and sandwiches.

Please welcome Ross and Mary Newberry and the Lakeway Texaco! Ross and Mary are very excited to be joining the Lakeway community and look forward to serving Lakeway. The Newberry's have been working to open the new location here in Lakeway for nearly three years and are more than ready to welcome the citizens of Lakeway as valued customers.

Ross has been in the automotive service industry since the age of 16; starting at his father's shop ... Tarrytown Texaco. After 16 years of employment, Ross now owns and operates the Tarrytown location and opened the Westlake location of Newberry Automotive in the interim. They are family owned and operated and proud to be 3rd generation Austinites!

Ross says the Lakeway automotive crew is an outstanding group of employees that understand that customer service is of utmost importance. Please stop in and meet Ross, Mary and their employees. You'll find them to be friendly and willing to help out in any way that they can.