By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

Parents in the Four Points area will soon have a new option for preschool and childcare with the opening of a new Goddard School in the Quinlan Crossing Shopping Center.

The school, which is expected to open near the end of the year, is under construction at 5145 RM 620 N.

The Steiner Ranch school is owned by Jennifer Burton, a former preschool and kindergarten teacher with eight years experience in the Pflugerville Independent School District.

She said she knew there was need for more preschool options in Four Points.

“A lot of the families are starting early with their kids and are interested in education,” Burton said.

The Goddard School is a national franchise that was recognized as a top childcare center by Entrepreneur Magazine.

Jennifer Burton is opening the Goddard School in Quinlan Crossing.

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By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

As part of the Trails at 620 Phase Two development, a new 44,000-square-foot medical building will be opening that will be known as the Wilson Parke Medical Building and will be home to new Austin Regional Clinic and Austin Radiological Association facilities.

Both ARA and ARC are being build at 11714 Wilson Parke Ave.

“It’s such a huge growing area of Austin,” said Austin Regional Clinic manager Ali Burton. “We can hopefully make a great impact for the residents there. It will be nice and convenient for people who live out there.”

The Austin Radiological Association portion of the Wilson Parke Medical Building.

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By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

An 80-room Holiday Inn Express and a new locally-owned seafood restaurant are just a couple of the new developments slated to open in the Trails at 620 Shopping Center in the months ahead.

The Trails at 620 is a 60-acre project located near Grandview Hill at 8300 RM 620 N., across from Concordia University Texas.

RedFin Seafood Kitchen could be opening as soon as January in 3,500 square-feet of space in the Trails Phase Two. Steiner Ranch residents Mike McCollum and Bill Rasch are in the planning stages of launching the restaurant.

“We have always had the common goal to launch a restaurant in this area with fresh seafood in a casual atmosphere” McCollum said.

In addition to fresh seafood, the menu will feature appetizers, salads, steaks and a full bar with local craft beers. The eatery will incorporate rollup doors extending out to a patio area for outdoor dining.

McCollum and Rasch are excited about opening a new restaurant close to home.

“We both live in Steiner Ranch and the Trails at 620 is something we had our eye on for awhile,” McCollum said. “It has a good anchor with the movie theater and it’s close to home. We need more eateries out here and there’s no seafood around. It’s something we know and have fresh suppliers.”

The Trails at 620 Phase Two anchor is the 44,000 square-foot Wilson Parke Medical Building slated to have opened this weekend, according to the project’s developer Leslie Sloan.

One side of the new 44,000-square-foot Wilson Parke Medical Building in the Trails @ 620.

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Hundreds came out to celebrate Independence Day at the annual Fourth of July Parade at Towne Square in Steiner Ranch. Photos by Erin Seitzler and Lynette Haaland.

Patriotic!

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By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Texas Department of Transportation unveiled plans last month for an auxiliary connector road and additional through lanes to help relieve congestion in Four Points during the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association annual meeting. After the meeting, SRNA asked for clarification about the traffic growth projections used in the traffic studies for RM 620 and RM 2222 improvements.

With the proposed connector road and additional lanes, there would be a estimated decrease in delays in Four Points traffic of 65 percent by the year 2020, said Mark Jones, Georgetown area engineer with TxDOT at the May 28 meeting.

“At the meeting it was stated that a 2 percent growth was used per year, but the graphic also showed a 77 percent increase in congestion between now and 2020,” said Brian Thompto, chairman of the SRNA.

This chart shows there would be a 77 percent increase in delays without adding a connector road.

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