By BILL CHURCH, Four Points News

When Texans think of the state’s most affluent zip codes, the usual suspects jump quickly to mind—Highland Park, University Park and Southlake in Dallas, West University Place and Bellaire in Houston, and Fort Worth. Many do not realize that the Four Points area is home to the 8th and 28th ranked Texas zip codes for median family income (MFI) compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau for the five year period, 2007-2011. Census officials consider a five year period rolled together and adjusted for inflation the most accurate method to use.

River Place Country Club is in the wealthiest zip code in Austin. Photo supplied by RPCC.

Our own zip code 78730, including River Place, Long Canyon, Westminster Glen and Glenlake, ranks 8th with a medium family income of $175,400, compared to top-ranked Fredonia, a small community in Mason County at $238,300 and 2nd ranked Dallas Highland Park at $211,900. Fredonia hardly counts since it has a population of just 50, skewing the mathematics quite a bit.

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At 8:49am it was reported that a car hit the gas meter in the back of the school and caused a leak and an evacuation of the school, according to Roger Wade, Travis County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer.

The gas was shut off and there was no danger to the students, however, because the damage to the meter was going to take some time to fix the students were sent to Laura Bush Elementary for the day. During the evacuation Quinlan Park Road was shut down. It was reopened at about 10:45am when the students left.

A Community Meeting to discuss pending commercial development in Steiner Ranch is set for Wed. Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s on the Lake Episcopal Church.

Walter Eeds, CEO of Greystone Group, developer of the proposed Steiner Ranch Apartment project is expected to attend.

Developers will talk about their plans and address questions from the community, said Sarah Crocker, of Crocker Consultants and the authorized agent working for both developers on the two different projects.

The Steiner Ranch Apartment project hopes to break ground in early 2012 pending approvals. Greystone Steiner Associates plans to develop 26 apartment buildings with 298 units on a portion of the the 52 acres at 4800 Steiner Ranch Blvd.

In a separate project, a contract is pending for a new 100,000-square-foot storage facility to be built on a lot across from Quinlan Crossing. Taylor Woodrow Communities/Steiner Ranch LLC is seeking to subdivide 4807 N. Quinlan Park Rd. They want to subdivide the 81 acre tract into four lots.

By LYNETTE HAALAND

The Steiner Ranch Apartment project hopes to break ground in early 2012 pending approvals. In a separate project, a contract is pending for a new storage unit to be built on a lot across from Quinlan Crossing.

Many in the Steiner community are not pleased with these announcements. A petition is being circulated and opposition support is being drummed up for public hearings.

Greystone Steiner Associates are the developers for 4800 Steiner Ranch Blvd. and they want to build a 298 unit complex called Steiner Ranch Apartments on the 52 acre parcel. The proposed 26 buildings will be two and three stories tall. Continue reading →