As the days begin their cycle of 75 degrees one day and 43 degrees the next, it’s time for Austinites to start poking their heads from their winter burrows. One of the best places to go for a nice weekend stroll in the sun is the Sunset Valley Farmers’ Market at the Tony Burger Center in Southwest Austin. Austin is lucky to have multiple farmers’ markets, each with its own personality and ambience. At the Sunset Valley market, there are a few factors to consider.

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THE BELOW MARKET UPDATE IS CURRENT AS OF THE ABOVE DATE OF THIS BLOG POST.

Active: There is currently 0 home for sale in Travis Country West with a median list price of $0 per square foot ($0) and averaging 0 active days on the market. The average home for sale has 0 bedrooms, 0 bathrooms, and 0 square feet. Prices range from $999.00 per square foot up to $0.00 per square foot or $100,000,000 up to $0… Read More >>

South Austin schools are becoming meccas of Austin Independent School District’s efforts to eliminate social traumas, like bullying, name calling, and intolerance, and upcoming events hopefully will have a huge effect on the student body. With approximately 1 in 7 students either a bully or the victim of a bully (according to bullyingstatistics.org), AISD is taking proactive steps to improve student experiences.

This week, Oak Hill Elementary is celebrating its status as a No Place for Hate campus, a national program that “incorporates anti-bias education into the campus experience and culture,” by having daily spirit events to celebrate No Name Calling Week. The students will enjoy dressing up in gold to celebrate the Golden Rule of treating others the way they want to be treated, wearing red to remind each other to do good on Random Acts of Kindness Day, and more. Each class also is encouraged to participate in a project that incorporates technology into spreading the messages of the week, and each project will be shared at Friday assemblies for the rest of the school to see. Read More >>

With 78748 and 78749 the fastest growing zip codes in the capital city, it’s no wonder many areas of Southwest Austin are rushing to keep up with the growth. The Seton Southwest hospital in Oak Hill is one such business, as time and distance can make a life-saving difference. In early January, the hospital made official a new expansion that will create a significant impact on the growing community, including the Travis Country West subdivision.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell, along with physicians, nurses, and other honored guests, broke ground on the $8.2 million expansion on the feast day of Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton, for whom the hospital is named.

The hospital is at the intersection of Slaughter Lane and FM 1826 in Oak Hill and currently offers a wide variety of necessary services, such as emergency care, women’s and infant services, a sleep lab, sports medicine rehabilitation services, and much more. The hospital will be adding a Level II nursery to its labor and delivery area and three additional labor beds, giving the department a total of nine beds. They also are adding the convenience of a covered drop-off area for the emergency department. Read More >>

The Southwest branch of the Austin YMCA, where visitors can renew, refresh, restore is offering up great programs this Winter, giving families in Travis Country West and other Southwest Austin communities the opportunity to take advantage of unique offerings. Most notably are two classes that help youngsters learn Spanish while they are at the ideal age to do so (and before they start asking for those expensive Rosetta Stone sets).

First, there’s Mi Mundo a Spanish immersion program that helps Preschoolers learn, improve, or maintain Spanish language skills at a time when they are most easily able to absorb a new language. The program will help them learn to use effectively words such as colors, shapes, animals, and body parts. The class runs January 10 through May 24, 2012, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Read More >>

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THE BELOW MARKET UPDATE IS CURRENT AS OF THE ABOVE DATE OF THIS BLOG POST.

Active: There is currently 0 home for sale in Travis Country West with a median list price of $0 per square foot ($0) and averaging 0 active days on the market. The average home for sale has 0 bedrooms, 0 bathrooms, and 0 square feet. Prices range from $999.00 per square foot up to $0.00 per square foot or $100,000,000 up to $0… Read More >>

Southwest Austin doesn’t want for much these days, as new housing and shopping developments have begun filling the gaps in available conveniences. Now, the area boasts another perk most other parts of Austin don’t have – a towering IMAX screen at the AMC Barton Creek theater. The theater, located just inside Barton Creek Square Mall, is a convenient drive from Travis Country West and can make for a great outing for the entire family.

An advanced screening of Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol made it clear this theater is one of the best places to see action and special effects films – those flicks that won’t cut it on even the best of televisions, the ones you just have to see in the theater. Viewers had the same visceral, edge-of-the-seat sensation that comes with watching a 3D movie, without having to wear the goofy glasses. One can only imagine what a 3D movie on the IMAX screen would be like! Read More >>

Thanks to Tim Curry’s character in the 1985 classic Clue, we all know that butlers “buttle” (as well as keep everything tidy and take charge of the kitchen and dining room), but what, exactly, is a butler’s pantry? Historically, the butler’s pantry was a small room where the family silver and formal china were stored, as well as an area for serving meals, typically located between the formal dining room and the kitchen. In Europe, the butler often slept here, as it was his job to guard the silver. Since having a butler isn’t typically part of the equation in contemporary homes, the space has since become more of a wet bar and prep area, as well as a display area for design elements and other decorative items (think pretty platters that you only pull out once a year). It also has evolved in its look and location, as well as its purpose. Butler’s pantries are certainly making a comeback, thanks to both their form and function, and a great place to find homes with these spaces already in them is the Travis Country West subdivision in Southwest Austin. Read More >>

Travis Country West homes for sale
Travis Country West home search
Travis Country West homes

THE BELOW MARKET UPDATE IS CURRENT AS OF THE ABOVE DATE OF THIS BLOG POST.

Active: There are currently 3 homes for sale in Travis Country West with a median list price of $112 per square foot ($374,900) and averaging 114 active days on the market. The average home for sale has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 3214 square feet. Prices range from $110.53 per square foot up to $134.77 per square foot or $365,500 up to $398,000… Read More >>

The Travis Country West subdivision has experienced an influx of snakes in the neighborhood lately, with sightings on running trails, front yards, and even porches, including a couple of mating rattlesnakes on the trail behind Sacred Arrow/Eagles Landing. It’s no wonder this would be a concern for those living in the area. Knowing a bit more about snakes, though, is one of the best ways to deal with them, as well as avoid harming snakes that may be no threat to humans. Read More >>