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The New Braunfels City Council chose Landa Plaza as the new site for a $15.6 million Community Recreation Center. Herald-Zeitung reported that there were more than half a dozen sites under consideration. The Center is expected to bring many more activities to the area and have 55,500 square feet of amenities like an indoor pool, track sport courts and an exercise center.

More great news for Texas today as Toyota announced they are establishing their new North American Headquarters in the north Texas suburb of Plano, calling the move “the most significant change we’ve made to our North American operations in the past 50 years.”

My San Antonio recently reported that Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch added 8 new exotic species with their 50-acre expansion. The species include impala, zebu, Grant’s gazelles, sable antelope, giraffes and African endangered species Nile lechwe, Arabian oryx, dama gazelle and bongo antelope. The park presents an experience like no other, allowing guests to feed the wild animals from their car and drive through several miles of natural Texas Hill Country landscape.

Buyers who have been wishing for home-lot packages at Vintage Oaks are rejoicing. The Reserve has introduced a whole new way to love the Texas Hill Country’s fastest-selling community. And a special loan for veterans can make homeownership at The Reserve even more desirable.

If you’ve lived in the same community for long enough, you’ll know that with great urban growth and revitalization comes great responsibility. Responsibility, that is, to spot an up and coming neighborhood before it becomes so bogged down with high property values that you can’t afford to live there anymore.

Australia’s Herald Sun has discovered the Texas Hill Country. The Herald Sun excerpted Lonely Planet Southwest USA’s Best Trips, taking a look at the jaunt between San Antonio and New Braunfels. And perfect timing too, as we dig into spring and embrace one of the best times of the year to spend time in the Hill Country.

Connecticut and Kentucky, the 79,238 people who attended last night's NCAA Championship game (setting a new record), and even former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who sat together Jerry Jones' AT&T Stadium luxury box, all enjoyed the final act of a stellar three-day weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth. Some more than others. Count us among those who thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing as Dallas-Forth Worth once again shined over the weekend.

Dallas-Fort Worth is at the center of the sports world this weekend as the Final Four comes to town. DFW is used to having the attention focused squarely on it, and As the 80,000-plus people the Final Four is expected to bring to DFW this weekend will soon find out, world-class sports is just one of the many things that makes this thriving area special. (An extra boost to DFW: "Out-of-town fans and workers are expected to spend nearly $276 million during the exciting weekend," said Forbes).