Dripping Springs community members celebrated the opening of the first-ever public restrooms downtown with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 17.
Custom-made toilet paper was given at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of public restrooms in Dripping Springs April 17. The toilet paper was also used as the 'ribbon' for the ribbon cutting. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
Custom-made toilet paper was given at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of public restrooms in Dripping Springs April 17. The toilet paper was also used as the 'ribbon' for the ribbon cutting. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
The details

The new restrooms include two women’s and two men’s stalls located on Mercer Street to the right of Vintage Soul, 302 Mercer St., Dripping Springs.
Attendees at the April 17 ribbon cutting ceremony for restrooms in Dripping Springs took pictures of the new amenity downtown. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
Attendees at the April 17 ribbon cutting ceremony for restrooms in Dripping Springs took pictures of the new amenity downtown. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
The event included a “ceremonial first flush” of the restrooms to stamp the opening.

The restrooms are now open for use, just over a week before Founders Day Festival, one of the city’s biggest events, happening April 25 through April 27.

“The number one rule was it had to be open by Founders Day,” Mayor Bill Foulds said at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Dripping Springs Mayor Bill Foulds and an attendee took a look at the brand new restrooms on Mercer Street, which opened April 17. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
Dripping Springs Mayor Bill Foulds and an attendee took a look at the brand new restrooms on Mercer Street, which opened April 17. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
The project cost an estimated $365,000, according to Deputy City Administrator Ginger Faught.

Partial funding was from the city of Dripping Springs Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, or TIRZ, board, which focuses on infrastructural improvements in the city, according to a news release. The restrooms are part of a TIRZ initiative to enhance the downtown infrastructure and economic vitality of Dripping Springs, the news release states.


“Downtown businesses, I know y’all have wanted this,” Foulds said. “We appreciate your patience.”
There were over 20 attendees at the Dripping Springs downtown restroom ribbon cutting ceremony April 17, including city officials, business owners and other guests. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
There were over 20 attendees at the Dripping Springs downtown restroom ribbon cutting ceremony April 17, including city officials, business owners and other guests. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)