Several new businesses have opened or announced plans to open in the Georgetown area. See what's new and coming soon, as well as other business updates around town.
Now open
Project LeanNation
Project LeanNation held its grand opening in Georgetown in late September. The shop's offerings include ready-to-heat-and-eat meals as well as a protein shake bar. The store has grab-and-go options for customers dropping in as well as a membership that includes personal coaching and prepared meals. The store had a soft opening earlier in September after the planned July opening was delayed.
Little Sprouts Childcare
Locally owned by Kassie Johnson, the center uses play-based learning along with a curriculum to help prepare children for school. Programs are geared toward infants starting at 6 weeks old, toddlers and preschoolers, and include after-school care for children through fifth grade. Meals are provided.
Crave Cookies and Soda
A new spot for sweet treats is now open. Crave Cookies and Soda bakes cookies fresh every day, a representative of the company said. Chocolate chip cookies are always on the menu, with five other flavors changing every Friday. The menu also includes loaded sodas and energy drinks. The business offers pickup and delivery.
Trailside Dental Care
The dental practice is now open in the Wolf Ranch shopping center. Drs. Shruta Lakhani and Mariz Faltas offer restorative dentistry, preventative oral health, orthodontics, cosmetic dentistry and emergency dentistry, according to the business’s website.
Coming soon
Crunch Fitness
Crunch Georgetown is an $11 million, 40,000-square-foot fitness facility that will feature the new Crunch 3.0 design, which offers modern aesthetics and enhanced functionality. Presale for gym memberships is happening now. Amenities will include personal training, a hot yoga studio, a sauna, and HydroMassage beds and red light therapy.
Skin Luxe Medical Aesthetics
Skin Luxe Medical Aesthetics is relocating its practice from Salado to Georgetown. Skin Luxe specializes in skin care and treatments, injectable services, and medically supervised weight loss. Owned by Lauren Reagan, the business is currently located in downtown Salado, with its new location in Georgetown under construction.
Waxing the City
A new Waxing the City location will open in Georgetown next month, according to owner Anu Kandappan. The business offers full-body waxing services with hard and soft wax, including brow, bikini, Brazilian, arm and leg waxing and more. Other services include brow laminations, lash lifts, tinting and skin brightening. Other Austin-area locations include Cedar Park and Leander.
HT Fitness
A new HT Fitness location is coming soon. The gym is open 24/7 and offers kids care, free group classes and fit camps, as well as cardio machines, free weights, strength-training equipment and locker rooms, according to its website. The company has locations throughout Texas.
The Junction
The entertainment venture plans to open in November, Cooley Capital Cos. partner Matt Marshall said. The 60,000-square-foot facility will offer event, entertainment and dining space including bars, pickleball courts and a live music stage. Several vendors will operate in a dining hall, including Georgetown-based Sweet Lemon Kitchen and Dough-Go Pizza.
TopNotch Nail Bar
The nail salon has a soft opening in early November, the business’s website states. The business will offer manicures, pedicures, gel finishes and hand-painted nail art. A grand opening was originally planned for October but was postponed due to construction delays, according to the business’s social media accounts.
What’s next
Little Caesars
A new Little Caesars location is planned for Williams Drive in Georgetown, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The $200,000 building renovation in the Deer Haven Commercial building will begin in January and be completed in June, according to the filing. Little Caesars offers delivery and take-out pizza, sides and wings. Another location is currently operating on University Avenue.
Relocations
Better Health Counseling
The family-owned mental health practice is moving from its current location on Westinghouse Road to a new spot on the same street. Owner and founder Lindsey Heselbarth has more than 20 years of experience in the mental health field. Better Health Counseling offers services for children, teens, adults, couples and families. With a goal to provide accessible and affordable mental healthcare, the practice accepts most insurance and offers some sessions with a sliding-fee scale, Heselbarth said. The Georgetown expansion will grow the practice to about 45 providers, according to Heselbarth.
Expansions
Monument Cafe
The cafe opened two business additions recently. The beer garden offers outdoor seating and craft beers on tap, while the market offers grab-and-go options and pickup orders from the full menu. When Monument Cafe moved to its current location in 2008, it came with a beer garden, co-owner Cristy Schuler said. She closed the garden in 2012 and has been working over the last two years to reestablish the beer garden.
Crestview Baptist Church
Crestview Baptist Church hosted its first worship service in its building expansion in October. The new 31,545-square-foot, two-story worship center has been under construction for just over a year. The addition will help support the growing congregation by combining the two current worship services into one with room to grow.
In the news
Get Age Fit
Personal training gym Get Age Fit celebrated 10 years operating in Georgetown in September. The studio specializes in fitness training for adults over the age of 35. The gym relocated within Georgetown in 2023 to a larger location in order to accommodate more clients, according to previous reporting.
Garey Park
Garey Park will now be open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. through March 31, according to a Parks and Recreation update. The new hours are a reduction from the summer schedule, which keeps the park open until 8 p.m. There is no admittance within 30 minutes of closing time, and hours may vary for special events.
Closings
Pink Poppy Artisans Boutique
The boutique closed in August, a post on the business’s Instagram states. The store sold artisan-made handbags, hand-painted clothes, jewelry and other items. The store first opened on the Square in 2013 before moving to The Summit at Rivery Park in 2020, according to previous reporting.
