It seems every month in this space I'm writing about growth. This city is growing, that business is relocating, this budget is expanding. An issue never goes by where we don't feature several articles highlighting some part of the community ballooning in size.
Quite frankly, it would be hard to cover anywhere in Central Texas without writing constantly about growth. Round Rock, Hutto and Pflugerville are especially notable for their exponential growth in the past decade.
But there is a flip side to getting bigger, a tension that rises now and then between economic prosperity and keeping a community what it used to be.
One such tension is the debate over bar hours. On one hand, some residents fear moving to a 2 a.m. closing time could take away from the safety and security of Round Rock. On the other side, some worry businesses are losing money closing earlier.
