Pflugerville, TX
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Pflugerville is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 16,335 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 39,653.
Pflugerville is a suburb of Austin and part of the Austin–Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pflugerville has the highest property tax rates in Travis County, according to data published by the county tax office. The City of Pflugerville City Council has lowered the tax rate consistently since 2003.
The city's past isolation from any major roadways, may have led to fewer businesses choosing to locate in town. (While a mile stretch of Interstate 35 is often referred by local media and residents as "in Pflugerville", the city of Austin actually controls this land, either as part of the city or through its extraterritorial jurisdiction.)
However, in November 2006, the first parts of a central Texas tollway system opened, including State Highway 130 and State Highway 45 increasing accessibility to Pflugerville. Approximately three miles of 130 run through Pflugerville, including the intersection of 45 and 130. Because most of the land surrounding these tollways is undeveloped, the city is using this land to attract major commercial development, thereby improving its tax base and providing an opportunity to lower property tax rates. In fact, Stone Hill Town Center is now open with The Home Depot, Best Buy, SuperTarget, Bealls, Dick's Sporting Goods, PETCO, Ross Dress for Less, and Office Depot already open; and scheduled to open in spring 2011 are 24 Hour Fitness and Cinemark Theatres.
Before the Stone Hill development and the nearby Pfluger Crossing development (a new development that includes a Wal-Mart Supercenter) opened their first stores in 2007, the city's two largest retailers were an Albertsons grocery store (which operated from 1996 to 2006) near Pflugerville High School and an H-E-B grocery store (operating since 2000) east of downtown.
The NBC television drama Friday Night Lights is filmed in Pflugerville and Austin, Texas. They used Pflugerville High School's stadium, Kuempel Stadium, to film the football games.
[edit] Education
Public education in the city of Pflugerville is provided by the Pflugerville Independent School District (PISD). The district serves Pflugerville, the community of Windemere and part of Wells Branch, a small portion of Austin as well as rural areas in northeastern Travis County.
As of the 2008-2009 school year, PISD had a total enrollment of 21,719 students[15] and operated three high schools (Pflugerville, Connally, and Hendrickson), five middle schools, seventeen elementary schools, and two alternative campuses.
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