🌱 How a $2 billion data center plan could affect Smithville
Smithville, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readHey there, Smithville! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a $2 billion data center plan could affect Smithville
Also on today's calendar: Live Music: Tif & Mollie — Chestnut Grove Food Truck Court and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 92 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 92, low: 75.
- Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Three Town Halls Planned for Cedar Creek Data Center Campuses (newsradioklbj.com) — Residents can weigh in on massive proposed data center projects at a town hall in the Smithville Recreation Center on June 17, where officials and company reps will answer questions about water, power, traffic, and infrastructure. Two other meetings in Elgin and Bastrop will cover the same Cedar Creek developments, which together could bring over $2 billion in investment to Bastrop County. 
📸 Around Smithville
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★ Featured events ★
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Saturday Mini Market at Community Gardens - Every Saturday in June →
Community Gardens, 1067 W, 1067 State Hwy 71, Bastrop
10:00 am
Saturday June 13
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Other local events
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Sunset Swifts
Buescher State Park BastropStatePark Map&Directions
7:45 pm -
Learn to Fish with an Angler Instructor!
Buescher State Park BuescherStatePark Map&Directions
9:00 am -
Interpretive Center Docent Training
Buescher State Park BastropStatePark Map&Directions
10:00 am -
Live Music: Tif & Mollie — Chestnut Grove Food Truck Court →
Chestnut Grove Food Truck Court, 710 Chestnut St, Bastrop
12:00 pm -
Bastrop Juneteenth Celebration - Essence of Beauty Pageant →
Bastrop Opera House, 711 Spring St, Bastrop
1:00 pm -
The Clutch Kings →
The Grace Miller, "Gracie's", 706 Pine St, Bastrop
7:30 pm -
Interpretive Center Open - Bastrop State Park
Buescher State Park BastropStatePark Map&Directions
8:30 am
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
Monday June 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Habitat Heroes Summer Camp 2026 →
Bob Bryant Park, 600 Charles Blvd, Bastrop
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Fallon Franklin LIVE →
Neighbor's Kitchen & Yard, 601 Chestnut St Bldg C, Bastrop
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The Mean Uncles at Copper Shot Distillery →
Copper Shot Distillery, 809 Main St, Bastrop
7:00 pm -
Theater: Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic →
Bastrop Opera House, 711 Spring St, Bastrop
7:30 pm
Friday June 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I found my son's bike!
Based on a tip from another post, I decided to cruise around town tonight at 1am. I found the people responsible riding the bike. With help from PD,… (Nextdoor Downtown Smithville) - Hello neighbors!
I live on Ann Powell and wanted to communicate with each of yall. If you see my (badass) baby Iris, on the road please know I am aware of it. I am… (Nextdoor Cottletown)
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🗞 Nearby News
Bastrop
- Bastrop Newspaper Advertising: Local Media Guide (communityimpact.com)
- Bastrop ISD rescinds volleyball coach hire after felony arrest (statesman.com)
- Bastrop moves forward on tougher sex offender restrictions (elgincourier.com)
La Grange
- Czech Ambassador to the U.S. Visits La Grange (fayettecountyrecord.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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