The Greater Round Rock Community Foundation, as the presenting sponsor of the Williamson County 175^th Birthday Celebration, along with Williamson County and the Williamson Museum are hosting contests for students to help celebrate Williamson County’s 175^th birthday. Details for the art contest for students from 3rd grade to 10th grade are available here.  

The Williamson County Landfill, operated by Waste Management and located at 600 Landfill road in Hutto, is offering a reduced fee of $10 per truckload of limbs and clean brush now through Feb. 19. The county is waiving its 6.5% fee for these pickup truckloads.

This March, Williamson County with celebrate its 175^th birthday in historic fashion with events to honor the founding of the county on March 13, 1848. The public is invited to join the party during the Williamson County 175^th Birthday Celebration presented by the Greater Round Rock Community Foundation on March 10 and 11 at the historic county courthouse, 710 S. Main Street in Georgetown. Future events will be announced on the website at www.wilco175.org. Volunteers can sign up to assist the celebration here. 

Thanks to the hard work of our parks team, good progress was made to reestablish access to portions of our parks and trails. Go to www.wilco.org/parks to see what is open. 

Williamson County offices are open on Friday, Feb. 3.The Williamson County Landfill is open. The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter is open. Several county parks and trails are closed due to downed trees and limbs. Please check the Parks page for updates. 

County Judge Bill Gravell has issued a disaster declaration for Williamson County due to the winter storm. View the declaration.