Bury+Partners http://www.burypartners.com/blog Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:05:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Project Spotlight: Decker Lake Road Extension http://www.burypartners.com/blog/2013/04/10/project-spotlight-decker-lake-road-extension/ http://www.burypartners.com/blog/2013/04/10/project-spotlight-decker-lake-road-extension/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:53:36 +0000 admin http://www.burypartners.com/blog/?p=2541 On March 27, Bury+Partners joined representatives from Travis County, the City of Austin, Taurus of Texas and many others for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Decker Lake Road Extension in Austin.     Travis County Precinct 1 Commissioner Ron Davis began the ceremony by addressing the crowd on-hand to highlight [...]

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