From farmland to future, Hutto is on the riseUpdated: 2/9/2007 11:43 AMBy: Allison Toepperwein | Williamson & Bell County Bureau Chief In the late 1990s, commercial realtor Joe Repa decided to head east of Interstate 35 in Williamson County to what he heard might be the promised land. "It was a tough time, because the farmers didn't want to give up the land, and they thought it [State Highway 130] was just a big story. But we took one step at a time," Repa said.Even with State Highway 130, much of the land is still farmland. But not for long. Four-hundred-seventy-five acres of land in Hutto (known as the Hutto 400) was sold last month to a Florida-based company, Atlantic Coast Developers."If we have a fully sustainable site, where people can work, shop, live all on one site, that's the...
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