The annual Small Business Saturday celebrates small businesses by encouraging folks to #shopsmall and help their communities stay strong. Started in 2010, it occurs on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to encourage holiday shoppers to visit small businesses. Since the start of Smart Business Saturday, customers spent an estimated $85 billion over eight days according to…
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TRACE in San Marcos is excited for the 2018 Sights and Sounds of Christmas, an annual San Marcos Christmas event featuring holiday fun for all! The event takes place over two weekends from Nov. 28-Dec. 1 and Dec. 5-Dec. 8. There’s a reason why this beloved event has been running for more than 30 years—read…
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If you’re dreaming of relishing the winter holiday season in a new home, this is the time to check out available or almost ready new homes in TRACE, a San Marcos master-planned community. The San Marcos home-builders for this community are Pacesetter Homes and Buffington Homes who know the area well and design homes to…
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When you crave modern American cuisine and want craft cocktails, wine, or beer to go with it, just make your way to Cody’s Bistro and Lounge located at 690 Centerpoint Rd. #209, San Marcos, TX 78666. The restaurant is just a 5-minute drive and 2.5-mile walk for those who live in TRACE in San Marcos.…
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One of the best things about living in TRACE in San Marcos is that you’re near a variety of businesses owned by San Marcos natives. Color Mix Graphics, a San Marcos print shop, is an example of that. You never know when you need printing services. Maybe you have a big party coming up. Or…
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Grab your best costume and get ready to celebrate! If you’re looking for things to do to celebrate Halloween, we’ve rounded up a list of fun Halloween events taking place around San Marcos near the TRACE community. Let us know how you plan to celebrate Halloween over on our Facebook and Instagram pages! Downtown Trick…
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Travel east from TRACE in San Marcos and you’ll end up in Medina, Texas, the Apple Capital of Texas. Along with having an abundance of apples they also hosted the international Apple Festival for many years. It’s also a fantastic place to go in the fall especially for its Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch. This…
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The TRACE community in San Marcos is moving along! Buffington Homes and Pacesetter Homes have posted more pictures of the TRACE community including the cool entrance. It becomes more of a reality with new homes popping up and the recent announcement of the TRACE elementary school‘s name. Pacesetter and Buffington are local home builders who…
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In historic downtown, you’ll find the Root Cellar Café and Brewery, one of the coolest places near TRACE and a San Marcos institution. Before the restaurant opened its doors on the first floor of the historic Donaldson Building in 2005, the building housed G.W. Donaldson and Co. Hardware Store. Later in the 1930s, the hardware…
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Shopping at San Marcos outlets just got better. It’s the first to get a Jimmy Choo Outlet in Texas. Popular brands Michael Kors and Sperry get a makeover while keeping the same great quality and style that turned them into the household names they are today. Here’s what’s happening at the San Marcos outlets. First…
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