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Chisholm Trail Rides Offers an Idyllic Small Town Horseback Riding Experience

July 28, 2022 | By Kameron Dunn

It’s a Brave New World at These Forward-Thinking Libraries

August 29, 2019 | By Dakota Kim

A leader of the renaissance is the new, $125 million Austin Public Library’s Central Library, completed in 2017. This LEED Platinum-certified building—meaning it’s “green”—is outfitted with a bicycle corral for 200, a “tech petting zoo” for visitors to interact with new technology like 3-D printers, an art gallery, a native-plants rooftop garden, and a farm-to-table café. In 2018, Time magazine included the library on its list of the World’s Greatest Places. Austin’s showpiece is representative of a golden age of library innovation across the state. Here are three more libraries boasting smart, beautiful changes.

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