Jollyville Road has recently become a mecca for shoppers, business people, and residents, due to its varied character, which is a combination of high tech businesses, shopping venues, and nice but fairly reasonably priced homes with big, shady yards.

The relatively recent addition of the Arboretum and the nearby Domain make the area a shopper’s paradise, and there are numerous strip centers, restaurants, fast food establishments, and grocery stores, among other businesses. In addition, Great Hills Baptist Church is in the center of the neighborhood, and it is one of the largest and most active churches in Austin with numerous secular as well as religious activities for all ages and lifestyles.

There is a restaurant row area as well, with a Johnny Carino’s, Rudy’s BBQ, Macaroni Grill, IHOP, and Fire Bowl, which is a very tasty oriental food place. Another choice for oriental is Twin Lion, which is quite popular with the locals, and P.F.Chang’s, also very crowd pleasing.
The insurance industry has a big presence in the Jollyville area, with quite a few franchise agencies within a stone’s throw of each other, with affordable plans available. Also, many are regularly hiring, to the delight of job seekers.

There are apartment complexes galore, but the homes are the really eye-catching residential opportunities, many of which are large one-story ranch style homes on large rolling green lawns with lots of big shade trees, many having beautiful views. There are also quite a few contemporary multi-level homes that are in great condition and very appealing. A number of small creeks permeate the area, so many of the homes have views or even access to these streams, making the homes even more desirable.

While shopping at the Arboretum, visitors have a choice of products from Barnes and Noble, Chico’s, the Gap, Nine West, and the Pottery Barn, just to name a few, as well as many choices of dining options, including T.G. I. Friday’s, Amy’s, the Wiki Wiki Teriyaki, Serrano’s, and Kenobi Sushi, among others, all within the confines of the Arboretum itself.

There are also many other types of establishments, including hair salons such as Salon 505 and accessory shops such as Sunglass Hut. The centerpiece of the Arboretum is the luxury Renaissance Hotel, but the visitor to the area has many other choices of lodging too, including the Hilton, Hampton Inn, Staybridge Suites, Hyatt, and Holiday Inn, all within close proximity to the Jollyville area.

The area is also very well supplied with medical facilities, including Seton Northwest on Research at Braker, just a few blocks east of Jollyville, and the Quarry Lake medical complex, which includes Austin Radiological Association, among others, so if one is in need of regular intensive heath care or the occasional checkup, this is a great area to consider residing.

Spicewood Springs, Canyon Creek and Bull Creek are also very accessible for residents and visitors to the Jollyville area so recreation is aplenty, especially for swimmers, walkers, hikers, and dog walkers, with the abundance of hike and bike trails and greenbelts in the neighborhood.

There is a new library under renovation, and many library branches are in close proximity, one called Old Quarry, which is adjacent to Village Drive a few miles south of Jollyville, and Spicewood Springs Branch, a larger city library on Spicewood Springs, as well as the Millwood Branch which is near Parmer Lane. In addition, the North Village Branch is on Steck, also very close, so readers and library patrons have a library in each direction, all modern and well-stocked.

The Jollyville area lately has been noted for reasonably priced, nice homes, so with all of Kamagra the nearby attractions, as well as proximity to U.S. 183, Loop One, and Loop 360, and close access to the lakes and hill country, it is a thriving neighborhood. This neighborhood is very cosmopolitan, but very comfortable, so consider northwest Austin if you enjoy scenic beauty, yet also a metropolitan and modern lifestyle!

Author Bio: In Austin, Ki organizes information on Austin Texas real estate on a website. It furnishes a process to search for available homes in the Austin MLS by specific criteria. He has lived and worked in Austin for over a decade. His site has a blog which covers Austin real estate with market graphs and statistics.

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