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CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St. 03/04/2023 09:12 AM
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, March 4 — From noon to close, TBC will host their grand opening at W. 2nd St. in Taylor. Local musician, Brooke Graham, will be performing. The celebration will also include Texas Independence Day festivities. 03/04/2023 09:12 AM
Area school districts are working to determine if they will need to have makeup days due to the ice storm in early February.
School still mulling makeup days
The ice storm and electricity outages caused area school districts to shut down for a few days. Some schools have to have makeup days, while others don’t. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
Taylor ISD tweaks bond timeline
Taylor ISD tweaks bond timeline
As the Taylor Independent School District readies for Phase 1 of the $82.5 bond construction, officials are tweaking project timelines to keep the budget on track. “We received the guaranteed maximum price for Drymalla (Construction) for Phase 1 construction … which is approximately $2.3 million, so that leaves us with an overage of approximately $160,000 or 7 percent,” said the bond’s project manager Aaron Mullins at the Feb. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
Wyatt Murray, 8, constructs origami shapes. Courtesy photos
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
NICOLE LESSIN [email protected] Last Saturday, about a hundred people showed up for a pop-up market on the lawn of Old Taylor High, to buy fresh eggs, spray-paint art, gourmet dog treats, handmade earrings and much more. While the offerings may sound fairly standard, most of the entrepreneurs who created, procured and sold the wares haven’t even finished elementary school yet. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
ETJ landowners wait for the start of a presentation by attorney Chris Johns, a founder of the Taylor Landowner Rights Coalition Feb. 27. Photo by Nicole Lessin.
Lawyers set deadline for ETJ landowners
Attorneys organizing landowners in Taylor’s extraterritorial jurisdiction have placed a Friday, March 3, deadline to join up for legal representation in a potential mass action lawsuit over development limits the city. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
PUBLIC MEETINGS
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TAYLOR CITY COUNCIL Second/Fourth Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 400 Porter St. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Trades Day Career Fair Wednesday, March 1 — Over 1000 high school students from Taylor and surrounding areas are already registered for the Trades Day Career Fair from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
DAVILLA COMMUNITY CENTER
DAVILLA COMMUNITY CENTER
All classes will be held Thursdays at the Davilla Community Center, 20803 N. FM 487. 03/01/2023 08:29 AM
Taylor Police Department arrest report
Taylor Police Department arrest report
02/25/2023 09:27 AM
City leaders mull changes to ETJ curbs
City leaders mull changes to ETJ curbs
City leaders will consider changes to the Envision Taylor Comprehensive plan, but will it be enough to appease landowners in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction who say their property is being unjustly devalued? At the Feb. 23 Taylor City Council meeting, staff will introduce ordinance 2023-10 to amend some elements of its “Restricted Growth Sector,” which limits some kinds of development in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction due to the high cost of extending and maintaining infrastructure there, city officials have said. 02/22/2023 07:05 AM
(From left) UT architecture students Nikki Gendelman and Nataly Serrano prepare to present their preliminary designs for a wellness center in Memorial Park Feb. 15 to their classmates as well as city staff and other interested community members at the parks and recreation facility at Davis...
UT architecture students share visions for wellness center in Murphy Park
A community meeting hub with fitness components that could include a climbing wall, onsite childcare, a multipurpose classroom and an observation deck, covered by a roof that provides fresh water for lush rain gardens below. 02/22/2023 07:05 AM
Above: Community members join together with members of Good Life for a ribbon cutting at Percussion Park Saturday morning.Below: Mayor Brandt Rydell (left) and City Manager Brian LaBorde join in on the fun of a performance by the Soulshine Rhythm Experience. Photos by Jason Hennington
THE BEAT OF YOUR OWN FUN
PERCUSSION PARK OFFICIALLY OPENS Recently, Murphy Park has gotten a little more upbeat thanks to the addition of percussion playground equipment. On Saturday, a ribbon cutting was held to officially open Percussion Park in Taylor. 02/22/2023 07:05 AM
Proposed zones for Pasemann Elementary and Main Street Intermediate Schools to be implemented next fall. Courtesy Taylor Independent School District
TISD board lauds unstacking rollout
As the Taylor Independent School District moves forward with “unstacking” plans for the elementary schools next fall, parents and other community members seem to be taking the upcoming seismic shift in stride, officials said during the Feb. 20th meeting of the board of trustees. 02/22/2023 07:05 AM
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