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BUDGET OVERVIEW

COUNCIL GOAL 6:

A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

Strive to support programs and events that support
our citizens and the community as a whole.

Objectives:

 Continue the vibrant, award-winning park and recreation facilities and programs

 Encourage volunteerism and community-wide involvement

 Maintain cultural arts program

 Enhance quality of life through innovative library services

 Maintain our sense of community by embracing its diversity

 Resolve the development of the TCC performing arts facility in the TIF

 Cultivate the next generation of community leaders

 Encourage community support of local businesses

Accomplishments:

 The NRH Signal Art Program received an Arts & Humanities Award from the Texas
Recreation & Parks Society. This innovative program has garnered both national
attention and acclaim for its success.

 A new pedestrian bridge over Walker’s Creek opened this spring. The bridge provides
walkers, runners and cyclists access from the east side of Walker’s Creek Trail to the
west side, completing a 1.5 mile looped route around the Hometown Lake. Arcadia
Realty funded the bridge and its construction.

 Major renovations to one of the city’s oldest parks, Northfield Park, were completed last
Fall 2018. The updated park amenities have been well received by the community.

 The library has increased programing for all ages and interests within the community. In
addition to the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club, Behind the Book Author Series and Mid-
Cities Teen Book Fest, the library added a new Financial Literacy Series. The library also

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