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Section 1 Executive
Community Profile

2013 The Town’s open enrollment charter school, Westlake Academy, completed its 10th year of operations.
Completed construction on the State’s $15 Million Phase 1 FM 1938 project.

2014 Installation of a secondary ground storage water tank. Completed Phase I expansion construction of
three buildings on the Westlake Academy campus that will accommodate new students.

2015 Work began on Granada, a new 84 home housing development, and Entrada, a mixed-use development
modeled after historic villages in Spain.

2016 Charles Schwab Corporation, working with major Westlake land owner and developer Hillwood
Properties, announced their intention to build a regional headquarters which will be adjacent to a mixed-
use development that Hillwood will develop located near the intersection of SH170 and SH114.

2017 In July 2017 the Municipal staff move into new office space at the Terrace.

2018 In November 2017 the Fire-EMS Station Groundbreaking event was held on November 9 .
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION
There are few gifts more taken for granted than our heritage. We’ve all kept the old photographic
albums or maybe even been fortunate enough to have recovered a piece of wood from the house
our great-grandmother was born in. Apart from the relics and stories passed down from generation
to generation, there is little effort made in today’s frantic world to preserve and protect our
community heritage. As we grow older, few of us have not paused on occasion and wished that
certain memories could somehow be crafted and professionally woven into a legacy rather than
relegated to the yellowing pages of the picture album.

With such thoughts in mind, The Westlake Historical Preservation Board was created to discover,
preserve and perpetuate the history of our town and region that is, after all, composed of family
histories. We owe a debt of gratitude to the local volunteers whose work reflects the fact that our
past is as much a guide to our future as it is a trail to our present.

Westlake, a new town in an old locale, has determined
that history will have a place in town government by
creating a historical board. We invite you along the trails,
traces, side roads, and by-ways of long ago. And we can’t
forbear to remind you that “the best paths always lead
home;” that we are all pathfinders, in one way or another.

Events & Activities
The Westlake Historical Preservation Society hosts the
following events and activities:
• Annual Decoration Day Ceremony (Spring-Memorial Day)
• Annual Constitution Day Event (September 17)
• Annual Westlake Classic Car Show (Fall)
• Annual Members Reception
• Historical Marker Dedication Day (Spring and/or Fall)

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