Reminders for June 2023: Emergency Warning System test; city emergency alert notifications; current road construction; Willow Park water bill senior discount; city meetings; Willow Park Police Enforcement Wave Drink. Drive. Jail; elections (none in June).

Update: 01 June 2023. "Crews will begin work today on the intersection of Meadow Place and Kingsgate Road as part of the 2022 Street Improvement Project. If you are a pedestrian crossing Kingsgate to reach the park or some other nearby area, please do not cross through the work zone.

Summary: Rep. Glenn Rogers said Thursday his Cross Timbers water bill "apparently has died in the Senate" after reaching the upper chamber with scant time before Monday's session adjournment." Latest Update: Friday, 26 May, 2023 Select #Tags for additional articles: #FortWorthWater #WastewaterTreatmentPlant Not this session, Update Cross Timbers Regional Utility Authority * Rogers: 3-county water bill 'apparently dead' in Senate [in .pdf], Weatherford Democrat, 26 May 2023 Excerpts Rep.

Summary: During the 14 September 2021 Council Meeting, the council approved Willow Park's Comprehensive Street Improvement Plan and funding options. The Comprehensive plan was the beginning of the implementation phase of years of studying and planning to improve and update the infrastructure of Willow Park.

Summary: By this time next year the city will have "something awesome" at Willow Park's Kings Gate Park. The first improvement will be establishing Kings Gate Park as the trail head for new mountain bike trails...

This week's Williams Weekly includes Holding China Accountable; Safer Schools Act of 2023; Supporting Veterans and Small Businesses. / Newsletter from Roger Williams, the US House Rep. for Texas District 25, which includes Willow Park. Latest Update: Monday, 29 May, 2023 Williams Weekly Monday, 29 May 2023 [See the .pdf of Williams' email newsletter for photos and links.]

Summary: The city is planning to make Kings Gate Park Willow Park's second major city park. The city is negotiating to accelerate its Wilks TIRZ agreement to assume control of the Willow Park North playground, the cement walking trails, and the green space around them, all considered Kings Gate Park.

Summary: Remembering Willow Park residents who died in service. Pfc. Paul Balint Jr. of Willow Park was 22 when he died in service to his country; he was killed 15 December 2006 by small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq. He died of injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with the enemy during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Summary: Willow Park resident Shivaun Palmer honors her youngest brother, Special Ops Air Force Pararescue Kevin McKenna, who died in service to his country. The people you can never forget, you want others to remember, so the McKenna family, who moved to Willow Park in the 1980s, placed their reminder in the ​Willow Park's Pfc.

Summary: A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation."

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