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Weekly News Summary

Week ending Friday, 11 October 2024

“Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”  

George Washington​, Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States 1789 to 1797

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Cancelled: 15 October 2024 P&Z Commission Meeting

As posted on the City of Willow Park website homepage calendar, the scheduled 15 October 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting has been cancelled.

17th Annual Parker County Mayor's Food Drive, October 2024

Summary: The Parker County Mayor's Food Drive runs through the month of October. Non-perishable items may be delivered to the Willow Park's El Chico City Hall, and other city halls throughout Parker County. Food collections will be donated to the Center of Hope.

Neighborhood update on Crown Road repairs and corrections. Willow Park 2022 Street Improvement Project.

Summary: The neighbors who live on Crown Road and adjacent Ranch House Road in Willow Park have spent most of 2024, speaking during a half dozen Council Meetings, submitting several petitions, and demanding attention from the City, all to restore the form and function of their properties damaged or changed by the City's Street Improvement Project.

New Bluejack Ranch development & Tiger Woods golf course announced, just 10 miles south of Willow Park. Do we have a new neighbor?

Summary: Does Willow Park have a new neighbor? It doesn't look like it. In December 2023, Ryan Voorhees, announced the master planned community Kelly Ranch and Escalante Golf course. In October 2024, a development company led by business people with Fort Worth backgrounds, announced they purchased Voorhees' land for their Bluejack Ranch, an upscale master planned development with a Tiger Woods golf course.

FlashVote: Another tool for communicating with the City of Willow Park.

Summary: The City of Willow Park Council has approved a one-year, six-survey contract with FlashVote, which allows City leadership to make "data-driven decisions based on scientifically sound public sampling" and to establish a consistent survey process for all Citizen surveys.

08 October 2024 Council Meeting Review by The Community News, 11 October 2024 print

Summary: Willow Park City Council Meeting reviewed by the City of Willow Park newspaper of record, The Community News. Topics: * Council announces changes in city staff * Paper of Record * Freedom House recognized * Holiday schedule

Williams Weekly: Monday, 07 October 2024

Newsletter from Roger Williams, the US House Rep. for Texas District 25, which includes Willow Park. This week's Williams Weekly includes the following: Stand With Israel; Mayorkas' Failed Disaster Relief.

Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 04 October 2024

A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. "In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

Upcoming Events

  • Cancelled: 15 October 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Planning and Zoning Meeting

    • Cancelled: 15 October 2024 P&Z Commission Meeting, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 11 October 2024

  • 29 October 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Parks Board Town Hall

  • 12 November 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Council Meeting

  • 19 November 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Planning and Zoning Meeting

  • 10 December 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Council Meeting

 

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