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Friday@5 - October 21, 2022
Here’s your top news and highlights for the week of October 21, 2022-
Have you seen the scarecrows downtown? If you wanna join in on the fun and build a scarecrow on Main street, reach out to our Neighborhood planning team! Registration is free and You’ve got until October 25th to set one up. Visit rowlett.com for more info.
This week we hosted three public input hearing sessions around what you consider important as we proactively begin the process of contracting our next solid waste service provider. If you couldn’t make it in person, you can watch the presentation on our Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/CityofRowlettTexas/videos/644283020664520
And on our Youtube page here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaU3kaHq_rU
Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WBSGDKC
At Tuesday night’s City Council Meeting, October was recognized by proclamation as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
If you or someone you know needs assistance, there are several local organizations that are doing amazing work, and we want to highlight the National Domestic Violence Hotline! There is someone available 24/7, and they’re incredibly helpful. The phone number is 800-799-7233 or you can text START to 88788.
More resources and info can be found here: https://www.thehotline.org/
This week is Friends of the Library Week! To get more involved, or learn how the Friends support the City of Rowlett Public Library, you are invited to attend any of their upcoming Library meetings. Membership is not required in order to attend the meetings. Follow them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfTheRowlettPublicLibrary to learn more!
Upcoming Events:
- On Monday, October 24th, we’ve got our lunch on the lawn in Downtown Rowlett from 11 am- 2pm. Parks and recreation posts the food truck lineup before the event on their social media pages.
- We’ve been enjoying the taste of fall farmers and craft market, and next Thursday October 27th is the last one for the season, come out to the lawn in Downtown Rowlett from 5:30-8:30pm to shop all of our vendors.
Takeaways from this episode:
- The City of Rowlett is hosting many events this weekend and during the month of October. See the full list of events here: https://bit.ly/3Cbr60y
- Take the trash survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WBSGDKC
Subscribe to the Friday @ 5 Newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3SyecPu
If you wish to suggest a topic, guest, or have a question- Please email Hannah Rabalais at [email protected] or reach out online:
rowlett.com/podcast
https://www.facebook.com/CityofRowlettTexas
https://www.youtube.com/user/RowlettTexasVideo
https://www.instagram.com/cityofrowletttexas
https://twitter.com/RowlettTexas
https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-rowlett/
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Here’s your top news and highlights for the week of October 21, 2022-
Have you seen the scarecrows downtown? If you wanna join in on the fun and build a scarecrow on Main street, reach out to our Neighborhood planning team! Registration is free and You’ve got until October 25th to set one up. Visit rowlett.com for more info.
This week we hosted three public input hearing sessions around what you consider important as we proactively begin the process of contracting our next solid waste service provider. If you couldn’t make it in person, you can watch the presentation on our Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/CityofRowlettTexas/videos/644283020664520
And on our Youtube page here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaU3kaHq_rU
Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WBSGDKC
At Tuesday night’s City Council Meeting, October was recognized by proclamation as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
If you or someone you know needs assistance, there are several local organizations that are doing amazing work, and we want to highlight the National Domestic Violence Hotline! There is someone available 24/7, and they’re incredibly helpful. The phone number is 800-799-7233 or you can text START to 88788.
More resources and info can be found here: https://www.thehotline.org/
This week is Friends of the Library Week! To get more involved, or learn how the Friends support the City of Rowlett Public Library, you are invited to attend any of their upcoming Library meetings. Membership is not required in order to attend the meetings. Follow them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfTheRowlettPublicLibrary to learn more!
Upcoming Events:
- On Monday, October 24th, we’ve got our lunch on the lawn in Downtown Rowlett from 11 am- 2pm. Parks and recreation posts the food truck lineup before the event on their social media pages.
- We’ve been enjoying the taste of fall farmers and craft market, and next Thursday October 27th is the last one for the season, come out to the lawn in Downtown Rowlett from 5:30-8:30pm to shop all of our vendors.
Takeaways from this episode:
- The City of Rowlett is hosting many events this weekend and during the month of October. See the full list of events here: https://bit.ly/3Cbr60y
- Take the trash survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WBSGDKC
Subscribe to the Friday @ 5 Newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3SyecPu
If you wish to suggest a topic, guest, or have a question- Please email Hannah Rabalais at [email protected] or reach out online:
rowlett.com/podcast
https://www.facebook.com/CityofRowlettTexas
https://www.youtube.com/user/RowlettTexasVideo
https://www.instagram.com/cityofrowletttexas
https://twitter.com/RowlettTexas
https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-rowlett/