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. “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” G. Michael Hopf, U.S. Marine Corps and current best selling author.
Latest Update: posted Monday, 25 March 2024
Archive of Willow Park Civics Weekly News Summary
Week of Friday, 22 March 2024 in .pdf and in .html
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” G. Michael Hopf, U.S. Marine Corps and current best selling author.
City of Willow Park will host a community shred day on Saturday, 06 April 2024, from 10A to 1P, at 516 Ranch House Road.
More homes coming to Walsh Development, ten miles
Lawsuit about El Chico Water Station. City vs. Halff Asso.
Index, Lawsuit concerning El Chico Water System. City vs Halff
Williams Weekly: Monday, 18 March 2024
Taxes of Texas, Field Guide" from TX Comptroller
Air Quality, Your Ozone Season Guide: March to November. Parker County has "marginal" air quality.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 15 March 2024
“Nothing can conduce more to the order and stability of a government than the simplicity of the laws, the proper definition of rights, and their impartial and consistent administration." Sam Houston, TX Founding Father, General, Statesman, President, US Senator
Retro Rink gets rolling. New Willow Park roller skating rink to open Summer 2024.
New mountain bike trail and kids skills area at Kings Gate Park, fundraising announced by City.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 11 March 2024
11 flavors, Melt Ice Creams will be up and "running" in The District this summer.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 08 March 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
“Council approves plat for skating rink, Receives clean audit, Property purchase, Next meeting.” article The Community News, 14 March 2024
”Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws." John Adams, Founding Father and 2nd US President
12 March 2024 Council Meeting
Goodbye. Old, Ranch House Road City Hall. Video from City.
US Senator Cruz News, Friday 08 March 2024
Mayor Moss elected to the Republican Mayors Asso. Advisory Board, The Community News
Updates on "The District."
New, Cork and Pig Tavern courted with City Chapter 380 financing.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 01 March 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
Voting Day. Elections 2024, Tuesday, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park
Updated results and results articles
27 February 2024 Council Meeting
Added Minutes
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams, 6th US President
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Voting Day. Elections 2024, Tuesday, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park
Reminders for March 2024: Emergency Warning System test first Wednesday (06 March 2024); register for emergency alert notifications via email, text and app; current road construction; Willow Park water bill senior discount; city meetings; city events; current elections for Willow Park Citizens. Details in blog linked below.
City of Willow Park Newsletter, February 2024
Willow Park City Event: Total Eclipse Watch Party, 08 April 2024, Noon
WP Church of Christ will now be a multi-use commercial office building or a private school.
Willow Park has a new Billboard at City Hall
Elections 2024, Cancelled, 04 May Willow Park Municipal Election
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 23 February 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
20 February 2024 P&Z Commission. Added WPC audio file and WPC Notes
“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear." Thomas Sowell, American economist, social philosopher, political commentator, senior fellow Hoover Institution.
20 February 2024 P&Z Commission
Elections 2024, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park, Index
As Tarrant and Parker populations surge, transportation experts discuss the economic impact of region’s next steps
How about a roller skating rink in south Willow Park. Haney Development, south of Bankhead, is bringing its new commercial growth to Willow Park.
Willow Park applying for TXDOT Grant to "beautify" TxDOT rights-of-way.
Two Public Hearings for WP Church of Christ rezoning from residential to Planned Development.
Willow Park Public Notices for Week Ending 09 February 2024
Williams Weekly: Monday, 12 February 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 09 February 2024
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident
13 February 2024 Council Meeting
Elections 2024, Run for 04 May Willow Park Municipal Election
Two Public Hearings for WP Church of Christ rezoning from residential to Planned Development.
Willow Park Public Notices for Week Ending 09 February 2024
Update: Air Quality in Willow Park and Parker County from surrounding growth. Hint. It ain't getting better.
80 more homes to The Reserves in Willow Park. "Willow Park to Add More Rooftops to Booming Parker County Suburb"
DFW retail real estate shatters four decade record. And it's coming our way. Hint: Costco in Weatherford.
Results of Q&A Town Hall, WP Church of Christ rezoning from residential to commercial. Use Planned Development Zoning to implement Citizen changes.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 05 February 2024
Update: Fort Worth will welcome millions for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, largest sporting event ever.
Reminder Monday for February 2024
Texas set three records for power demand and supply, during last month's winter storm.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 02 February 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
23 January 2024 Council Meeting. Added Minutes and Willow Park Civics Blogs.
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.” Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President and Founding Father, Letter to W. C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
Today, 05 February 2024 is the deadline to register to vote in the 05 March 2024 Party Primary
Permanent conservation of 624-acre North Texas ranch, less than 100 miles south of Willow Park.
Falling Across Texas, Remembering the Columbia Shuttle
Forum for Republican Candidates for Parker County, Thur, 01 Feb, 2024, 6P, in Willow Park. Listen, question, vote.
Q&A meeting, residential to commercial rezoning, Wed, 31 Jan, 11A, City Hall. This issue affects all Willow Park homeowners who don't want a commercial office building as a neighbor.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 29 January 2024
City of Willow Park Newsletter, January 2024
Elections 2024, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 26 January 2024
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist
Q&A meeting, residential to commercial rezoning, Wed, 31 Jan, 11A, City Hall. This issue affects all Willow Park homeowners who don't want a commercial office building as a neighbor.
WPark Church of Christ neighbors postponed rezoning before it began. Citizen participation protects Citizen rights.
Rural Willow Park is shrinking. Continuation of larger Willow Park residential properties for sale and development.
Index for Willow Park Church of Christ rezoning from residential to commercial
Newsletter from Roger Williams, the US House Rep. for Texas District
Speak up. How to speak at a City of Willow Park official meeting.
Message from home owners on rezoning WP Church of Christ from residential to commercial at 23 January 2024 Council Meeting.
Rezoning from residential to commercial is an important issue for ALL Willow Park residential owners. Decisive Council Meeting Tue 23 January. Speak up.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 19 January 2024
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr., US Civil Rights Leader and Christian Minister
Taylor Sheridan's new "Land Man," filming around Fort Worth and Weatherford, is casting local oil roughnecks.
Cedar fever woes get worse thanks to the cold weather. Here’s how.
Elections 2024, Run for 04 May Willow Park Municipal Election
Church of Christ, in old residential Willow Park, proposing commercial zoning for new office building.
Elections 2024, May Willow Park Municipal Election
16 January 2024 P&Z Commission
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 12 January 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
09 January 2024 Council Meeting
Added minutes
Update. Fort Worth will welcome millions for the 2026 FIFA World
Added Article. Fort Worth area looks to score transit win ahead of FIFA,
• 16 January 2024 P&Z Commission Meeting
• A chilling plan. ERCOT has long term plans to connect to the federally controlled electric grid.
• Walsh Ranch's new 8 story office building will add to local skyline.
• Wilks Development is building a new, ProFrac Corporate HQ Office Building, with City of Willow Park financial incentives.
• Growth and Development Update
• 09 January 2024 Council Meeting
• Williams Weekly: Monday, 08 January 2024
• Willow Park Civics News Summary, 05 January 2024
"We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something — for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. And we have good reason to be hopeful and optimistic. We've made much progress already. So, let us go forth with good cheer and stout hearts — happy warriors out to seize back a country and a world to freedom." Ronald Reagan, 40th USA President
Proclamation to Louie Lu, Willow Park Developer
City of Willow Park Newsletter, December 2023
Veale Ranch development is moving fast forward... towards Willow Park
Willow Park Civics News Summary and Compendium for 2023
Reminder Monday for January 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
12 December 2023 Council Meeting
Added minutes
Added article. How a 12-year-old federal lawsuit turned a judge into Texas’ foster care czar Texas Tribune, updated: 03 April 2023. As Judge Janis Jack continues to threaten contempt-of-court fines in a federal lawsuit against the state’s foster care system, advocates say the case has moved the needle on reform — but it has come with a hefty price tag.
Parker County Transportation Bond and Willow Park Streets
Added article. Transportation bond, The Community News, 21 December 2023 “Of the various projects, Naron said that the improvement of the east and west corridors, such as frontage roads that fully connect and the connection of Bankhead Highway [A portion of Bankhead Highway runs through Willow Park.], will be “vital” to complete prior to the expansion of I-20.”
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