Arts Council Of The Brazos Valley Announces A New Executive Director

Bryan ISD Announces The End Of Third Party Food Delivery To Students

Bryan ISD announces the end of third party food delivery to students. BISD social media says the decision is “due to safety and security precautions”. The announcement follows comments made during the BISD school board’s April 1st meeting from board member Mark McCall. McCall said 30 to 45 lunches were being delivered per lunch period, causing issues for staff inside campus buildings and with the additional traffic outside the buildings. Click below to hear comments from Mark McCall during the Bryan ISD board meeting on April 1, 2024:   BISD’s social media said family members were invited to drop off food and/or join their children for lunch. A BISD spokesman told WTAW News that employees would still be allowed to receive food deliveries.

Bryan City Council Awards Construction Contracts For Westside Water And Sewer Line Extensions

Business at the July regular meeting of the Bryan city council included awarding two construction contracts to extend infrastructure on the city’s west side. Without public discussion, the council unanimously awarding a nearly $4 million dollar contract to extend a waterline whose customers can include the RELLIS campus. The primary customers will be those located along a two and a half mile stretch of Highway 47 south of the RELLIS campus. The council also unanimously awarded without public discussion, a nearly $1 million dollar contract to extend a sewer main line along Highway 47 to land that is owned by the Bryan Business Council for future development. Federal pandemic grant money is paying for the sewer line, and the waterline extension is being paid out of the city’s water department fund. Click HERE to read and download background information about the waterline extension contract. Click HERE to read and download the map associated with the waterline extension. Click HERE to read and download background information about the sewer line extension contract. Click HERE to read and download the map associated with the sewer line extension.

College Station City Council Approves Applying For A State Parks Grant And Continues Holiday Relationship With Santa’s Wonderland

The city of College Station’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget will include $750,000 dollars that would provide a match if the city gets a grant from the Texas parks and wildlife department. The council during its July 25th meeting without public discussion approved pursuing $750,000 dollars from the state. The combined funding, if the state approves, would be spent at Texas Independence Park for what is defined only as “permanent public park and recreation purposes”. In August 2023, the council voted to stop construction of baseball fields on the property off Rock Prairie Road due to soil conditions. Since then, the council has been deliberating about the park’s future use. While construction of baseball fields stopped, a building that will contain restrooms is expected to be completed in late August. Click HERE to read and download background information about the parks grant application approved at the July 25, 2024 College Station city council meeting. For the fifth consecutive year, the city of College Station will have a holiday presence at Santa’s Wonderland. The city council during its July 25th meeting without public discussion renewed an agreement to give the attraction $75,000 dollars in hotel occupancy tax money. One change from prior years, will be the absence of shuttle buses to and from the mall. That’s because Santa’s Wonderland will run shuttles from additional land they have purchased across Highway 6 from the theme park. The agreement continues to include College Station signage on the sides of the buses, along with city signage inside the park…all towards the goal of increasing tourism. Click HERE to read and download background information about the Santa’s Wonderland contract that was approved at the July 25, 2024 College Station city council meeting.