Summary: Welcome to Roses & Weeds! A City of Tyler podcast that is here to keep you up to date with current events and news related to our beautiful city. A Press Release by the City of Tyler Communications Department about nonprofit aid in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief can be found here: http://www.cityoftyler.org/News/tabid/1554/ctl/NewsArticle/mid/3011/CategoryID/11/NewsID/33663/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]Skins/CityTyler/Departments. In our this episode, we have special guests Linda Gray the Youth Services Librarian with the Tyler Public Library, and we have returning guest Stephanie Franklin a Managing Director with the City of Tyler. With Linda we talk about the Tyler Public Library and the upcoming ribbon cutting ceremony for the Falmily Place Library as well as the children services and events that will be hosted at the Library this fall. For more information about the Tyler Library please visit their website: http://library.cityoftyler.org/. With Stephanie we discuss some aspects of the 2017-2018 Proposed Budget focusing mostly on the proposed increases of some park fees. Information about the 2017-18 Proposed Budget, including the budget book, public hearings, and a budget presentation can be found here: http://www.cityoftyler.org/Departments/FinanceDepartment/FinancialReports/AnnualBudget.aspx The upcoming Innovation Pipeline’s ribbon cutting. Event will be on Thursday September 7th, 2017. For more information please contact Veronica brady by phone at (903) 201-6247 or by email at vbrady@tylertexas.com. Roses & Weeds is recorded at the Tyler Innovation Pipeline, which is a makers space staffed by the city of Tyler and the University of Texas Tyler College of Business and Technology where you too can come record a podcast with our world class audio studio, record something on a huge professionally lit green screen, use 3d Printers, Laser Cutters, and so much more. Memberships are now available. Roses & Weeds is hosted by City employees Veronica Brady Innovation Manager of the Innovation Pipeline and by Samuel Brady, Engineering Services. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future show topics please reach out to us at PublicRelations@TylerTexas.com, and be sure to #roses&weeds all your questions to the City of Tyler on social media. Recordings of City Council, as well as Meeting Agendas, can be found here: tylercitytx.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx. City Council meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at City Hall 212 N. Bonner Ave, Tyler, TX 75702. Music used in intro and outro is Surfing day by Marcos H. Bolanos on Unchained Melodies Vol. 2, Creative Commons. Roses & Weeds is a City of Tyler production, all rights reserved. This episode was produced by Bob Mauldin, Julie Goodgame, Samuel Brady, and Veronica Brady. Edited by Samuel Brady. Shownotes by Samuel Brady.
