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. In our this episode, we have special guests Scott Taylor the Managing Director of Public Works for the city of Tyler, and Angela Cardoza the Community Coordinator with Keep Tyler Beautiful. Scott Taylor spoke to us about the Tyler One Half Cent Sales Tax Program which is currently in its open call for projects. For more information on the Half Cent Sales Tax Program or to submit projects for consideration in the project please visit them on the web here: https://www.cityoftyler.org/Departments/EngineeringServices/HalfCentSalesTax.aspx. If you have additional questions about the program or about a particular project please call Kyle Dykes at 903-531-1126. Angela Cardoza spoke to us about Keep Tyler Beautiful and about many of the clean up and beautification programs happening in our community. For more information please visit them on the web here: http://www.keeptylerbeautiful.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 Veronica Brady the Innovation Manager for the city of Tyler and the co-executive director of the Innovation Pipeline and by Samuel Brady who works for the city of Tyler Geographic Information Services Department. 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 Samuel Brady, Veronica Brady, and Julie Goodgame. Edited by Samuel Brady. Shownotes by Samuel Brady.
