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 this episode of the Roses & Weeds, we are joined by Tyler Councilmember Don Warren who represents the Northeast district of Tyler, by Tyler Managing Director (and Roses & Weeds Intern) Stephanie Franklin, and by Tyler Communications Director Julie Goodgame to discuss Tyler's recent winning of two Texas Municipal Excellence Awards by the Texas Municipal League. More information on Tyler's winning of these two prestigious statewide awards can be found here: http://www.cityoftyler.org/News/tabid/1554/ctl/NewsArticle/mid/3011/CategoryID/11/NewsID/34056/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]Skins/CityTyler/Departments. More information on Bergfeld Park can be found here: http://parksandrec.cityoftyler.org/ParkDirectory/BergfeldPark.aspx. And more information on the 2018 Texas Municipal Excellence Awards can be found here: https://www.tml.org/2018-tml-municipal-excellence-award-winners-over. 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 from Tyler GIS or Geographic Information 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 #rosesandweeds 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 Courtney Burton, and Samuel Brady, Veronica Brady. Edited by Samuel Brady. Shownotes by Samuel Brady.
