Friday@5 -December 9, 2022

Happy Friday, Rowlett! Here’s your top news and highlights for the week of December 9:

Upcoming Events: The Light up Rowlett Holiday Decor awards voting has kicked off! Vote for your favorites through December 15th. More info here: https://bit.ly/3iQs773

The Rowlett Public Library is hosting a Gingerbread House making contest on Saturday, December 10 at 11am! The library will be supplying all supplies. For questions, reach out to the Library!

On Monday, December 12th, the Library is hosting Maker Monday at 6:30 pm- This month we will make charcuterie boards using woodburning tools. Perfect for all of the upcoming holiday events.

On Tuesday, December 13th from 7:30-9:30am You’re invited to Coffee with cops at the Panera Bread on 66 they’re also taking new and unwrapped toy donations for the Rowlett Police Association Toy Drive. We hope to see you there!

Here are some highlights from this week!

At Tuesday nights City Council meeting, A petition to seek membership in the North Texas Municipal Water District was formally approved by the Rowlett City Council. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3uBZVqV

Also at Tuesday night’s city council meeting, Officers Pierson and Webb were presented with the Police Department’s Life-Saving Award for their actions on July 5 of this year. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3HmSyvi

We had a successful 12 days of Christmas! Watch the Parade recap here: https://bit.ly/3PcuDAs

This week we enhanced website accessibility on Rowlett.com with the inclusion of AudioEye. AudioEye will optimize the Rowlett.com user experience for people of different abilities! Check it out for yourself.

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