The community is invited to the 9th Strokes for Art in the Square on February 19, 2023. Guests will gather for a reception with refreshments in the foyer of Southlake Town Hall from 5-6:30 p.m.
The Southlake Women’s Club Foundation will present the Northeast Tarrant County charities selected as the 2023 beneficiaries during the reception. The showcased artwork of the nine featured artists offers samplings of the outstanding creatives that can be found April 28-30. The 23rd event t-shirt artwork designed by Niki Gulley will also be unveiled.
Voting begins for the 2023 The People’s Choice in late February. The community can cast a vote at Southlake Town Hall or on the city’s website for their favorite featured artist. Voting will end April 7, 2023.
Strokes is co-sponsored by the Southlake Arts Council, Apex Arts League and Art in the Square/Southlake Women’s Club.
Save the dates April 28-30 to attend Art in the Square… art, music and more!
For more information, visit www.apex-arts.org or www.artinthesquare.com.
It’s that time of year again, and the Community Services Team wants to wish all our residents and guests a happy holiday season!
We also want to thank everyone for participating in our programs and athletics leagues this year, checking into Champions Club, booking events at Legends Hall, and visiting our parks. We had a fun and productive year and are already planning an even better 2023!
If you are still looking for a few last-minute holiday ideas, here are some things you schedule in during the last few days of 2022.
See the Lights in Town Square
Southlake Town Square goes all out when it comes to holiday lighting. Check out Santa’s Village, marvel at our 25-foot-tall Christmas tree, and book an enchanting Carriage Ride at Rustin Park! Squeeze in some last-minute shopping to cross off everyone on your Nice List. Check out the carriage schedule here.
Give the Gift of Champions Club
If you are looking for the perfect gift for the fitness enthusiast in your life, look no further than Champions Club! Gift your family the joy of a Champions Club membership or get your friends a Champions club gift card to use at our concessions, program registrations, or for coveted day passes. Learn more about our membership options here.
Give Back to the Community
There’s no better time than the holidays to reflect on our blessings and give back to the community. The City of Southlake partners with multiple incredible organizations that provide our residents with world-class services. If you want to give back this holiday season, here are some ways to help.
We hope this list helps you finalize your holiday plans! The holidays can be wonderful and exhausting, so we hope everyone takes time to rest, recover, and create life-long memories with family and friends.
Happy Holidays from the Community Services Department! We can’t wait to see you in 2023!
Did you walk around Town Square last weekend and think the grass looked abnormally short?
Don’t worry it’s not an optical illusion, and no, the landscaper did not make a mistake. What you’re witnessing is the Parks Division preparing for our winter rye application. The Parks Division uses rye in its Turf Management Program to preserve high-traffic grassy areas during the winter months when the warm weather grass is dormant. Think of popular public parks like the ones in Town Square.
When grass is dormant, it cannot repair itself if damaged. It’s, therefore, more suspectable to creating bare and dead spots during City events when coming out of its dormancy in the Spring. All athletics fields utilized during the cold months use this process to keep them looking sharp and minimize wear and tear.
On top of preserving the warm weather grass from severe damage, rye acts as an erosion-preventative technique. The rye grass provides an extra root system that grows and holds the soil together during the heavy downpours over the winter months.
The annual winter rye application is just one example of the Parks maintenance techniques the Parks Division utilizes to keep Southlake beautiful and a wonderful place to visit. Their goal is to ensure every park in the City is clean, green, and safe! We feel fortunate to live and work in a City that takes such good care of its green spaces.
Donate to a Southlake Cares organization and earn a drawing entry for a Southlake Town Square Gift Card!
The holiday season means joy, peace and spending quality time with our closest loved ones. Bring a little extra happiness to our community this year with a donation to one, two or all of our Southlake Cares organizations and enter our drawing for a $250 Southlake Town Square gift card.
To enter, make a donation to a Southlake Cares organization on or between December 1 and December 20 then take a screenshot of your donation receipt(s) and upload with your entry form. You will earn one entry for each organization you support with a donation, for up to six entries! A random drawing for one winner will take place the week after the contest closes.
For the official rules and to submit an entry, visit: CityofSouthlake.com/SouthlakeCares.
Businesses in Town Square can now have an individualized look thanks to recent ordinances passed by City Council over the summer.
The modifications to the ordinances allow for greater flexibility for the provision of signage, administrative approval of storefront façade designs, and relieves some restrictions on the use of branding colors.
Town Square has always played a pivotal role in Southlake by serving as the heart of the community with retail, office and hotels which is highly critical for the community economically in terms of attracting visitors and other business opportunities.
The City has made recent modifications to the Town Square sign ordinance and Downtown “DT” zoning ordinance to create flexibility and efficiency in the provision of signage, store front designs and lighting with the intent to create an ordinance that streamlined the review and approval process.
The modifications to the ordinances will increase the variety and diversity in signage types to address new trends in retail while remaining complementary to building designs, the urban pedestrian-oriented environment and further placemaking efforts that may occur in the near future.
For more information on this ordinance, please contact the City of Southlake Planning and Development Services.
