HIGHLIGHTS CITY MANAGER

Greetings, Sanger! Happy August Soon all of our kids will be headed back to school! Before the first day, please bring them to our Back 2 School Bash on August 12 at Switzer Park. We have a great event planned full of water slides, activities, and a couple of food trucks. Bring your chairs and blankets; we will close the evening with a family-friendly movie at the dark.

I want to thank everyone who supported us for our annual Freedom Fest Celebration Also, thank you to everyone who has provided feedback. The staff has taken all of your comments and has already begun planning for next year's event. Watch our social channels for the big announcement of our headliner for 2024!

Sanger is overflowing with great events Please join me on September 23rd for our first Old Bolivar Street Songwriter (OBS) Festival We have over 50 performers across two main stages and four venues. This promises to be a great event.

Watch our social channels for the announcement of the 255 Express Podcast. This will be the official podcast of the City of Sanger. Our first episode will air at the end of August. Buddy Jewell, our headliner for the OBS Festival, will be our first guest

You will see many road construction and repairs going on in the City. We have kicked off our annual maintenance and repair program. Please bear with us as we make these improvements. Additionally, we are happy to announce that Belz Rd. and Marion Rd. are on the list with the County for reconstruction. As a part of the bond package that passed several months ago, these roads were included in the repairs Now, your City Council is prepared to pass funding so we can begin engineering for both projects This will be a long-term project. watch our Facebook feed for further updates.

Thank you for your time.

John Noblitt City Manager