Letter from the Mayor

ENSURING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS

Little Elm will strive to maintain positive relationships within the community and region . Strong and positive relationships are accomplished by conducting business with a level of integrity, promoting open communication, transparency, partnership, and displaying a high level of courteousness in all of our communications . We will operate with a partner mentality with all entities with which we share a common interest .

A PROUD PARTNER

• Added online form for proclamation requests to streamline the approval process . • Established a Youth Council and Veterans Committee to provide additional engagement opportunities . • Re-established the New Resident Bag Program . • Facilitated seventh class of CGA for a total of 100 graduates . • Hosted our first four district Town Hall events. • Worked to re-establish Keep Little Elm Beautiful . • Established Lakefront Merchants Association . • Joined the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, the Denton

Chamber of Commerce, and The Colony Chamber of

Commerce . • Re-established Touch-a-Truck and the Town Expo . • Participated in local consortiums and partnerships to enhance the library’s services: Denton County Library

Association and Texas cloudLibrary Consortium . • Completed the Santa Around Town Program for every subdivision within the Fire Department’s service area . • Hosted a Fire Department Open House for the community . • Deployed firefighters on eight major incidents

throughout the State of Texas . • Fire and Police promoted and participated in the

Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive . • Completed our eighth Citizen Police Academy and eighth Citizen Fire Academy . • Police renegotiated contract with Paloma to add three additional Detectives . • Police added School Resource Officers to Little Elm ISD and Denton ISD . Little Elm ISD now has at least one officer present on all campuses. • Formed a partnership with Corinth Police Department for a Major Accident Investigation Team . • Formed partnership with Corinth Police Department for

SWAT team response . • Chamber Membership has grown to 200 people . • Chamber hosts over 45 networking events per year . • Expanded Chamber staff by adding one full-time employee in November 2021 and will add another after the first quarter in 2023. • Created a new Member Relations Program for the

Chamber: Board and staff write “We miss you” cards to members who are no longer active with the Chamber .

COORDINATING EVENTS FOR VETERANS IN THE LITTLE ELM COMMUNITY

THE VETERANS COMMITTEE

The Veterans Committee was created in May 2022 and the committee members were appointed by the Town Council in August . The committee came about because a few community members wanted a group that would coordinate events and information for veterans who live in the Little Elm community . The Veterans Committee hosted the Inaugural Veterans Honor Walk in November and are making plans for 2023, including a series of workshops to discuss benefits and mental health resources for veterans as well as hosting networking opportunities .

100

With the graduation of the seventh class of the Citizens Government Academy, we now have 100 CGA Alumni.