Blanco students will be seeing a new face in the hallways next month, but the new school resource officer is no stranger to the city or its school campuses.
Officer Austin Smith with the Blanco Police Department was selected at the end of last school year to be the district’s new school resource officer.
He graduated from Blanco High School in 2009.
“Working in the same schools I attended means a great deal to me,” Smith said.
What is a COA? “A Certificate of appropriateness is simply a document stating that the proposed work is appropriate for the historic district and meets criteria in the local code.”
Before you make exterior changes, order and install any signs, build or demolish a building, or need a zoning variance or rezoning of a property in the Blanco downtown historic district, you are required to apply for a certificate of appropriateness (COA).
The Blanco Streetscape Committee held a special meeting on June 30, 2021 at 1, p. m. at the Old Blanco County Courthouse Courtroom.
The committee board members attending were Pamela Capps, Retta Martin, Liz Waller and Richard Standifer. Member Mary Harris was absent. Ronnie Rodriguez, city public works liaison was in attendance.
The new proposed zoning map for the City of Blanco is headed to the city council.
The city’s planning and zoning commission approved changes to the Blanco proposed zoning map after a public hearing held Thursday evening. The changes are now in the hands of the city council, which must approve any changes to the current zoning map.
The City of Blanco is poised for potential growth after passing a resolution earlier this month delineating its policy regarding municipal utility districts, or MUDs. The city currently is not part of a MUD.
“The city was approached by a developer with plans to establish a MUD to support the needed infrastructure of a large proposed development south of Blanco,” said Councilwoman Connie Barron, on Tuesday.
ducation Foundation hosted a banquet for the Top Ten academic seniors from Blanco High School. Each student selected and honored a teacher who most impacted their path to academic excellence.
The evening was considered “first class” by all. The Carriage Hills Venue was appropriately decorated with Blanco colors: blue and gold.
The Blanco City Council passed a Resolution in December, 2009 that created the Blanco Streetscape Committee.
In January 2010, the committee held the first meeting with ten committee members, chaired by two Blanco Historic Commission members. From that time the committee held monthly meetings until Mayor Bruce Peele put the program on hold in 2017.
The first goal was to find an urban planner.
Blanco United Methodist Church held Vacation Bible School this week, Monday through Wednesday. The theme for the VBS was Anchored - Deepening Faith in God. Many local churches will host a VBS this year for the first time in two years, after not hosting one in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preparations have begun for a new festival that is set to enliven Blanco with color this fall.
The Blanco Chamber of Commerce’s first Texas Marigold Festival, to be held over the course of two weekends in October, will celebrate the flower with “movies, music and merriment.”
“We’re still planning, but now that the Lavender Festival is wrapped up we’ll be finalizing many details in the weeks to come,” said Libbey Aly, executive director of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce.
