City of The Colony Electronic Newsletter • Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021

Fire, Police face-off for a cause

The Colony Fire and Police departments invite the community to join them for midday fun and games on the gridiron! TCFD & TCPD will be playing a flag-football game from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, at "Grandscape Field," 5752 Grandscape Blvd. Admittance to the game is a donation of an unwrapped toy valued between $10-$50. Many thanks to the community sponsors of this year's public safety toy drive event, including Rock & Brews, SCHEELS, Parry's Pizzeria & Taphouse, and Grandscape. See you at the game!

Christmas Spectacular Lightshow underway

The Colony Christmas Spectacular Lightshow is underway now through Jan. 2, 2022, at Perryman Park, 4930 South Colony Blvd. The show is choreographed to music and can be seen every evening from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tune your radio to 99.9FM to enjoy the music!

Stockings are hung at TCAS!

The Colony Animal Services invites the community to come by the shelter during business hours and help fill some stockings! Each of their furbabies will get a stocking of their very own when they get adopted. TCAS is at 4720 East Lake Highlands. For more information, call 972-370-9250.

New traffic light under construction

Work has been underway a little over a month on the new traffic signal going in at Standridge and Memorial drives. Most of the work is underground at this point in the project, alongside paving modifications to the sidewalk and intersection. The project is estimated to be finished by summer 2022, as we await manufacture and delivery of various traffic-signal components. Please #DriveSafe!

Thank you for your service

Mayor Richard Boyer (at right) and The Colony City Council honored former Mayor Joe McCourry (at left) and former Place 1 Councilmember Kirk Mikulec on Dec. 7, 2021, with a presentation of various recognitions of service. Of note, Mayor McCourry received a framed gavel - the same one he used on the dias his 12 years as mayor of The Colony. Many thanks to both for their long-time service to the community! Click the image for more photos from the evening's festivities.

New pavilions completed

Looking for a great place for a family gathering, birthday party or family reunion? We are excited to announce the opening of three new pavilions at local TC parks! Construction has recently been completed on new pavilions at Perryman, Slay/Baker and Friendship parks. Pavilions are available for reservation by completing a Pavilion Request Form. Click the photo to be directed to the form. Once you have submitted a request you will be contacted by The Colony Parks & Recreation Department staff to complete your reservation. For more info, call 972-625-1106.

The Spring 2022 issue of The Colony Parks & Recreation Department's PlayTC! catalog is now available online. Click the photo to check it out! It will hit your mailbox at home in the next few weeks. Take a few minutes to look through and find some of the fun activities being planned for Spring for you and your family.

What else is In THE News?

On Tuesday, Dec. 7, The Colony City Council approved a $63,250 professional services contract with Dunkin Sims Stoffels for Kids Colony Splash Park Phase II.
Also on Dec. 7, the City Council approved a $48,180 engineering services contract with Halff Associates for plans and specifications for a new pedestrian hybrid beacon on North Colony at Power Street, near the Park Loop Trail, with funding provided by the Community Development Corp. board.
The City Council also approved a $238,000 FY 2021-22 budget amendment for engineering design and construction services for the West Lake Highlands Right Turn Lane Project.
Congratulations to members of The Colony Police Department who were recently promoted, including that of Salim Plumb to Sergeant; Aaron Woodard to Lieutenant; and Jay Goodson to Assistant Police Chief. In other TCPD news, Assistant Chief Chris Chandler (pictured above) recently retired from the department after more than 25 years in The Colony. A farewell reception for Chief Chandler was held Nov. 19 at City Hall.
#ICYMI: The City of The Colony is offering a cash reward of $4,000 for information leading to the return of items stolen from The Colony Five Star Complex earlier this year - most of which were fixtures in the city's Veterans Memorial. Click here for more information.
City offices, facilities, and the library will be closed Dec. 23-24 for the Christmas holiday. The library will be closed Dec. 23-27. There will be NO delays to trash/recycling collection that week, as Christmas Day falls on a Saturday.