Headline Story Heath Responds to Winter Storm Uri Winter Storm Uri will go down in history as an epic weather event that brought the lows of extended power outages, severe property damage and other misery to millions of Texans. And it will go down in history as another time where the Heath community spirit shined […]
Headline Story CITY CELEBRATES OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES OF 2020 In a year of online meetings and re-imagined celebrations and events, it was only fitting that IT Director Carter Smith was named the 2020 Citywide Employee of the Year during the virtual staff Christmas party on December 18.
Headline Story HEATH STRONG A Message from the Mayor Years from now we’ll tell stories of how we tackled the pandemic of 2020. We’ll never take haircuts or toilet paper for granted again. “I’m so over these masks,” uttered at least once by most of us, will be a phrase of the past. Some stories […]
Headline Story Christmas 2020: Carriage Rides and More Christmas Lights in the Park Like so many other things, the City of Heath’s Annual Holiday in the Park celebration is on hiatus this year due to COVID-19. But there will still be Christmas joy in Towne Center Park, thanks to some creativity by the Special Events […]
Headline Story FY 2020-2021 City Budget Approved The City Council adopted the FY 2020-2021 City of Heath Annual Budget at a Special Meeting with a Public Hearing on September 8. The action followed months of work held in open meetings.
Headline Story City and HEDC/HMBC Launches Mask Campaign: Heath Heroes Wear Masks As the global COVID-19 pandemic became local in March, the Heath City Council and Heath Economic Development Corporation (HEDC)/Heath Municipal Benefits Corporation (HMBC) moved swiftly to bring aid to Heath businesses with a stimulus program that tapped up to $500,000 of the HMBC […]
Headline Story FIRST PATH PROJECT READY TO ROLL! The City of Heath and Park Board launched the Parks And Trails of Heath (PATH) fund raising program in November 2019, and its first project to bring more shade to Towne Center Park will be underway by the Fall of 2020.
Headline Story HEATH GOES RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR JULY 4 The Heath community loves its traditions, including the Annual Independence Day Parade and Patriotic Program. So it was not an easy decision to celebrate differently during this season of COVID-19 concerns. “When you have a tradition where half the town is in the parade, […]
Headline Story THE STATE OF OUR CITY: SO FAR, SO GOOD As statements go, the above title is not overwhelmingly positive is it? But it is the truth. None of us can be sure if we are through the worst of this pandemic, or if things will take a sudden turn again at any moment. […]
Headline Story MAYOR’S MESSAGE A handshake and a smile. That is how we were taught to measure the intentions and sincerity of those we met. Like 9/11 forever changed air travel, the gloves, masks and sanitizers of this pandemic will forever change how we socialize.
Headline Story CITY OF HEATH RESPONSE TO COVID-19! On March 17, we took the difficult and sobering measure of joining community leaders throughout the United States in taking a proactive response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) by declaring a local state of emergency disaster in Heath.
Headline Story Economic Development Update: Sales Taxes are Up in Heath! Spending locally pays off! The City of Heath sales tax revenues as of December 31, 2019 were up 39.6 percent compared to the same time a year ago, which is an upward trend that should continue with Tom Thumb, Manny’s Tex-Mex, Gianni’s Italian Bistro […]
