CityWide CleanUp YearRound

   About this time last year, we staged our annual CityWide CleanUp Day at Oran Good Park with document shredding, old prescription medication dropoff, electronics recycling and household hazardous waste collection.

   The response from the community was overwhelming, literally.

   While we were wonderfully gratified that our citizens want these services and had been informed through our communication channels about the event, we had no idea that the resulting response would translate to such long lines for some of you.

   We think we have a solution that both satisfies the need for these services while improving them overall.

   First of all, CityWide CleanUp will no longer be one specific day. Rather, it will be an ongoing project, offering these various services in different locations throughout the year. Let me be specific.

   Electronics Recycling is now available every week at the Citizen Collection Center, 1399 Valley View Lane, west of Luna Road. Hours are 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Find out more about what can and cannot be dropped off at farmersbranchtx.gov/ewaste.

   A Prescription Medication Drop Off container is now located in the lobby of the Farmers Branch Justice Center and is available every Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. This is designed for prescription patches, tablets, vitamins, samples, pet medications and over-the-counter meds. They cannot accept needles, business medications, thermometers, inhalers, lotions or liquids and aerosol cans. Call the Police Department for more info at 972.484.3620.

   There will be two Document Shredding events coming up this year with the first scheduled for Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon at City Hall. These events are designed for residential use only. The second event will be coming up this fall.

   Finally, Household Hazardous Waste collection is not something we've been able to offer every year as it is subject to Dallas County's mobile collection schedule. However, we have secured a date for this year - Saturday, June 27 with a time and location to be announced. Beyond that, Farmers Branch residents can take Household Hazardous Waste to the Dallas county Home Chemical Collection Center every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (along with some Saturdays). hours may vary. Call 214.553.1765 for more information.

   We believe that this more diversified schedule of multiple events will serve our citizens well. For more information, call City Hall at 972.247.3131.

Aquatics Center schedules job fair for part-time & seasonal workers 

   For more information on available positions or to find out more about the new Aquatics Center, visit fbh2o.com or call 972.919.8766.

Date Night in the Park adds Craft Beer Tasting for spring event

HISTORICAL PARK ~ In addition to the food trucks, music and outdoor movie, the popular "Date Night in the Park," set for Saturday, April 25 at the Farmers Branch Historical Park, will add a Craft Beer Tasting opportunity for this year's event.

• Southern Star Brewery, from Conroe, Texas, will feature Bombshell Blonde Ale and Buried Hatchet Stout. 
• No Label Brewing Company, from Katy, Texas, will have 1st Street Ale and El Hefe Weizen.
• Cedar Creek Brewery, from 
  Seven Points, Texas, will offer The Lawn Ranger and Dankosaurus (owner/founder Jim Elliott was a teacher at R.L. Turner High School before opening Cedar Creek Brewery). 
• Finnriver Cidery, out of Chimacum, Washington, will have Sparkling Black Currant Cider and Habanero Cider.