Consider Texas Superstar® Plants for your Landscape
If you’re planting new plants this spring, the Dallas County Master Gardener Association recommends considering Texas Superstar® perennials—i.e. plants that are beautiful yet come back year after year with little care and not much water. To receive the...
Outdoor Water Schedule Changed to Summer Conservation
Richardson began its annual summer water conservation plan this week to help reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation. The plan reduces the times for outdoor irrigation to evening, night and early morning hours on a limited number of days each week. Watering via...
Annual Chlorine Maintenance Concludes for 2025
The annual 28-day chlorine maintenance conducted by the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD), Richardson’s water supplier, ended Monday, March 31. The safe treatment is both a water system maintenance function as well as a water conservation measure that helps...
Trash and Trees Highlights of Annual Trash Bash
The City’s annual Trash Bash was held last Saturday, helping to clean the environment (and closets) of trash as well as items that can be reused or recycled. In addition, the first “Richardson Replants” tree giveaway of the spring season was held. This...
SBA Offers Relief to Texans Affected by March Storm
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the availability of low-interest federal disaster loans to Texas businesses, nonprofits and residents who sustained physical damages and economic losses from the March 4, 2025 thunderstorms, straight-line...
Monarch Migration Underway; City’s Butterfly Gardens are a “Rest Stop”
The monarch butterfly’s annual migration from Mexico to the northern U.S. and Canada is in full swing, and since Richardson is in the pathway it’s a great place to spot them. The City has been a Mayor’s Monarch Pledge city since 2015 (a program of the National...
Trash Bash Held in Richardson
Richardson's Annual Trash Bash gives people a chance to recycle with several outdoor activities including Richardson Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association's electronic recycling and document shredding at The Heights Church. Trash Bash also included cooking oil...
BABIC Delays Experienced Due to High Call Volume
Brush and Bulky Item Collection has been experiencing delays due to an increase in call volume related to seasonal demand. The call volume for the last two weeks has averaged 695 BABIC stops per day, with several days receiving more than 830 calls—a 115 percent...
City’s Annual Trash Bash is Tomorrow
The City’s annual Trash Bash takes place tomorrow (Saturday, March 29) at two locations (First United Methodist Church Richardson and The Heights Church) and will include a variety of collections designed to help with spring cleaning and enhance our environment. In...
Richardson Named a Tree City USA
The Arbor Day Foundation has named Richardson a 2024 Tree City USA in recognition of its ongoing efforts to protect and replenish trees throughout the community. For more than 50 years, the Tree City USA program has recognized cities and towns that leverage urban...