With about 600 vehicle service appointments per month, it’s safe to say the Fleet Services Department keeps the City running. Daily, the six bays at the Service Center are filled with fire department apparatus, police department cruisers, solid waste and recycling trucks, parks and recreation vehicles, water utilities, construction and facilities maintenance vehicles, Senior Center vans, riding lawnmowers and more.
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Since 1972, the National Neighborhood Watch program has encouraged residents to be the eyes and ears in their neighborhoods. The program calls upon residents to assist law enforcement in the prevention of crimes by monitoring their blocks and providing information to law enforcement that could lead to arrests.
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Members of the Richardson Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) group operate behind the scenes, only becoming visible during rare emergency situations.
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Thanks to community, corporate and City partners, Network of Community Ministries moved to its new location in The IQ® with a ribbon-cutting celebration on Sept. 7 at 1500 International Pkwy.
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Richardson City Hall/Civic Center, 411 W. Arapaho Rd., will serve as an early voting location for the Nov. 2 City of Richardson Bond and Texas Constitutional Amendment elections. Richardson residents may also vote early at any other early voting center designated by Dallas County or Collin County.
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The Dallas County and Collin County tax offices will mail property tax statements to Richardson residents this month based on values set by the county appraisal districts as of Jan. 1, 2021.
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A $190 million no-tax-rate-increase bond election will appear on the ballots of Richardson voters on Election Day this November. The package includes five propositions, each of which will be voted on individually.
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The City of Richardson and CORE District merchants are hosting a Main Street Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 23 from noon-5 p.m. along Main Street between Interurban and McKinney streets.
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f Richardson will have a $330,788,419 combined operating budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The budget includes a 1-cent decrease to the property tax rate and was adopted in August by the City Council. It will go into effect Oct. 1.
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Each Tuesday and Friday evening at Heights Recreation Center, students clad in traditional white uniforms and colorful belts learn and apply karate concepts under the instruction of their senseis (teachers).
This fall, four Beyond Karate teen and young adult participants are testing to earn their black belts. These students have achieved beyond any limitations of disability. Instructor Witek Nowosiad began the program in 2014 with the support of master karate instructor Takao Nakaya. Beyond Karate is part of the larger organization, Ryubukai Karatedo, led by Nakaya.
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