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Council recommends funding allocations for local nonprofits

Fri, 12/08/2023 - 12:00am

San Marcos City Council discussed and voted in favor of the allocation of $550,000 of the Human Services Grant Fund from the city’s general fund and $100,000 from American Rescue Plant Act funds to different nonprofit organizations in town at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. Various organizations had applied for specific amounts of funding and the Human Services Advisory board evaluated the groups across different criteria, including the city’s need for the services it provides, and gave recommendations on how much to allocate to each of the groups.

Council considers single-use container ban

Thu, 12/07/2023 - 12:00am

San Marcos City Council discussed the possibility of the establishment of a single-use container ban in all riverfront parks at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The discussion focused on the specifics of what that could look like for the city, what ways the rules could be equitable and unique to San Marcos and possible procedures for enforcement as well as the suggestion of a strategic partnership with Texas State University to enforce the ban in Sewell Park.

Council will consider container ban, low-income housing tax credits

Tue, 12/05/2023 - 12:00am

The San Marcos City Council has a full agenda at its regularly scheduled meeting set for 6 p.m. today, including considering amendments to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Policy, that allows for assistance with a lower percentage of income used for housing. The council is also set to discuss a single- use beverage container ban and cooler size limitation for riverfront parks, as well as consider $2 million dollar purchase of 108 work vehicles for various city departments and consider provision of American Rescue Plan Act funding for various entities.

Hanukkah event planned

As part of the World Hanukkah Observance, in San Marcos at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, a giant menorah candelabra will be lighted at the Hays County Historic Courthouse.
Photo provided by Chabad

Hanukkah event planned

Sun, 12/03/2023 - 5:00am

Chabad of San Marcos will light a public twelvefoot Hanukkah menorah candelabra at the Hays County Courthouse on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m.

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A photo of a Native American man from Edward Curtis' 1930 collection, The North American Indian.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection. hdl.loc.gov_loc.pnp_cph.3g03891

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A photo of indigenous women rolling out dough from Edward Curtis' 1930 collection, The North American Indian.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection. hdl.loc.gov_loc.pnp_ppmsca.050

Wittliff Director discusses Edward Curtis’ indigenous photography collection

Tue, 11/28/2023 - 12:00am

One of this nation’s first noted photographers, Edward Curtis, spent much of his career creating images that today are recognized as an attempt to create visual documentation of Native Americans.

Board considers possible restructuring, could take action in early December

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 12:00am

San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees listened to another presentation and additional public comment on the possible restructure of the board from five single-member districts and two at-large trustees to seven single- member districts at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Nov. 13. There were only two public comments on the item: one was for the restructure of the board and one was against it.

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