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Grimes County Go Texan hosted their 17th Annual Crawfish Boil at the Grimes County Expo Center April 15. Grimes County Go Texan raises money for Grimes County youth and awards approximately $50,000 in scholarships to qualifying seniors each year. Payton Timm was the winner of the 50/50 drawing winning $750.
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Pocahontas Society Children of the American Revolution of Navasota attended the Texas State Children of the American Revolution conference in Pflugerville March 30-31, earning severalawards.
Awards include: State Merit Gold Award; Most Outstanding Society 26-39 members; State President contest – Most informative Program - Outstanding Achievement, Best Letter Written to Buffalo Soldier - First Place to Reagan Meredith; Society Best History Book - First Place; Government Studies - Second Place for Best Society Program; Second Place for Best Conservation Program; Second Place for Best Kids Helping Kids Program.
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Public hearings preceding two zoning change requests elicited a number of resident comments at the April 13 Regular Meeting of the Navasota Planning & Zoning Commission.
Pecan Lakes Estates
Following a public hearing, commissioners approved James and Dorothy Hassell’s zoning change request for1.310-acres along CR 424, property approved for annexation by the Navasota city council Feb. 13.
Development Services Director Lupe Diosdado explained that annexed properties are automatically zoned A/O: Agriculture/Open Space District. Hassell requested a zoning change from A/O to Pecan Lakes Estates Phase 3 PUD (Planned Unit Development) for the development of 4-6 single dwelling residences.
Read moreTuesday, April 11, Grimes County commissioners held its second workshop to review 27 county-owned andseven Grimes County Historical Commission properties. No decision was reached regarding the three most discussed buildings – the former county clerk’s building on Main Street, the vacant Anderson annex on W. Buffington Avenue and the old maintenance building on Main Street.
The old county clerk’s office is the site of the original First Bank of Anderson and the object of a tug-of-war between the Grimes County Historical Commission and the Elections Department following the hire of Elections Administrator Rachel Walker.
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The City of Navasota invites the community to a ribbon cutting event Saturday, April 29, at 10 a.m. to celebrate the completion of the Navasota Dog Park, located at August Horst Park (100 Airport Drive) in Navasota.
Read moreThe City of Navasota and Navasota Economic Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of a community job board, a free resource for businesses and job seekers located in Navasota.
"We understand that hiring and retaining a qualified workforce is an important priority for local employers,” said Economic Development Director Rayna Teicheira. “We are providing this recruitment tool, and promoting the website regionally, to help our businesses create a wider net in accessing the best employees needed in Navasota."
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Navasota comes alive once again, with the opening of Navasota Theater Alliance’s (NTA) newest Live Show Production of “Lend Me A Tenor,” set to open the last weekend of April at Sunny Furman Theatre
There will be nine shows over three weekends. A sensational winner of three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards on Broadway, this screwball comedy play promises to have you laughing in the aisles. Eight accomplished actors will navigate through hilarious dialogue and sidesplitting antics.
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Anderson-Shiro FFA had two teams compete at the Area Land and Homesite CDE's at Tarleton State University. The Homesite team won first place and Will Abraham earned first place high individual. Brooklyn Byars laced fifth, Hannah Abraham sixth and Rome Rivera 10th. The Land team placed third overall. Individual results: Hayden Zimmerman, sixth, Hannah Wawarofsk, 10th and Emberly Hulsman, 15th. Both of these teams qualified for the State CDE contest April 27, at Tarleton State University. The Ag Engineering team advanced to State with a second-place finish at Blinn College. At the State contest they placed 18th.
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