1. Roses & Weeds

Welcome to Roses & Weeds! A City of Tyler podcast that is here to keep you up to date with current events and news related to our beautiful city. In our inaugural episode, we have special guests Stephanie Franklin one of Tyler’s Managing Directors, and the Assistant Chief of the Criminal Investigation Unit with the Tyler Police Department, Mr. Billy Yates. We cover the recently updated Tyler Noise Ordinance, the Rose Complex Master Plan, an inter local agreement with UT Tyler to provide them access to the City Arborist, information about T.I.R.Z. (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones), the City of Tyler One Half Cent Sales Tax Program, and of course which Tyler Police Chief or Assistant Chief is “best dressed”. Roses & Weeds is recorded at the Tyler Innovation Pipeline, which is a makers space staffed by the city of Tyler and the University of Texas Tyler College of Business and Technology where you too can come record a podcast with our world class audio studio, record something on a huge professionally lit green screen, use 3d Printers, Laser Cutters, and so much more. Memberships become available on July 29. Roses & Weeds is hosted by City employees Veronica Brady Innovation Manager of the Innovation Pipeline and by Samuel Brady, Engineering Services. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future show topics please reach out to us at [email protected], and be sure to #roses&weeds all your questions to the City of Tyler on social media. Recordings of City Council, as well as Meeting Agendas, can be found here: http://tylercitytx.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx. City Council meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at City Hall 212 N. Bonner Ave, Tyler, TX 75702. Information relating to the City of Tyler One Half Cent Sales Tax Program can be found here: https://www.cityoftyler.org/Departments/EngineeringServices/HalfCentSalesTax.aspx. Project submissions can be sent here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtIChNUbVAdnoLrrWsildhD_Je5f4zO6ijWJIfj1LDeUhM_Q/viewform?c=0&w=1. Every project submission is reviewed for consideration on the Half Cent Annual Work Plan. Please feel free to reach out to Samuel Brady in Engineering for any questions related to the Half Cent Sales Tax Program. He can be reached at [email protected], or at 903-531-1126.Music used in intro and outro is Surfing day by Marcos H. Bolanos on Unchained Melodies Vol. 2, Creative Commons. Roses and Weeds is a City of Tyler production, all rights reserved.This episode was produced by Stephanie Franklin, Julie Goodgame, Samuel Brady, and Veronica Brady. Special thanks to Billy Yates. Edited by Samuel Brady.

Roses & Weeds is recorded at the Downtown Visitors Center and is hosted by the City of Tyler's Communication Department. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future show topics, please reach out to us at [email protected] and be sure to use #RosesAndWeeds on all your questions to the City of Tyler on social media.