Join us for the Season 2 premiere of the Beaumont Beat as Beaumont City Manager Kenneth R. Williams shares a bit about his first full year here, what we can look forward to in 2024, how the city is balancing being fiscally responsible while planning for the future, and a topic that many of you are wanting to hear more about - the plans for downtown.

Resources:
Cattail Marsh Facebook
Library Website
Visit Beaumont Website
Lakeside Center Website
Downtown Plan Input
Downtown Hotel/Convention Center Public Input Meeting
Public Works Website
Downtown Plan Input
TIRZ Website

Topics:
0:00 Intro & Announcements
1:56 Quality of Life
2:57 1st Year as Beaumont City Manager
4:39 Plans for the Future, Public Works, Public Safety
7:04 Parks
7:57 Revitalizing Downtown
11:47 TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone)
13:30 Fiscal Responsibility
18:08 Police Chief Retirement
19:32 Fruit Trees & Outro

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Contact us at: communications@beaumonttexas.gov