This Week in Granbury
If you have not been downtown recently you are missing all of the construction around the Courthouse. Things are a pretty big mess with all of the drilling for the geothermal system which will heat and cool the Courthouse after the renovations are completed.
The problem the downtown merchants are having is dealing with no parking around the Courthouse and putting up with all the noise and mess. There is still plenty of parking behind the Opera House and a block east of the Square so make sure and visit your favorite store.
I am sure with the recent reports in the paper about the decrease in sales tax revenues, the local merchants are feeling the pinch and the construction is certainly not helping. Also with the reduction in drilling in the Barnett Shale, many of the people that worked in that sector are no longer here, although I certainly do not miss the traffic, they did spend locally with the merchants and especially the restaurants.
So spend local and help the merchants and restaurants, plus the tax dollars will stay in Hood County.
Recent News:
The local War Memorial Waterfall to honor that died in Afghanistan and Iraq has been in the news recently. Seems that the funding has run out for the project and construction is stopped. The project was reported as being about 85 percent complete. The project has been quite an undertaking and will be the centerpiece of park on land donated by a developer in the area.
If you are out west of Granbury on 377, check it out and let’s hope that they are able to obtain the funding necessary to complete the work.
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