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Fort Worth was founded as a military camp in 1849, named after General William Jenkins Worth. Today, the city is portrayed as more old-fashioned and laid-back than its neighbor, Dallas. Known as "Cowtown" for its roots as a cattle drive terminus, Fort Worth still celebrates its colorful Western heritage today and bills itself as "Where the West begins."(Information provided by Wikipedia.)
If you are looking at visiting, Fort Worth certainly offers the best to its visitors.
Whether you are looking at relocating, visiting this awesome city, or enjoying your community, Connecting Fort Worth is here to aid in locating all the area has to offer! |
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Dash Away All Your Holiday Waste |
The City of Fort Worth offers options to make proper disposal of all post-holiday waste simple and easy.
Two extra plastic bags of garbage may be placed outside the brown garbage cart on your first pickup day after both Christmas and New Year’s days — at no additional charge. Bags should not exceed 30 gallons or 40 pounds each. Additional garbage can be placed at the curb year-round by using Pay Bags. You can get these at Water Pay Stations or by calling 817-392-EASY (3279).
Non-artificial Christmas trees up to 8 feet tall may be placed at the curb on your garbage day, now through Jan. 30. Trees taller than 8 feet should be trimmed into sections (each no longer than 8 feet) to be collected during regular curbside brush pickup. Remove the tree stand and all decorations, nails, plastic bags and other wrappings.
But remember, garbage, recycling, yard trimmings and brush will not be collected Christmas or New Year’s days, which both fall on Thursdays this year.
That means for Christmas, if your regular weekly pickup day falls on either Thursday or Friday, your materials will be collected a day later that usual. And for New Year’s, if your regular pickup day falls on either Thursday or Friday, your materials will be collected one day later, also.
Crews have until 7 p.m. to pick up garbage, recycling, yard trimmings and brush. If you have a missed pickup, call 817-392-EASY (3279) within 24 hours after the 7 p.m. deadline.
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Counseling Available for Residents Facing Foreclosure |
Counseling Available for Residents Facing Foreclosure
The scariest word to any homeowner is “foreclosure.” It feels like the sky’s fallen in on you and your family.
The latest national stats show foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 279,561 properties in October, a 5 percent increase from September and a 25 percent increase from October 2007. Texas currently ranks 26th nationally, with a total of 9,900 foreclosure filings in 2008.
And, while the bust in the housing market and the downturn in the national economy hasn’t hit Fort Worth as hard other large cities, many residents are feeling the “pinch” of what some are calling a recession.
That’s why the City of Fort Worth’s Housing and Economic Development Department makes counseling and homeownership training available at no cost to all Tarrant County residents.
As a HUD-certified housing counseling agency, the department’s housing counselors help folks facing foreclosure as well as those who want to become homeowners create and follow a budget, work with creditors, consolidate and pay off loans and eliminate debts.
The department’s home ownership training covers how to shop for and buy a home, get a home loan, transfer a home’s title, maintain a home and be a good neighbor.
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