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🏫 LISD adopted its lowest tax rate since 1999, and the budget is still $7.3 million short
🇺🇸 Bells, colonial coats and a sing-along take over City Hall on Thursday
💼 A free hour at the library tonight for anyone with a business idea
🎨 Two free art shows are hanging at The Grand, and both come down September 26
Tuesday, September 15th (today).
Fuel Your Business Growth with the SBDC, 6 to 7 PM, Crawford Meeting Room, Lewisville Public Library, 1197 W. Main St., free, no registration required.
Blue Anjou Yoga Studio 19th birthday, day two of free classes, 427 W. Main St.
Wednesday, September 16th.
Toddler Nature Time at LLELA, 10 to 11:30 AM, 201 E. Jones St.
Free Yoga in the Plaza by Blue Anjou Yoga Studios, 6 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Family Movie Night at Buffalo Hirsch, 6 to 8:30 PM.
Thursday, September 17th.
America 250! Constitution Week Celebration, 5 PM, in front of Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church St., free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.
Teen Talks for ages 13 to 17, 5:30 to 6:30 PM, Lewisville Municipal Court, 1197 W. Main St., free. Two hours of community service credit for attending.
Free Bodyweight Strength Class in the Plaza, 6:15 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
BENDT Mixology Class at Ethel Janes, BENDT Whiskey Kitchen, 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
Friday, September 18th.
Artists selected for the "Eye Candy!" exhibit are notified by email.
Lewisville Area Chamber Women's Conference, 10 AM to 1:30 PM, Sparrow on Main, 105 E. Main St.
Saturday, September 19th.
Service Saturday pollinator seed harvesting at LLELA, 8 to 10 AM, 201 E. Jones St.
Old Town Lewisville Farmers Market from 8 AM to 12 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
FEED the COUNTRY meal-packing morning at Boomerjacks Lewisville, 2437 S. Stemmons Freeway, 8:30 to 10:30 AM.
Free Tai Chi in the Plaza, 9:30 AM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Saturday at the Homestead at LLELA, 10 AM to 1 PM.
Handbags for Healing Luxury Handbag Bingo and Brunch, 11 AM to 2:30 PM.
Last day to see "Tears to Glory" at Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles St.
CYT Greatest Show Gala: Emerald Lights, 7 to 9:30 PM, 907 W. Main St.
Monday, September 21st.
Lewisville City Council public hearing on the proposed property tax rate, Council Chambers, Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church St.
Free Monday Power Hour in the Plaza, 6:15 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Tuesday, September 22nd.
"Fresh Ideas 2026" opening reception and awards ceremony, 7 to 9 PM, Lewisville Grand Theater art gallery, 100 N. Charles St.
Wednesday, September 23rd.
Free Yoga in the Plaza by Blue Anjou Yoga Studios, 6 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Thursday, September 24th.
Free Bodyweight Strength Class in the Plaza, 6:15 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Friday, September 25th.
Early packet pickup for the CCA Hopeful Hearts Stampede, 10 AM to 6 PM, Christian Community Action, 200 S. Mill St.
Western Days opening night with the Eli Young Band, 4 to 11:30 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza, Old Town. Free before 6 PM, $15 after 6 PM for ages 13 and up.
Saturday, September 26th.
Western Days day two with the Randy Rogers Band, Wayne Ferguson Plaza, Old Town. Free before 6 PM, $15 after 6 PM for ages 13 and up.
Final day for the "She Found Her Way" and "Fresh Ideas 2026" exhibits at Lewisville Grand Theater, gallery open 10 AM to 5 PM.
No Old Town Farmers Market this week. The market takes the Western Days weekend off and returns Saturday, October 3.
Monday, September 28th.
Free Monday Power Hour in the Plaza, 6:15 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
Wednesday, September 30th.
Free Yoga in the Plaza by Blue Anjou Yoga Studios, 6 PM, Wayne Ferguson Plaza.
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Your School Tax Rate Just Hit Its Lowest Point Since 1999, and the District Is Still Short
Lewisville ISD trustees voted unanimously to adopt a tax rate of $1.0778 per $100 of taxable value for the 2026-2027 budget, the district's lowest rate since 1999. That is the school district line on your Denton County tax bill, and it lands in the same stretch of weeks that the city is holding hearings on raising its own rate. Two different taxing entities, two different directions.
The drop comes almost entirely from something expiring rather than a decision anyone made this year. After a storm disaster was declared in Denton County in May 2024, the district adopted four disaster pennies, a temporary four cent add-on. Those pennies ran out at the end of the last fiscal year, so the maintenance and operations rate falls by four cents. The interest and sinking portion, which covers debt voters already approved, stays flat.
Board member Jenny Proznik was blunt about how little say the board has in the number at all. The Texas Education Agency calculates the M and O rate using formulas the Legislature wrote in 2021, and the I and S side is driven by voter-approved bonds and county appraisal values. The board, she said, simply adopts "the number the state gives us."
The part that does not improve is the gap. The district is carrying a $7.3 million deficit for fiscal year 2026-2027, driven largely by the raises and expanded benefits it approved for teachers and staff back in May. LISD also points out that when appraisal values rise, the state formula pulls the extra property tax revenue back rather than letting local schools keep it. For what it is worth, the district still scored a perfect 100 and an A on the state's Financial Integrity Rating System this year, the best mark in southern Denton County.
Source: Cross Timbers Gazette and LISD Financial Dashboard
Bells, Colonial Coats and a Sing-Along Take Over City Hall on Thursday
The lawn in front of Lewisville City Hall turns into a history lesson this Thursday evening, September 17, when two local heritage groups mark Constitution Day and the country's 250th birthday in the same ceremony. The Cross Timbers Chapter of the Texas Daughters of the American Revolution and the Denton County Chapter of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution are hosting, and the whole thing is free.
The program opens with a formal presentation of colors and live music from Harmony Roads, then moves into living-history readings of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, performed by DAR and SAR members in colonial attire. Mayor TJ Gilmore is set to present proclamations recognizing both the semiquincentennial and Constitution Week.
Two details make it more participatory than a typical proclamation ceremony. Everyone in the crowd rings a bell at the same moment, and the evening closes with a community sing-along of "God Bless America." Guests get a patriotic gift bag on the way in with a handheld flag, a bell for the ceremony and a bookmark printed with the preamble.
September 17 is Constitution Day because that is the date the delegates signed the document in Philadelphia in 1787. Constitution Week runs through September 23. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket.
Event Details
📅 Date: Thursday, September 17
🕐 Time: 5 PM
📍 Location: In front of Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church Street
💲 Admission: Free
Source: Cross Timbers Gazette
A Free Hour Tonight for Anyone With a Business Idea and Nowhere to Start
The Lewisville Public Library is hosting a free Small Business Development Center session tonight, Tuesday, September 15, from 6 to 7 PM in the Crawford Meeting Room. No registration, no ticket, no cost. Show up and sit down.
The hour is aimed at two groups that rarely get the same advice. People with an idea and no company yet, and people already running something who have hit the ceiling of what they can figure out alone. The SBDC's job is connecting both to federal, state and local resources they usually do not know exist, from financing programs to market research to one-on-one advising.
If you have been quietly turning something over since spring, this is a low-commitment way to find out whether there is real help available before you spend money looking for it. The library is at 1197 W. Main Street and stays open until 8 PM on Tuesdays.
Event Details
📅 Date: Tonight, Tuesday, September 15
🕐 Time: 6 to 7 PM
📍 Location: Crawford Meeting Room, Lewisville Public Library, 1197 W. Main Street
💲 Admission: Free, no registration required
Source: City of Lewisville
Two Free Art Shows Are Hanging at The Grand, and Both Come Down September 26
Lewisville Grand Theater currently has two free exhibits up at the same time, in two different hallways, and both close on Saturday, September 26. If you have been meaning to wander through, you have about eleven days.
In the Administrative Hallway Gallery is "She Found Her Way," a solo show by Crys Nelson. Nelson works as a process artist, which in practice means she is more interested in what a material does than in landing on one signature look. The show pulls together bold mixed media paintings, prints and collage built around mark-making and surface texture, plus assemblage pieces that give discarded objects a new story.
The other is the Visual Art League of Lewisville's "Fresh Ideas 2026," its annual juried exhibit, which draws artists from across Texas and covers a wide spread of media. The opening reception and awards ceremony is still ahead, on Tuesday, September 22 from 7 to 9 PM in the art gallery. VAL is one of ten local arts groups the city funds through its cultural arts grant program.
One practical warning worth repeating. There is heavy road construction at the Main Street interchange with I-35E, so leave a few extra minutes. Free parking is available along Main and Church streets and at City Hall across from the center.
Event Details
📅 Date: Both exhibits run through Saturday, September 26. "Fresh Ideas 2026" reception is Tuesday, September 22
🕐 Time: Gallery hours Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM, and during public performances. Reception 7 to 9 PM
📍 Location: Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles Street
💲 Admission: Free
Source: City of Lewisville and VAL Fresh Ideas 2026
🕰️ Trivia Day in Lewisville
The first person ever hired to run Lewisville as a full-time job was John C. Dodson, brought on as the city's first professional city manager in the 1960s. Before that, the mayor handled the day to day, which works fine for a town of a few thousand people and stops working the moment it is not one.
Hiring a manager moved Lewisville into the council-manager form of government it still uses today. Elected officials set direction and approve budgets, and a hired professional actually runs the departments, the payroll and the potholes. Every city manager since has been working in a chair Dodson sat in first.
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🌊 Lake Lewisville Check
Lewisville Lake was 86.2% full in the September 13 reading from Water Data for Texas, which was still the newest daily figure posted when this issue was built. Average water level was 519.01 feet, right about three feet under the 522-foot conservation pool that counts as a full lake.
The decline stays gradual. The lake read 86.5% two days before that, 87.7% a week earlier and 93.8% a month earlier, which is the normal late summer pattern of evaporation and downstream releases running ahead of rainfall. On the same date last year it sat at 93.9%, so the lake is roughly seven and a half points behind where it was in September 2025.
No lake advisories are posted. At three feet down, the main boat ramps and swim areas including Party Cove are still in normal use, but the shoreline keeps stepping outward, so give sandbars and submerged stumps a wider berth than you would in spring.
Source: Water Data for Texas
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