Heart of Tyler Annual Meeting Held; Smith County Wins Brick Award

TYLER — For its work on major renovations to the county jail, Smith County wins Heart of Tyler’s annual Brick Award. The honor is handed out each year by the downtown organization for contributions to revitalization of the city’s downtown area. The announcement came at Heart of Tyler’s annual meeting at the Martin-Walker Law Firm. That venue was among those recognized at the meeting, for its renovations and its use as a community gathering place.

Numerous other accomplishments were mentioned, including the makeover of the People’s Petroleum Building and completion of the Fair Plaza Parking Garage. A look at future plans covered the impending moves of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to the downtown area. The parking garage is given much of the credit for those moves. The garage will also host a “Starry Night” Rooftop Dinner April 25. Several popular events will return this year, and there’ll be some other new ones as well, with more announcements to come,
according to organizers.