{"id":305494,"date":"2014-06-25T13:54:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T18:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=305494"},"modified":"2014-06-26T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T18:23:32","slug":"tyler-becomes-a-purple-heart-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=305494","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Becomes a Purple Heart City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/06\/thumb_cityoftyler2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/06\/thumb_cityoftyler2.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_cityoftyler\" width=\"99\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-305495\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler City Council Wednesday proclaimed Tyler a Purple Heart City.  \u201cTyler has a long history of strong support for this nation\u2019s veterans,\u201d said Mayor Martin Heines. \u201cSmith County is home to nearly 18,000 veterans and we are honored to receive the Purple Heart City classification.\u201d According to a city news release, &#8220;Thanks to Nick Sciarrini and Lloyd Jones, who lead the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Tyler has been proclaimed as a Purple Heart City honoring those who have been so brave in defending America\u2019s freedoms.&#8221;  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2011, the city appointed a Mayor\u2019s Veterans Roundtable to develop and implement a Community Blueprint for supporting and enhancing veterans\u2019 services in the Tyler community.  The Roundtable focuses on employment, education, housing, medical care, and mental health.  One of the outcomes of the Veterans Roundtable is the Veteran and Military Growth Initiative (VMGI).  The VMGI outlines more than 40 strategies and tactics for veteran-focused community growth, to bolster the Tyler and Smith County economy as well as demonstrate Tyler\u2019s never-ending support for its veterans and their sacrifices, according to the release.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumerous nonprofit services have grown and improved in Tyler,\u201d said Heines. \u201cThe goal is to provide a forum to learn and share best practices and to bring key stakeholders together to collaborate in assisting those who have served our country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler City Council Wednesday proclaimed Tyler a Purple Heart City. \u201cTyler has a long history of strong support for this nation\u2019s veterans,\u201d said Mayor Martin Heines. \u201cSmith County is home to nearly 18,000 veterans and we are honored to receive the Purple Heart City classification.\u201d According to a city news release, &#8220;Thanks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=305494\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler Becomes a Purple Heart City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 14:26:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=305494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305497,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305494\/revisions\/305497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=305494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=305494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=305494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}