Put Technology
TO WORK
QUARTERLY UPDATE FY2020
VOLUME 5 ISSUE 1
In This Issue
Page 1 $750,000 State Grant Will Improve Access to Technology in East
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rlington
Page 2 Telecom Companies Preparing for Next Generation Wireless
Service in Arlington
Page 3
Upcoming
Project Will Strengthen Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure
Near Lake Arlington | Arlington City Employees Team Up to
Develop Apps That Better Track Storm Damage, Mosquito Control
Efforts
Page 4 FY19 Budget by the Numbers | UTA Professor Testing Recycled
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sphalt for TxDoT
$750,000 State Grant
Will Improve Access
to Technology in East
Arlington
A new $750,000 Texas Library and
Archives Commission grant will help
the City increase the community’s
access to technology within and
surrounding the future East
Arlington Recreation Center and
Library.
The joint facility, which is slated
to open at Bob Cooke Park off New
York Avenue next year, will replace
the existing Hugh Smith Recreation
Center and East Branch Library.
Arlington voters approved funding
for the $26 million, 47,249 square-
foot facility in the 2014 Bond
Election.
The state’s Library Innovation Zone
grant will allow Arlington to expand
internet availability, creating a tech-
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centered outdoor community space, while increasing the technological
capabilities within the recreation center and library. The latter will
allow for the creation of a high-tech community room and a video chat
room that partners can use to interact with residents through classes
and meetings and virtual appointments, including appointments with
medical providers.
“We know that not all households in our growing community have
access to computers or high-speed internet. Yet these tools today are
critical when it comes to connecting our residents with educational
and career resources, public services or even information about their
local government or school district,” Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams said.
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