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Economic Development Project Updates

Oakridge Park Splash Pad Ribbon Cutting was held on May 27, 2022. Oakridge Park is located at 1400 Spring Oaks Dr. Hours of the splash pad are from 8am to 8pm. The Balch Springs Community and Economic Development Corporation Type B is funding the $1.4M pa...

Mayor Carrie Gordon Becomes a Delegate to the Texas Municipal League's Municipal Policy Summit

We are proud to announce that our Mayor Carrie Gordon, was asked to serve as a delegate to the League’s “Municipal Policy Summit,” which will meet August 22-23, 2022 at the Hilton Austin (located at 500 East 4th Street). The ...

Neighborhood Services - Care for Parks

The City of Balch Springs has placed a significant amount of investment into the public spaces that are part of the park system in Balch Springs. The significant increase in vandalism of Balch Springs Parks is costing the city thousands of dollars to make...

2022 Best Southwest (BSWP) Mayoral Scholarship Recipient

Our congratulations to Cristo Rey senior, Javier Martinez, the recipient of the City of Balch Springs Best Southwest Partnership scholarship. Javier and Best Southwest scholars from neighboring cities were honored on June 13th at a luncheon at the Thorntr...

Mosquito Safety

Now that summer is here, be sure you are on the lookout for places mosquitoes can breed. The heat accelerates the risk of the species of mosquitoes that carries WNV. They don’t require but about a bottle cap’s worth of water to lay egg...

Texas Broadband Survey

The Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) is seeking input from residents on their broadband needs and experience by county. This input will help form a statewide broadband plan. It will also assist the Texas BDO in competing for Bipartisan Infrastruct...

City Council Redistricting 2022

Resulting from the 2020 Federal Census, the City of Balch Springs’ single member council districts were found to be sufficiently out of population balance, which required redistricting. To comply with the “one-person, one-vote” principle established by th...

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program

What is CERT?

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates citizens regarding disaster preparedness relative to hazards that could impact our area, and provides basic disaster response skills training. These skills include fire safety, lig...

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Shelter Update

The Balch Springs Animal Shelter thanks you for your patience during this time of renovations. We are anxious to open our doors to the public again very soon! The date of complete reopening has been pushed back due to some unforeseen problem...