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Happy New Year!
January 1
New Year’s Day—City Offices CLOSED.
January 3
Hillsboro Day (free until noon)
at Trinity Landfill, Itasca.
January 6
City Council, 6 pm at the Historic
City Hall, 127 East Franklin Street.
January 19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—
City Offices CLOSED.
January 20
City Council, 6 pm at the Historic
City Hall, 127 East Franklin Street.
January 28-31
Hill County Fair.
February 3
City Council, 6 pm at the Historic
City Hall, 127 East Franklin Street.
February 7
Hillsboro Day (free until noon)
at Trinity Landfill, Itasca.
February 14
St. Valentine’s Day.
February 16
Presidents’ Day.
February 17
City Council, 6 pm at the Historic
City Hall, 127 East Franklin Street.
February 17
Hill College Performing Arts Series—
“Cirque Zuma Zuma,” 7:30 pm,
Hill College Gymnasium.
February 26
Hill County Day in Austin.
January 2015
Hillsboro Heritage League
Invites Residents to Join
With the start of the New Year, the Hillsboro Heritage
League invites the public to join the organization as
they strive to keep our heritage alive for the next generation. Current ongoing and completed projects of
the League include restoration of the portraits of the
City Fire Marshals, the “Glimpse of the Past” newspaper article in The Reporter, publication of the A rcadia
Images of Hillsboro book, and the preservation of the
Booth-Long house on North Waco Street. Several
potential new projects are being discussed, including
the return of Tour of Homes.
Membership in the organization is open to all who
would like to support the preservation of our history.
“If you are not already a member of The League, I
hope you will consider joining in our renewed commitment to Hillsboro’s historic preservation,” stated
League President Holly Harris.
For membership and League information contact Hillsboro Heritage League President Holly Harris at
[email protected], or P.O. Box 2, Hillsboro, 76645.
Preschool Storytime Tuesdays at 10am
in the Philotechnos Children’s Library
Stories and Crafts each week!
For more information, contact the
Hillsboro City Library at 254-582-7385
Statistics for
November 2014
Hillsboro Police
ACO Calls…215
Arrests…70
CFS….1706
911 Calls....632
Hillsboro Fire & Rescue
EMS Calls...88
Fire Runs...42
Total Calls…..130
EMS/Fire/Police Emergency….. Dial 911
Fire/Rescue Non-Emergency…. 582-2401
Police Non-Emergency………... 582-8406
Hillsboro Police Records………. 582-2141
Administration…………………... 582-3271
Airport……………………………. 582-3731
A Sense of Community
January 6
January 13
January 20
January 27
Public Works……………………. 582-3478
Animal Control………………….. 582-2381
Cemetery………………………... 582-3478
Community Development……….582-2119
Code Enforce/Inspections……... 582-3341
www.hillsborotx.org
I Spy Something RED
ORANGE You Glad?
Hello, YELLOW
GREEN is Groovy!
Court (Municipal)……….582-9634
Crime Stoppers………... 580-9120
Library………………….. 582-7385
Main Street…………….. 582-5499
Economic Dev…………. 582-5776
Utility Billing……………. 582-2252
A Lifetime of Possibilities
Hello, Hillsboro!
January 2015
IKO Finalizes Plans for Hillsboro
Manufacturing Facility
IKO Industries recently announced that its latest North American plant to manufacture residential and commercial
asphalt shingles and related roofing products will be located in Hillsboro. The family-owned, Canadian-based company has grown to over 25 plants in North America and Europe since being founded in 1951. Officials have been in
negotiations on the project with local government and economic development leaders since 2011.
Initially dubbed Project Westward Bound by Governor Rick Perry’s economic development office, the IKO Southwest project will be located on a 60-acre tract of land just north of Lee Roy Jordon Lumber in the Hillsboro Industrial
Park. The $80 million facility will be state-of-the-art, providing approximately 50 jobs when it opens in early 2017,
according to Derek Fee, manager of corporate communications for IKO.
“I want to take this opportunity to welcome IKO Southwest to the City,” Mayor Edith Turner Omberg said. “This
announcement culminates three years of negotiations since company officials first visited our community. I commend officials with Hill County, Hill College, Hillsboro Independent School District, members of the City Council
and Hillsboro Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) Board of Directors for their diligent work throughout
the process which led to this announcement.”
Jack Gannon, president of the HEDC board, added, “The Hillsboro EDC and IKO have worked together for several
years and spent many, many hours ironing out details which enables our city and county to benefit from the greatest
financial investment in local industrial development history. Being a family-owned enterprise, IKO will be an ardent
community supporter and partner. We look forward to the development and opening of the IKO facility and believe
it may be a catalyst to attract additional commercial development in our community.”
While several businesses, such as Brandom Cabinets, L.B. Foster, Gate Precast, ThermaFoam, Titanium Industries,
Ameritube and Clayton Supply have located in the city over the years, they occupied existing buildings. This will be
the first new construction since Lee Roy Jordon started developing his complex in 1999.
Incentive packages were approved by the Hillsboro City Council, Hill County Commissioners’ Court, Hillsboro
Independent School District Board of Trustees, and Hill College Board of Regents.
Mayor Omberg was recently notified by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples that the City’s Texas Capital
Fund grant has been approved by the Texas Department of Agriculture. It will be used to construct a new city street
leading to the plant off of Old Dallas Highway. The company also received a Texas Enterprise Fund grant.
IKO is a world-wide leader in the roofing, waterproofing and insulation industry for residential and commercial
markets. This will be the second manufacturing facility in the South for IKO, with the Hillsboro facility expected to
target Texas and Oklahoma markets. Most recently the company began operating a manufacturing facility in
Sylacauga, Alabama to serve the Southeastern United States.
2015
January 28th through 31st
Highlights from the 2014 Hillsboro Public
Safety Awards Dinner
Officer Gino Trevino
received the Officer
of the Year Award, as
well as the Chief’s
Award, while Erica
Roberts received the
Civilian of the Year
Award.
See our community calendar for more events at www.hillsborotx.org

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