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Colleyville unveils Brighten the Boulevard grant program, approves gateway artwork and holiday lighting plan
Summary
Council approved a matching grant program to help businesses light and decorate Colleyville Boulevard, authorized initial TIF funding of $50,000, and approved a $65,000 contract for a lit aluminum tree artwork at the Northern Gateway.
The Colleyville City Council reviewed and approved several beautification and business-support initiatives at its Sept. 3 meeting, including a new Brighten the Boulevard matching-grant program for businesses, expanded median and building lighting plans, and a custom gateway-art installation.
Assistant City Manager Adrienne Lothree described the Brighten the Boulevard program as a matching grant designed to create consistent warm-white building outlines along Colleyville Boulevard. The program offers a 2-to-1 match up to $5,000 for shopping centers and up to $2,000 for individual businesses; staff recommended initial funding of $50,000 from the city’s TIF fund for the program’s first year. Lothree said the program will reimburse costs on presentation of invoices and will use the existing beautification committee to review applications.
The program guidelines require warm-white, non-flashing lighting focused on rooflines to generate a “big visual impact” for drivers entering town. Lothree said the program focuses on properties with frontage on Colleyville Boulevard but may allow some shopping-center applicants where buildings are set back.
Separately, staff sought and the council approved a project proposal with a local firm, Specified Art, for a 14-by-14 three-quarter-inch aluminum tree artwork to be installed and backlit at the Northern Gateway Tower. Assistant City Manager Mark Wood said the low bid was $65,000 from a Dallas firm; the piece includes fabrication, attachment to the existing panels and lighting. Staff estimated an 8–10 week manufacturing lead time and a two‑day installation window.
The grant program and the gateway artwork were on the consent agenda (Resolution R-25-5072) and approved by unanimous vote. Council members also described ongoing median electrical work to power seasonal lighting and expressed support for expanding the city’s holiday lighting footprint to create a consistent corridor appearance.
Staff said the Brighten the Boulevard program will be administered through the existing beautification committee, operate on a reimbursement basis and could be expanded in future years if demand warrants it.
