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Colleyville council to consider Purple Heart City designation after local veteran nominates city
Summary
City staff told the Colleyville City Council that a Heroes Park committee member has offered to nominate Colleyville for a Purple Heart City designation; councilmembers signaled support and staff said a proclamation and ceremony would follow if the organization approves the nomination.
Colleyville staff told the City Council in a work session that a Heroes Park committee member has offered to nominate Colleyville for designation as a Purple Heart City, a symbolic recognition administered by the Military Order of the Purple Heart and related veterans’ organizations.
Assistant City Manager Adrienne Lothrey said Eric Newton, a member of the city’s Heroes Park committee, has offered to nominate the city. "We've got a really short, work session agenda item for you, but it's big on heart," Lothrey said, describing the nomination and the steps the administering nonprofit would take if the council decides to proceed.
The nomination would require a Purple Heart recipient to submit the application to the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH). If MOPH approves the nomination, Lothrey said the city would typically issue a proclamation, coordinate a small ceremony with area veterans and accept program materials such as signs to display at city locations. "These organizations that administer the program would send out notification and invitations to area veterans," she said.
Council members expressed immediate support during the discussion. Mayor Pro Tem Felter praised the nominator and said staff could identify appropriate locations for a parking designation or signage, citing Heroes Park and the northern gateway as possible sites.
Lothrey said staff would work with MOPH to schedule a ceremony and plan a proclamation for a future council meeting; she estimated the event could be set "sometime, hopefully, in the next month or two." She also said staff would check the national registry to determine how many other Texas cities hold the designation and include that information in community outreach.
No formal council vote on the designation was recorded during the work session. Staff said the item would be placed on a future regular meeting agenda for formal action if the council wants to proceed.
The discussion took place during the council’s work session and followed earlier administrative roll call and a brief announcement that two agenda items (the vet clinic and a prayer room) had been withdrawn from that evening’s agenda.
