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Cedar Hill honored for energy conservation; city proclaims MLK Community Celebration
Summary
Cedar Hill received the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power's 2025 Energy Conservation Award for its Growing Green initiative, and the council proclaimed Jan. 22, 2026 as the MLK Community Celebration and Peace March at Traphine Hickman Library.
Cedar Hill, Texas — At its Jan. 13 meeting the Cedar Hill City Council accepted the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power's 2025 Energy Conservation Award for the city's Growing Green initiative and proclaimed Jan. 22, 2026 as the MLK Community Celebration and Peace March.
Margaret Summereve, executive director of the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, presented the TCAP award and said the Growing Green initiative—a long-standing partnership between the city and the school district centered at the consolidated LEED Gold governmental center—integrated solar panels, a vertical-axis wind turbine, electric-vehicle charging stations and advanced energy monitoring to reduce duplicate facility energy consumption and provide a sustainability hub.
Mayor Steve Mason noted that work on the program began around 2006–2007 and praised staff who executed the long-term effort. Aranda Bell, director of the Traphine Hickman Library, accepted the MLK proclamation and described the city's planned activities, including a keynote talk and choir performances. "We're looking forward to hosting her and our amazing choir from our Cedar Hill Independent School District," Bell said of the event's keynote speaker.
Both items were presented early in the meeting; the proclamation invites residents to a community program and peace march at the Traphine Hickman Library on Jan. 22, 2026.
