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Blanco students will be seeing a new face in the hallways next month, but the new school resource officer is no stranger to the city or its school campuses.
Officer Austin Smith with the Blanco Police Department was selected at the end of last school year to be the district’s new school resource officer.
He graduated from Blanco High School in 2009.
“Working in the same schools I attended means a great deal to me,” Smith said.
What is a COA? “A Certificate of appropriateness is simply a document stating that the proposed work is appropriate for the historic district and meets criteria in the local code.”
Before you make exterior changes, order and install any signs, build or demolish a building, or need a zoning variance or rezoning of a property in the Blanco downtown historic district, you are required to apply for a certificate of appropriateness (COA).
The Blanco Streetscape Committee held a special meeting on June 30, 2021 at 1, p. m. at the Old Blanco County Courthouse Courtroom.
The committee board members attending were Pamela Capps, Retta Martin, Liz Waller and Richard Standifer. Member Mary Harris was absent. Ronnie Rodriguez, city public works liaison was in attendance.
The Blanco 14U baseball team finished second, behind the Northwest Team, at the Directors Tournament held last month in Austin. They were undefeated at and won the 2021 Pony South Zone Sectional Championship Tournament. That tournament was held on June 19-20 in San Marcos. The team will be playing in Youngsville, Louisiana, July 27-31, in the Pony South Zone Championship Tournament.
