The line of cars outside the Lost Pines Toyota dealership in Bastrop on Friday morning consistently numbered nearly two dozen vehicles of all makes and models.
Stretched in a line across the dealership’s front parking lot, the cars inched toward the front, where Pastor Roland Nava of the In The Streets Hands Up High Ministry (ITSHUH) and dealership owner Carlos Liriano were waiting along with Salvation Army workers and Lost Pines Toyota employees to give food boxes to residents in need.
Each car and the people in it were greeted with a smile, before the reason for their visit arrived: Bags and boxes full of food donations that were loaded onto backseats and trunks, providing Bastrop area residents who are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic with their next meals.
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Toyota Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association to Sponsor 2nd ‘COVID-19 Day of Service’ on Jan. 15
January 12, 2021 GMT
BOWIE, Md., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Toyota Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association (TLMODA) is once again working with The Salvation Army to address the increasing food shortage across the country by filling the pantries of families in need during the coronavirus pandemic. On Jan. 15, 2021, TLMODA Dealers and The Salvation Army will distribute more than 1,400 food boxes at participating dealerships in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Washington and Texas.
“Last year, we partnered with The Salvation Army to create a National COVID-19 Day of Service to support families left vulnerable by the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the demand for food has multiplied,” says TLMODA Board President Carlos Liriano. “We hope this collective effort by our TLMODA
On this day of holiday cheer, please know that the Smithville Area Chamber of Commerce wishes you are yours many happy returns for the Christmas and New Year season.
We hope you will see the world as a little brighter, a little bolder, a little more cheerful as you visit the winners of the Let it Glow holiday contest, tour the Trail of Lights at 105 Fifth Avenue (on the Hill) and stroll Main Street. We are all so blessed in our little corner of this world. Merry Christmas and may 2021 be filled with blessings for you all.
The winners of the Let it Glow Holiday Decoration Contest were selected by the Smithville Garden Club. Thank you so much for heading out into the community and doing the very difficult job of selecting our winners. Many thanks as well to Lost Pines Toyota for sponsoring this event. Lots of photos of the winners can be viewed on our Chamber Facebook page @SmithvilleAreaChamberOfCommerce. The lovely photography was completed by Ray Lynne Fillman who can b
installed on Congress Ave.
The Austin Transportation Department has completed the installation of mobility and safety improvements on 1.3 miles of Congress Avenue between Riverside Drive and 11th Street.
Among the changes, new protected bicycle lanes create physical separation between motor vehicles and bicycles or scooters. New left turn lanes at Cesar Chavez Street, Fifth Street and Sixth Street, and new dedicated right turn lanes at northbound Cesar Chavez, Barton Springs Road and northbound Riverside Drive improve overall traffic flow on Congress Avenue and reduce conflicts with pedestrian, bicycle and scooter traffic. Multiple intersections also include protected intersection designs that improve yielding and visibility.