The Town of Flower Mound provides annual funding to Community Support organizations that provide activities, programs, and services to the residents of Flower Mound and help make Flower Mound a great place to live and visit.
Organizations that can be reasonably categorized under the heading of Community Support and impact the lives of Flower Mound residents are eligible for funding, which is identified by the Town Council through the annual budget process.
In conjunction with the funding, The Town of Flower Mound also provides informational services to the funded organizations through a variety of media including the web site, FMTV, the E-Town Bulletins, and the monthly MY FM utility bill bulletin. For more information on the Town of Flower Mound’s commitment to the funded community support organizations, please contact the Budget division at budget@flower-mound.com or 972.874.6011.
In accordance with Town of Flower Mound policy, organizations that receive financial support through the Community Support Funding / Annual Budget process, Keep Flower Mound Beautiful, and The Friends of The Flower Mound Library are eligible to receive an array of additional informational, communication, and marketing services.
Learn Sustainable Landscaping Practices
Learn to efficiently and effectively landscape your home or business sustainably to save valuable resources – water, energy & time. Explore basic landscape principles, planning and design, drought-tolerant plants (trees, shrubs, perennials, wildflowers and herbs), installation and maintenance along with irrigation, rain barrels and rain gardens. Learn how to enhance your yard with a wildflower meadow or pocket prairie. Understand the value of creating wildlife habitats and learn how to certify your garden as a natural habitat.
Instructor: Carrie Dubberley.
Class fee: $20 for Flower Mound residents; $25 for non-residents.
To register, call 469-828-9074 or eMail: Info@KFMB.org.
September 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29 Wednesdays, 7 PM to 9 PM
Five class sessions 10 hours total
Coram Deo Academy, 4900 Wichita Trail, Flower Mound, Texas 75022-5628
Keep Flower Mound Beautiful Fall Trash Bash
Volunteer now to make a difference in Flower Mound. Organize your neighbors, group or organization to participate in the Keep Flower Mound Beautiful Fall Trash Off on Saturday, September 18 from 8:30 AM until 12 PM at Gerault Park, 1100 Gerault Road. Litter collection supplies furnished. Lunch provided. Door Prizes awarded. For more information, contact Marilyn Lawson via email info@kfmb.org or link to the website www.kfmb.org. Pre-registration is required. To register, please email info@kfmb.org, or call 469-828-9074.
September 18; Saturday, 8:30 AM to 12 PM
Gerault Park, 1100 Gerault Road, Flower Mound, Texas 75028-3403
Why Grow Native Plants?
Gardening and landscape design choices are critical to your yard, our town and the planet. Cynthia Maguire, President-Elect, Native Plant Society of Texas provides an overview of how gardening and landscape choices made by homeowners, homeowner associations and business owners profoundly impact the natural resources and ecosystems of Texas. Presentation reveals how simple, yet informed choices, yield big results in terms of water conservation, beauty, biodiversity and ultimately the survivability of our landscapes. Join us to learn how you can make a vital difference from the comfort of your own backyard. Class fee: FREE
To register, call 469-828-9074 or eMail: Info@KFMB.org.
Instructor: Cynthia Maguire, President-Elect, Native Plant Society of Texas
September 22 Wednesday, 7 PM to 9 PM
Town of Flower Mound Public Library, 3030 Broadmoor Lane, Flower Mound, Texas 75022-2703
Planting Wildflowers from Seed
Join our hands-on, how-to plant wildflowers from seed class. No experience necessary. Learn how to provide beautiful, abundant and colorful wildflowers in your garden next spring by sowing their seeds this fall. Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) members provide adults and well supervised children seven years and older, a brief history of The Flower Mound, basic concepts and practices used to plant wildflowers and a hands-on demonstration of seeding techniques. Class adjourns to sow native plant seeds recommended for landscapes in Denton County. Instructor: Larry Wilhelm
Class fee: FREE Optional Seed Materials: $20
To register, call 469-828-9074 or eMail: Info@KFMB.org.
September 25 Class: Saturday, 9 AM – 11 AM Field Experience: 11 AM – 12 PM
Coram Deo Academy, 4900 Wichita Trail, Flower Mound, Texas 75022-5628
Keep Flower Mound Beautiful Compost Class
Keep Flower Mound Beautiful (KFMB) is hosting a composting class Sep 30 – Oct 2. Class on Thursday and Friday will be held from 6-9 PM and Saturday’s class is scheduled from 8:30 AM to 5 PM. Instruction will include an Introduction to Composting, a composting book, and a hands-on demonstration on how to create backyard compost.
The fee is $20 for Flower Mound residents and $25 for non-residents.
Instructor: Larry Wilhelm.
To register, please email info@kfmb.org, or call 469-828-9074.
Thu Sep 30, 6-9 PM Fri Oct 1, 6-9 PM Sat Oct 2, 8:30 AM to 5 PM
Coram Deo Academy, 4900 Wichita Trail, Flower Mound, Texas 75022-5628
Native Plant Society of Texas - Symposium 2010 - 30th Anniversary - Save Texas One Landscape at a Time! Our Native Plants Light the Way! Join us at Texas Woman's University, Hubbard Hall, in Denton, Texas, for the Native Plant Society of Texas Symposium 2010 and 30th Anniversary Celebration, October 7-10, and learn how to $ave Texas One Landscape at a Time. Speakers, demonstrations, guided and self-guided field trips and exhibits. Registration is open to the public. To register, please email symposium2010@npsot.org. For more information, link to Symposium 2010 or the Native Plant Society of Texas home page.
Dates and times: Thursday, October 7, 6-9 PM; Friday, October 8, 9, and 10 All Day.
Location: Texas Woman's University, Hubbard Hall, Denton Texas
Registration: Open to the public. Please email symposium2010@npsot.org.
September 23 – October 10
Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre’s (FMPAT) hilarious, award-winning production of GREATER TUNA is back! Chris Robinson and Ryan Roach reprise their Tuna, Texas roles in this audience favorite. What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. GREATER TUNA by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, is the long-running Off Broadway hit featuring two actors (Chris creating the entire population of Tuna in a tour de farce of quick change artistry, changing costumes and characterizations faster than a jack rabbit runs from a coyote. Two actors, twenty characters and a barrel of laughs, ya'll. Tickets are $25 - $33 and can be purchased at www.fmpat.org. The FMPAT is located at 830 Parker Square.
Seniors in Motion (SIM) Auxiliary Inc., the nonprofit fundraiser for Flower Mound’s Seniors in Motion program, recently received a $5,250 startup grant from the CoServ Charitable Foundation. SIM Auxiliary will use the grant to produce brochures, build a website and purchase supplies, with the goal of raising money to support the SIM program and help furnish a senior center for Flower Mound. The foundation is funded by CoServ employees and customers through Operation Roundup, a program that has given nearly $2.5 million back to the community and helped fund 123 local projects.
“I’m very excited about this grant from CoServ,” said Mary Kay Walker, president of the SIM Auxiliary. “I’m not only a customer of CoServ’s, I’m also a big fan. I go to all the annual meetings, and I’m so proud that our electric co-op supports the community like this.”
SIM Auxiliary was formed in 2009 to enable Flower Mound residents to make tax-deductible contributions to augment the town’s support of the SIM program, which is currently housed at the Community Activities Center. The nonprofit has been approved by the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization, which means contributions are tax-deductible. The initial membership campaign raised more than $3,000 in its first four months. The Flower Mound Town Council recently approved a new parks master plan that includes a stand-alone senior center as part of further development at the CAC site. SIM Auxiliary also has unveiled its logo, designed by Michael Hogue, the award-winning illustrator for The Dallas Morning News. Hogue donated his time to produce the distinctive logo, which will grace the group’s brochures and business cards.
“Our strategy is to build a base of support through the $15 membership program,” said Paul Foutch, SIM Auxiliary vice president. “Then we’ll use that base to demonstrate to local companies, foundations and other groups that their larger contributions will be appreciated and noted by the community.”
There is something you can do to help the Symphony. Both Tom Thumb and Kroger will donate a small portion of each sale to the Symphony through their charitable programs.
All you have to do is ask them to link your card number to the Symphony number. Simply visit the home page of the Lewisville Lake Symphony and click on the buttons that will print each store's form. Drop the form off at your local store, and you will help grow the size of the donation that the Symphony receives from each grocer.
Details about the Kroger and Tom Thumb partnership are available at www.lewisvillesymphony.org.