Council Connection

September 5, 2025

Flyer for Cookies with the City Manager at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 at City Hall

Cookies with the City Manager Town Hall

Join Mesquite City Manager Cliff Keheley for Cookies with the City Manager at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 at City Hall. Residents are invited to ask questions regarding projects, programs and other City initiatives. Submit your questions to the City Manager here and learn more about Town Halls in Mesquite here.


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Patriot Day memorial event

The City will host a Patriot Day memorial ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 at Mesquite Freedom Park to honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 attacks. Visit here for more information.


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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

From Sept. 15-Oct. 15, the City of Mesquite will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a variety of events, including Vida Sana, a health and wellness fair geared toward the Hispanic community. The fair will offer fitness classes, healthy living education sessions and the chance to win raffle prizes. Vida Sana will run from 2-4 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the Mesquite Arts Center. To see more Hispanic Heritage Month programming, visit www.cityofmesquite.com/HHM.


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City conducting community survey

Randomly selected citizens will be contacted throughout August and September to participate in the 2025 Mesquite Community Attitude and Satisfaction Survey questionnaire by mail or online. If you receive a survey from ETC Institute, it is part of our official survey and is not a scam. The survey will be opened to the public for additional input in late September and will run through Oct. 3. For more information, click here.


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135 shelter pets find new homes

During national Clear the Shelters month from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31, the Mesquite Animal Shelter placed 135 pets in new homes, including 35 animals who found homes during the Shelter's special one-day adoption event on Aug. 23. To see the pets currently available for adoption at the Mesquite Animal Shelter, please visit www.cityofmesquite.com/AnimalsInTheShelter.


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Movies, music and more around town

The City's annual Movies in the Park series concludes with a showing of "Shrek" on Sept. 13 at Rorie-Galloway Day Camp, 3100 Lawson Road. Pre-show festivities begin at 7 p.m., with the movie showing at dusk. For details, visit www.cityofmesquite.com/MoviesinthePark. Also, the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra presents "Enduring Light" from 7-9 p.m. on Sept. 13 and "The Composer is Dead" from 1-2 p.m. on Sept. 20. For tickets and more information, visit www.mesquitesymphony.org.


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KMB presents the Butterfly Ball

Keep Mesquite Beautiful presents its annual fundraiser the Butterfly Ball Sept. 20 from 6-10 p.m. at The Headquarters at Solterra, 1545 Solterra Blvd. This year’s theme is Reimagined: Monarchs & Mojitos. Dress is resort chic. For tickets, click here. 


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Learn about ways to stay connected with us online at www.cityofmesquite.com/ConnectWithUs. Do you have a concern? Send requests for street repair, crime concerns, park issues and more through myMesquite. 

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