point of view

The more you instinctively react with a “good” or a “bad,” the less of the world you take in. You’ll be less likely to engage your mind, exercise curiosity and have interesting experiences. Snap evaluations narrow your perspective and limit your mind’s potential to connect and engage with other aspects of your experiences. But you can unlock this potential simply by resisting any instinct to judge and instead viewing the world without trying to evaluate what you see. Right away, you’ll start to notice more, and you’ll activate your mind’s internal drives for curiosity and exploration. Full Story: The Conversation

Tuesday, 9am - Farmer's Market; 4pm - Municipal Court; 6pm - Park & Recreation Board

Wednesday, 4pm - Farmer's Market

Thursday, 9am - Thrive Joint Meeting; 10am - Housing Authority; 4:30pm - Museum Grand Opening Cookout & Ribbon Cutting; Shop Local Late

Friday, 7:30am - Council Work Session; 2-10pm Waterfest

Saturday, 9am-9pm - Waterfest & Museum Rummage Sale, 4-7pm - Tunes on the Tee

Celebrating work anniversaries this week - Izabel Jack, Wellness Cafe Server - 3 years; Lyric Arnold, Lifeguard - 2 years.

Highlighting community leaders serving on Housing Authority - Barbara Blubaugh, Sandra Clay, Trish Guarino, Robert Warner, Sharon Williams. The Housing Authority is the local administrative agency for housing assistance programs funded by HUD. Thank you for ensuring people have safe & sanitary shelter to live in.

Farmer's Market @ Community Center, Tuesday 9-11:30am & VFW parking lot, Wednesday 4-7pm.

Park & Recreation Board will review monthly financials, staff reports, Harper's Playground Report, JD Gator replacement,

Patio Grand Opening - The ES Museum is celebrating the completion of their new patio with a Grand Opening Cookout & Ribbon Cutting. Firing up the grill around 4pm with hot dogs, enjoy some live music & gather under the patio before the big Waterfest weekend. Ribbon Cutting @ 5pm.

Shop Local Late - downtown businesses staying open until 7 or 8 to create an engaging experience for locals & visitors

City Council items under development include liability insurance renewals, curbside trash rates & agreement with ESSD for School Resource Officers.

Waterfest 2025 will be held on Friday & Saturday, closing Broadway for the entire duration as the Chamber transforms the street into a vibrant hub with 92 vendors, colorful inflatables for children, a live stage for entertainment, & much more. Fireworks on Friday

Tunes on the Tee presents Marshall Holles @ ES Golf Course. Rob Stark will be smoking up some ribs. You can order ahead if you would like to take a slab home or you can enjoy a plate while you listen to some music & take in the beautiful scenery that surrounds our golf course. Food & drink specials will be available.

• Improvements are being made to the Golf Course Pavillion to extend the seasonal use of the space.
• Community Center made energy management improvements 2 years ago resulting in $180,212 utility cost savings, $91,862 in O&M cost savings & $24,581 in equipment life extension savings based on reducing the equipment runtime. Improvements included LED retrofit, plumbing improvements, chlorine generation, hypochlorite, HVAC retrocommissioning,, building automation system improvements & optimization. See full report www.cityofes.com.
• Flood pumps have been ordered to replace the flood pumps at the Hall of Waters, the current pumps were installed in 1994 after the big flood.
• Over the last 12 months, the water department sold an average of 1.4 million gallons of water/day.

Hey, local photographer here - I wanted to share some of my local pics, ES is a beautiful town. The buildings & the scenery inspire me. I love it most in the Fall but year around I find beauty. If you want to see more, find me on Instagram @Wavs.POV Read it on FB.