A Third Street Park mural painted by Paul Sanchez.
The First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott will continue a longstanding tradition of the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Main Street Program by visiting Rosenberg, which became an officially designated Main Street community earlier this year. The event will begin at 2:45 pm on October 20th in the newly renovated Third Street Park, located at 809 Third Street in Downtown Rosenberg, and will include a ceremony and reception downtown. The event is free of charge, and the public is invited. Each First Lady of Texas since the Texas Main Street Program’s founding in 1981 has participated in this visit to new Main Street communities.
Cody Ray Henry of the Cody Ray Henry Band will entertain before the ceremony beginning at 2 pm. The Terry ROTC will present the colors, Holy Rosary Catholic School will lead the pledge of allegiance and Foster High School Choir will welcome the First Lady with Texas music. Abbott will speak and present a Main Street rendering to the City of Rosenberg. A.W. Jackson Elementary School will be included in the First Lady’s book signing.
The Rosenberg Main Street Program was designated in January 2015. This four-point approach to preserving and promoting historic downtowns will make a tremendous impact on an already unique and interesting downtown. “The Downtown Rosenberg stakeholders have spent years renovating downtown and are very excited with Main Street’s help to take Downtown Rosenberg to the next level,” stated Renee Butler, owner of Another Time Soda Fountain & Café and Main Street chairman of the board.
Come and enjoy the festivities with pre-ceremony music beginning at 2 pm and a reception to follow at Another Time Soda Fountain across the street from the park. “It will be a great honor to have Mrs. Abbott visit Downtown Rosenberg. Downtown merchants, property owners and other stake holders are very much looking forward to having her welcome us into the Texas Main Street Program,” said Main Street Manager Dan Kelleher.
For more information about the Main Street program, contact 832-595-3337 or the Rosenberg Main Street Office, located at 1923 Avenue G in Downtown Rosenberg.