Isn’t she a beauty? Rockdale now has a new, big, beautiful Christmas tree in Wolf Park for the whole town to enjoy each holiday season.
The idea was conceived by the Rockdale Downtown Association with a lot of help from Chad Harris with Whinstone US.
“The Rockdale Downtown Association is extremely grateful to all of the businesses, organizations and individuals who donated to this project. Every dollar contributed helped us reach our goal of purchasing this magnificent symbol of the holiday spirit here in Rockdale. We believe this tree is something the entire community can be proud of,” said Kara Clore, RDA President.
Around 200 people came out to see the lighting of the tree on Thursday evening, and enjoyed free chili and hot chocolate provided by the RDA members and delicious coffee drinks from Chuck Wheeler with Rockdale Coffee Roasters.
Major sponsors of the tree are Atmos Energy, Attorneys of Texas Title, Bland Construction, Caffey Corner, Carol Matous-Jim Currey Realty, Citizens National Bank, Climate Control A/C & Heating, ESSMetron, H&K Electrical, IC Electric, Lancium, Mine Service, Miller-Starnes Chevrolet-Buick, Perry & Perry Builders, Priority Power Management, Rhodium Mining, Rockdale Chamber of Commerce, Rockdale Downtown Association, Rockdale Municipal Development District, Texas Electrical Services, The Reynolds Company and Whinstone US.
The RDA would also like to thank Midway Grocery, America’s Best Value Inn, Classic Bank, David and Yvonne Yount, Cindy Linderman, Lynette and Ron Waltisperger, Rockdale Building Materials Center, TXU Energy, Joyce Dalley, Marie Gest, Paul Dixon-Edward Jones, Rockdale Country Ford, Rockdale Rotary Club, Rockdale Federal Credit Union and Stoney’s Liquor.
Honor Bulbs and special sponsors included Ray Mata-Melton, Almentra, Dave Mata-Melton, Randy Fenter, Billy Gest, Fred and Joyce Bayless, Yvonne Yount, Law office of Gretchen McCord, The Local Taco, Gary and Annette Griesbach and Yayoi Narita.
Special thanks go out to Brad and Cassie Caffey for making the chili, Brett Boren with Brett’s Backyard BBQ for providing the meat, Gordon Todd of Texas Propane for providing the propane, Chuck Wheeler with Rockdale Coffee Roasters and Whinstone’s own Zack Halstead who crafted the star for the treetop and Edward Biehle who led the tree construction.—K.W.C.
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