§ Chapter 06 — Action

Three minutes.
One Wednesday.

If you read everything on this site and do nothing, the next twenty years compound the last seventy. If you read everything on this site and do one thing — sign the petition, score your block, email your district council member, show up at the June 24 council meeting — you are part of why East Texas turns the corner.

§ Sign on

I am a resident of East Texas and I support the restoration of walkable, mixed-use, fiscally honest growth in Tyler and Lindale.

Signing here is a public, on-the-record statement to city council, county commissioners, and TxDOT. We do not sell your email. We do not spam. We forward the signature totals every quarter to every elected official whose vote this site is asking to influence.

Your address is used only to confirm jurisdiction. Email is private.

§ Score your block

A ten-question audit. Two minutes.

§ Self-score

Score your own block.

Ten questions. Click the ones that are true today. The result is not a Walk Score — it's an argument you can hand the next person who tells you your neighborhood is fine.

Your block
0/10
Stranded by design

You live in the post-1957 pattern — by no fault of yours. The fix isn't your block alone; it's a citywide policy. Show up at P&Z and Council.

§ Templates

Email your council, now.

Tap once, edit your name, send. Each template is matched to a real piece of legislation or policy. We have done the homework so all you have to do is sign.

council@cityoftyler.org
Email — "Yes on missing middle"
Dear Councilmember,

I'm a resident of District __ writing in support of any zoning measure that legalizes townhomes, duplexes, and ADUs by-right in single-family districts.

The Tyler Tomorrow Plan, adopted March 25, 2026, explicitly names the missing middle. The next step is to implement it in the code. Please vote in favor of:
  • By-right ADUs on R-1A, R-1B, and R-1C parcels
  • By-right duplex and triplex conversions in NR (Neighborhood Residential)
  • Reduced minimum lot size for fee-simple townhomes

Thank you for your service.

— Your name
   Your address (Tyler)
Open in your email →
council@cityoftyler.org
Email — "Complete the sidewalks to my kid's school"
Dear Councilmember,

I would like the City's Capital Improvement Program to include a target of 100% sidewalk coverage on every block within ½ mile of every Tyler ISD campus by 2030.

Specifically, on my child's walk to ____ Elementary, there is a missing sidewalk segment at ____.  This is a safety issue today.

The Tyler Tomorrow Plan supports this. The Half-Cent Sales Tax can fund it.

Please support a school-radius sidewalk completion target in the next budget cycle.

— Your name
   Your address (Tyler)
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council@cityoftyler.org
Email — "Save the brick streets"
Dear Councilmember,

I am writing to ask that the City formally adopt a policy of brick-with-brick repair on all pre-1940 brick streets in the downtown historic district.

These streets have been in service for 80+ years. They predate the loops. They predate the asphalt. Public Works should not be permitted to asphalt over them as a maintenance shortcut — they are historic and structural infrastructure.

Please support an ordinance requiring brick-with-brick restoration where downtown brick is removed for utility access or maintenance.

— Your name
   Your address
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council@cityoftyler.org
Email — "Restore a real bus spine on Broadway"
Dear Councilmember,

I support Tyler Transit's MicroTransit as a last-mile service — but it cannot replace a real fixed-route spine.

Please direct staff to evaluate restoring a 15-minute fixed-route service on Broadway, from Loop 323 North to Loop 323 South, with MicroTransit feeders.

A real spine is what makes a real city possible — for commuters, students, seniors, and the 5,000+ Smith County households with no vehicle.

— Your name
   Your address
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§ Share it

Most of this work is word of mouth.

Forward this page to three neighbors. Print the opinion piece and leave it at a coffee shop. Post one of the traditions on the neighborhood Facebook group. Tell one person at the Saturday market about the next council meeting.

Tyler Barber College Class of 1940 — group portrait
Tyler Barber College · class of 1940Archive · Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society · The Portal to Texas History ↗ source
§ The 200-year frame

We are building for our grandkids' grandkids.
That's the only honest horizon left.

Some of this is expensive. None of it is impossible. The brick streets are 110 years old and still working. The Cotton Belt rail bed is 150 years old and now carries walkers. The Tyler State Park pavilion is 87 years old and still dance-able. We are not asking for an experiment. We are asking for restoration.

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