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Paradise
MESSENGER PHOTO BY JOE DUTY
HOMECOMING PARADE DRAWS A CROWD IN THE FALL
WHAT’S NEW
• An early education center will
be added to the elementary
school, along with the addition
of classrooms, a library and a
cafeteria to the junior high and a
band hall/drama facility and an
ag shop to the high school.
• 502
POPULATION
LOCATION
• Located on Texas 114 between
Bridgeport and Boyd
• 9.5 miles southwest of Decatur
• 40.5 miles northwest of Fort
Worth
CITY HALL
3238 Texas 114
(940) 969-2114
CITY STAFF
• City secretary: Teresa Moody
MEETINGS
• City council: 7 p.m. every third
Thursday of the month at city
hall
• Economic Development Corp.:
7:30 p.m. fourth Monday of the
month
• Planning and Zoning: 7 p.m.
the last Monday as needed
COUNCIL MEMBERS
• Mayor: Nathan Cleveland
• Mayor Pro-tem: Michael
Robertson
• Council members: Pauline
Shannon, Mary Cash, Chris
Harris and Roy Steel
POLICE
The Wise County Sheriff’s Office
at (940) 627-5971 responds to
calls in the city. For emergencies,
dial 911.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
303 Main St.
Fire Chief Jeff Doughty
(940) 389-1980
SCHOOLS
The Paradise 2A school district
has four campuses — an
elementary, intermediate, junior
high and high school.
• Administration Building
338 Schoolhouse Rd.
(940) 969-2501
Superintendent: Monty
Chapman
EVENTS
(APRIL)
• multi-church Easter sunrise
service
(NOVEMBER)
• multi-church Thanksgiving
dinner