Encouraging the people to help form a community and maintain a good residence is a priority for the Future Oriented Approach to Residential Development Task Force over the past few months.
On Wednesday, FOARD met in Coppell City Hall to discuss the framework for its PSA to the Coppell community on upkeeping residences and helping one another.
The meeting started with a printed potential plan worked out by chair Yvonne Silva. It included music ideas that were discussed in the previous meeting, with songs like “Golden” from the 2025 movie K-Pop Demon Hunters used to highlight Coppell’s best features.
”Potential framework could be that this city has a pulse, people don’t just live here, they engage with it,” vice chair Renee Galicia said. “We can show how people are engaged and that we have an identity here in Coppell.”
The Task Force considered many ideas, including inviting Coppell High School students to make the PSA in return for service hours or as a project for a business class. The FOARD liaison Mindi Hurley has contacted CHS teachers but decided to follow up with the counselors.
Other ideas were to make social media posts with different residential experts on tips and tricks to maintain a home’s longevity such as “How to get more life out of your fence?” and to slowly introduce the concepts FOARD is working on in events. Some events discussed to engage with are the upcoming Neighbors for Neighbors on April 25 and farmers markets to gain support from the community.
“The PSA is aimed at keeping people invested in the community so that homes can be maintained,” Hurley said. “It’s making them proud of living here and it’s also telling them that taking good care of their property is important for the community to be in good shape.”
The Task Force wants to highlight the small town bubble Coppell is in and help residents feel a pride of ownership to allow them to sustain their homes longer. Part of this comes with providing access to tools that help preserve a house and keep from getting Codes of Compliance.
Task Force member Ed Skoch revisited an idea of helping the community with courtesy notices by HOA and other inspectors by using volunteers in a similar way to the annual Neighbors for Neighbors event.
The agenda also mentioned discussing questions to ask in the Housing Survey, however, the group decided to table that and to send Hurley any potential questions to discuss at the next meeting in May.
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