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October 17 News Roundup + Tom Balk Interview

They'll be looking at some hard news for Waco’s own Balcones Distilling, a second Amazon facility, and a look at some items of interest for Waco on the November ballot as early voting kicks off Monday.

They'll be joined by City of Waco Director of Strategic Initiatives, Tom Balk, about the ongoing Downtown Redevelopment Project.

Plus this week's trivia question: The city approved an agreement with Grassroots Waco to redevelop the old Sanger site. The site was known for its ornate brick school built in 1904, but that building burned in 2008 and was torn down. Who was the architect of that school? Listen to this week's Friday Forum to find out!

You can find links to some of the information from today's show below:

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Before joining The Waco Bridge in February as editor-in-chief, J.B. Smith had 33 years of Texas journalism experience, most of it as local government reporter and managing editor at the Tribune-Herald. He has won numerous statewide awards for enterprise journalism, including a series on migrant deaths on the Mexico border. A Sulphur Springs native and Southwestern University graduate, he is grateful for the opportunity to build a nonprofit newsroom in his adopted hometown of Waco.
Molly-Jo Tilton joined KWBU in 2024 as the station's Multimedia Reporter. She covers all things Waco for KWBU, from City Council to the local arts scene. Her work has appeared on The Texas Standard and NPR's All Things Considered.