January 2024

Alliance Bank Central Texas
Grand Opening

Shane Brooks
408 Hilliard Road
Temple, TX 76502
(254) 741-8000
www.alliancebanktexas.com
Established in 2007, after purchasing a bank with a century-long tradition of providing personalized banking services, Alliance Bank Central Texas is committed to helping families and businesses meet their financial goals. Alliance Bank Central Texas is independently owned by more than 200 shareholders and is locally operated by a board comprised of some of the community's most talented businessmen and women. The team of highly skilled banking professionals value building relationships with customers, actively partnering together to support and improve the area where they live, work and serve. Alliance Bank Central Texas is headquartered in Woodway, Texas with locations in Waco, Jewett and Donie. Offering a variety of mobile and internet products and services, and ATMs scattered across the map, Alliance Bank Central Texas takes pride in making banking easy, all while maintaining the high-touch service that customers deserve and trust.

Belton ISD | James L. Burrell Elementary Dedication &
Grand Opening

8104 Glade Dr.
Temple, TX 76502
(254) 316-5300
www.bisd.net
Thursday January 4, 2024, marked a new chapter for Belton ISD as students attended their first day at the newest school, James L. Burrell Elementary. A Grand Opening Celebration was held on January 20, with family, colleagues, friends of Mr. Burrell, and hundreds of community members.

James L. Burrell's history with Belton ISD spans five decades, starting in the era of segregation when black and white students attended separate schools. He started as a teacher at T.B. Harris High School in 1962. It was his first job after graduating from Prairie View A&M College.

After desegregation, Burrell moved to Belton Junior High and then Belton High School where he taught vocational classes and worked with special education students. He retired from teaching in 2000 but continued to drive a school bus for the district until 2015.

Board of Trustee at-large Janet Leigh said it was a privilege to vote in favor of honoring such a pivotal community member.

​“Mr. Burrell epitomized exactly what we want BISD students to be,” she said. “When they become citizens of this world one day, we want them to be exactly what he was — a mentor, kind, generous, compassionate, professional in all that they do and in all of their interactions with others, even when times are hard. He is the shining example of who we want all BISD students to be. So for a school to be built in his name and to be able to teach that history of him to the next generation and the next and the next, we’re hoping that legacy carries on and that these kids can be very proud of their school and that name.”

Ignite Learning Academy
Grand Opening

Taylor Beck
4242 Hartrick Bluff Road
Temple, TX 76502
(254) 324-6902
www.ignitectx.com
Ignite Your Child's Learning and Early Development
Don't worry about finding someone to watch your child while you go to work during the day. Send them to Ignite Learning Academy in Temple, TX. Our childcare center looks after children from 6 weeks to 5 years old while merging play with early development. Your child will enjoy being in an exciting and engaging environment where they can learn and grow.

T-Mobile
Grand Opening

Jason Hanke
145 Westfield Blvd., Ste. 110
Temple, TX 76502
(254) 800-1763
www.t-mobile.com
T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best possible service experience, and undisputable drive for disruption that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond. Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. T-Mobile US, Inc. traces its roots to the 1994 establishment of VoiceStream Wireless PCS as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation. After its spinoff from parent Western Wireless on May 3, 1999, VoiceStream Wireless was purchased by Deutsche Telekom AG in 2001 for $35 billion and renamed T-Mobile US, Inc., in July 2002. In 2013, T-Mobile and MetroPCS finalized a merger of the two companies which started trading as T-Mobile US, Inc. For more information, please visit: http://www.t-mobile.com.  

Temple Community Clinic
​Grand Opening

Sherri Woytek
1508 Avenue J
Temple, TX 76504
(254) 771-3374
www.templecommunityclinic.org
Empowering Our Patients for Over 30 Years
Temple Community Clinic was established in 1992 through a Leadership Temple project with the support of local physicians and community leaders. These leaders and physicians witnessed too many working people who were without proper healthcare due to eligibility or prohibitive cost. They could not stand to see their neighbors suffer, so they created a solution.
 
For over 30 years, through the hearts of volunteers and the generosity of community supporters, the Temple Community Clinic has filled the gap in access to healthcare for Bell County. Although there have been changes, not EVERYONE can access the care they need. Even with the Affordable Care Act, many make too little to qualify for the subsidies and/or too much to qualify for Medicaid. With these circumstances, the compassion of Temple Community Clinic is as important as ever.

Whataburger (N. General Bruce) Grand Re-Opening

115 N. General Bruce Drive
Temple, TX 76504
(254) 771-0001
www.whataburger.com
Whataburger is the hometown hamburger place that hasn’t compromised. We serve bold flavors and original recipes made to order, just like you like it, and pride ourselves on extraordinary hospitality and meaningful connections in our communities. That’s what’s led fans to Whataburger since Harmon Dobson served our first customer in 1950. Headquartered in San Antonio, we’ve stayed close to our roots while building sales of more than $3 billion annually across our 14-state footprint and more than 930 locations. Even with our exceptional menu, we know that people make the difference at Whataburger. That’s why we’re a 2022 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence award winner.