Most City Offices Closed in Observance of Good Friday

Most City offices will be closed Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday.

Neither garbage collection nor landfill operations will be interrupted on Good Friday.

Fort Concho’s Visitor Center in Barracks 1 will be open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The fort will also be open during its normal Sunday operating hours, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., on Easter Sunday. Self-guided tours will be available throughout the weekend. The fort is at 630 S. Oakes St.

The Women, Infant and Children (WIC) offices, which are normally closed on Fridays, will also be closed Thursday in observance of Easter. Southside and Carl Ray Johnson recreation centers, and Station 618 and Santa Fe Crossing senior centers will be closed Friday.

Fairmount Cemetery will host two Easter weekend events. At 8 a.m. Saturday, April 19, the inaugural Rise & Shine Run, consisting of 5K and one-mile runs or walks, will wind its way through the burial grounds at 1120 W. Avenue N. First Baptist and First United Methodist churches will conduct a sunrise community worship service at Fairmount at 7 a.m. Easter morning, Sunday, April 20.

The San Angelo Nature Center, 7409 Knickerbocker Road, hosts an Easter event from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 19. The festivities include an egg hunt, a petting zoo, photo stations (participants are encouraged to bring a camera) and free candy. The cost is $1 per person for Nature Center members. Non-members pay $1 for ages 1-3, $3 for ages 4-12, and $4 for ages 13 and older.

Firefighters Memorial City Park, 315 E. Twohig Ave., will host First Baptist Church’s Easter egg hunt from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday. TLC’s 14th Easter Fest will be at Texas Bank Sports Complex, 509 Rio Concho Drive, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

For more information about City-related Easter events, go to cosatx.us/calendar.

City offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, April 21.