By Moses Leos III

Despite only gaining a handful of responses, Kyle officials will continue to use its StyleKyle page to gather citizen feedback on finding what makes Kyle a destination.

But according to Kyle spokesperson Jerry Hendrix, the city may try to find alternate avenues to generate discussion on the topic. 

When it came to the discussion on making Kyle a destination city, two main topics were an arts conservatory, along with a laser light show on the city’s water towers. 

Responses were limited, with each topic gaining a combined seven responses. 

“We didn’t get a lot of feedback on ideas for that,” Hendrix said. “That tells me there needs to be some kind of way to spur additional discussion on that. I’m not sure what that is, but we’ll explore.” 

When it came to branding, Kyle’s website generated only six responses. Hendrix said while there have been good responses and a “decent amount of activity on it,” the city would like more feedback.  

Those who responded, however, described the city as a “growing innovated small town feel community [sic]” and “local businesses thriving with supportive community.” 

Ideas on what could make Kyle a better place were also introduced. Some of those ideas include having a “Food Truck Friday,” along with capitalizing on the existing biking community. 

“We have a considerable biking community that rides on the city fringes every weekend,” commenter Cindy Lawton wrote on the website. “Completing the bike paths would be an open invitation to welcome this population in to the city.”

Adding a functional community center, along with the addition of a dog park and possibly guided tours were several options presented by citizens. 

“I would love to see a functional Community Center that is run by the City to make it possible for people of all ages to get moving and exercise in an indoor environment,” commenter Sean Claes wrote. 

Hendrix said the website is a tool the city will use in the future, but was unsure to what further capacity it could be utilized.  

Nor could he determine what avenues the city could employ to generate more discussion in the future. When the website was launched in March, the city blasted StyleKyle on social media, its website and in the city’s montly newsletter. 

With the city’s first effort in attempting to gain citizen feedback, Hendrix said the city hopes the site can increase in usefulness. 

“It’s something new. Anytime you have something new, you have to get used to it, you have to explore,” Hendrix said. “The more you use it the more useful it will be.”