Mitchell: Celebrating Lewisville’s Centennial

Celebrating a centennial comes once in a lifetime and, in Lewisville, we are in the midst of marking 100 years of history.

As you know, I have been fortunate to call Lewisville my home for many years. It is the city where I raised my family, built my career, served as mayor and am now honored to serve as county commissioner. It is home to an estimated 138,000-plus people – a far cry from the 1,500 population in 1950, just 25 years into its birth.

In the early 1990s, as I joined the City Council, population totals jumped to more than 46,000. And by the time I left the mayor’s position, it had doubled to 90,000…

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