5 Pasadena Twitter Pages You Should Follow

PASADENA, TX - The Pasadena Patch understands the importance of staying connected to one's community, helping readers do just that with a list of five Twitter accounts to follow.

• Pasadena Chamber: The Pasadena Chamber Twitter shares daily information on job fairs, shopping events, award-winning restaurants, award ceremonies, its annual and city-wide Taste of the Town event, special holiday events and other occasions, most of which are open to the public.

• Pasadena Police Department: Pasadena's policemen dedicate themselves to lawfully safeguarding the lives and liberties of the Pasadena community. The department's Twitter page acts as a bulletin board for all public information, including—but not limited to—recruitment notices, Prescription Drug Take Back Day, officer meet-and-greets, department-hosted events and National Night Out.

• Pasadena ISD: The official Twitter page for the Pasadena Independent School District supplies parents and students with a resource for all pertinent information, event details, programs, calendars and more regarding the district. The Pasadena ISD provides education needs for more than 56,000 students in Pasadena and portions of Houston.

• City of Pasadena: Keeping up with the happenings of the 15th-largest city in Texas is made simple through the city's Twitter feed, with regular shares on information about pet vaccinations, holiday parades, city-wide fundraisers, police-hosted special events and other occasions.

• Strawberry Festival: Strawberry Festival is Pasadena's largest event, next happening May 19-21, 2017, with a parade May 13. Pasadena, as it were, is home to the world's largest strawberry shortcake. The Strawberry Festival Twitter page is more than a bulletin board for all things Strawberry Festival-related; other events hosted through Strawberry Festival staff include the holiday lighted parade on Dec. 3 and the Pasadena rodeo parade that took place in September.

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