5 Sugar Land Twitters You Should Follow

SUGAR LAND, TX - Life in Sugar Land is as sweet as the city's name, bringing a cosmopolitan feel to southern suburbs. The bustling nature of a developing community means that there is always something going on, but how will readers in the Sugar Land area stay connected? The Sugar Land Patch offers a list of five Twitter accounts that readers are invited to follow for the latest in Sugar Land happenings.

• City of Sugar Land: Local government is the most essential and most impacting form of government, and as such, the city's official Twitter account should be residents' and visitors' first stop for community-related information. The feed offers details on road closures, construction updates, taxes, annexation, accolades, city hall meetings, criminal activity, job openings—to name a few.

• Sugar Land Parks: Local parks provide an essential foundation to vibrant, thriving communities. Sugar Land's award-winning Parks and Recreation Department provides regularly updated information on park-related events and city-wide, recreational celebrations, including the 14th annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony on Dec. 1 and New Year's Eve on the Square, happening Dec. 31.

• Sugar Land Art Center: The nonprofit Sugar Land Art Center opens its doors to the entire Sugar Land community, featuring a gallery, daily classes, children's camps and studio spaces. The center will host its Rock, Paper, Scissors, Wax exhibition through Dec. 2 with artists Vanessa Parker, Scott Dennis Parker and JZ Selewach. The center's fourth, annual Artists' Attic Sale will be held Nov. 12-13.

• Visit Sugar Land: Visit Sugar Land is a premier destination for visitors to the Sugar Land area, from travel guides to sports, holiday celebrations to romantic getaways, dessert recommendations to city-wide events and public performances. There is something for everyone in Sugar Land, and Visit Sugar Land has it all.

• Community Impact SLM: The mission of Community Impact SLM (Sugar Land-Missouri City) is to build communities of informed citizens and thriving businesses. Patch readers following the Community Impact team on Twitter are offered taste of what sorts of information the group has to offer: a regularly updated newsletter, featured neighborhoods, new businesses, city council meetings, spotlights on area figures and other activity.

Another account you should be following? The Sugar Land Patch, to be sure. Follow Sugar Land Patch to get breaking news alerts, and take advantage of Patch's free calendar feature.

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