The City hired a new Public Affairs Director and Strategic Communications Managers in October of 2018.  

A Strategic Communications Plan has been crafted and was approved by Council in March of 2019. The Public Affairs program is now implementing strategies from the approved plan, which will be updated after the results of the next citizen survey.  

The grand re-opening of the Brunson in August of 2019 brought the addition of a Tourist information center to the Downtown Arts District on Texas Ave.  This and other community amenities to follow are being actively marketed to audiences external to Baytown and locally as well.

Community marketing continues with the "Here We Grow Giants" phase II ad campaign complete and being publicly launched in August 2019.