Staff Report
BUDA — The city of Buda’s Community Relations and Destination Services Department received two first place awards from the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO) at its annual conference June 4. This year’s TAMIO Awards competition boasted a record-breaking 711 entries from government communicators across Texas.
In the Best Social Media Post (Population Under 25k) category, the city of Buda was named TAMIO award winner for its timely Taylor Swift-themed post, following the announcement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement. The post, uploaded just 31 minutes after the announcement, leveraged a rapidly trending global cultural moment to increase engagement with the city of Buda’s social media channels and reinforced the organization’s approachable, community-focused brand voice, stated a city news release.
In the Marketing Public Service Announcement (Population Under 75k) category, the city was named TAMIO award winner for its marketing specialist recruitment video. Rather than relying on a traditional job posting, the project aimed to promote the opportunity through engaging storytelling that highlighted creativity, collaboration and real community impact. While the production drew from a familiar short‑form content format, the release continued, it translated the trend into a purposeful municipal hiring campaign, designed to attract creative professionals and expand awareness of career opportunities in local government.
“These awards reflect the creativity, responsiveness and dedication our team brings to every project. Whether we're connecting with residents through a timely social media post or developing innovative ways to attract talented professionals to local government, our goal is always to communicate in a way that is authentic, engaging and meaningful,” said city manager Micah Grau. “It is an honor to be recognized by our peers across Texas and I am incredibly proud of the work our team continues to do on behalf of the city of Buda.”
