October 2, 2008
The weather is expected to be absolutely stunning on Saturday for the Fourth Annual Plano International Festival in Downtown Plano’s Haggard Park. Showcasing the sights, sounds and tastes of more than 60 cultures, the Plano International Festival celebrates the vivid diversity that makes up the City of Plano.
The festival will begin at 11 a.m. with a Parade of Nations, where nearly 100 students from the Plano Independent School District carry flags from around the world.
Mayor Pat Evans will give opening remarks followed by a keynote speech from Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Harry LaRosiliere. State Senator Florence Shapiro will later lead the new citizens in reciting their first Pledge of Allegiance in a naturalization ceremony, welcoming and granting U.S. citizenship to 75 people.
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Plano: Verizon Foundation supports Plano ISD Family Literacy Program
October 1, 2008
The Verizon Foundation continued its ongoing support for the Plano Family Literacy Program with the recent presentation of a $10,000 grant.
This is the third year that the Verizon Foundation has presented a $10,000 grant to this program. As part of the district’s Student and Family Services Department, the Plano Family Literacy Program works with children and families to support the mission “of building healthy families by working with the entire family.”
“The grant monies pay for reading books in the classroom and book clubs and instructional reading materials,” said Jane Lilliston, Plano Family Literacy program coordinator. “It’s wonderful to have received the grant again because we see day to day how much literacy can help people’s lives.”
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The Verizon Foundation continued its ongoing support for the Plano Family Literacy Program with the recent presentation of a $10,000 grant.
This is the third year that the Verizon Foundation has presented a $10,000 grant to this program. As part of the district’s Student and Family Services Department, the Plano Family Literacy Program works with children and families to support the mission “of building healthy families by working with the entire family.”
“The grant monies pay for reading books in the classroom and book clubs and instructional reading materials,” said Jane Lilliston, Plano Family Literacy program coordinator. “It’s wonderful to have received the grant again because we see day to day how much literacy can help people’s lives.”
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McKinney: County close to getting $1.5 billion for road repairs
October 2, 2008
By Danny Gallagher McKinney Courier-Gazette
FUNDING: The Regional Transportation Council will fund local road dollars with SH 121 toll revenue.
Collin County will get a huge chunk of the State Highway 121 toll revenues for their own road constructions and repairs.
The Regional Transportation Council approved a measure in August approving the disbursal of more than $2.5 billion in toll road revenue to local counties collected along SH 121, according to records filed by the North Texas Council of Governments.
Approximately $1.5 billion of those funds will go towards projects in Collin County in addition to the $235.6 million the county has in transportation bonds approved in November of 2007, according to RTC and Collin County records.
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By Danny Gallagher McKinney Courier-Gazette
FUNDING: The Regional Transportation Council will fund local road dollars with SH 121 toll revenue.
Collin County will get a huge chunk of the State Highway 121 toll revenues for their own road constructions and repairs.
The Regional Transportation Council approved a measure in August approving the disbursal of more than $2.5 billion in toll road revenue to local counties collected along SH 121, according to records filed by the North Texas Council of Governments.
Approximately $1.5 billion of those funds will go towards projects in Collin County in addition to the $235.6 million the county has in transportation bonds approved in November of 2007, according to RTC and Collin County records.
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Program in McKinney to focus on emerging pests, fire ant-control
October 02, 2008
Mike Jackson
MCKINNEY – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will co-host the program, “Fire Ant Control and Insect Management,” from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. 10 in McKinney.
The program will be held at the Myers Park and Event Center, 7117 County Road 166, in McKinney.
“It will be a field day farmers, ranchers, gardeners, landscapers and pesticide applicators won’t want to miss as experts will present preliminary results of ongoing fire ant research at Myers Park,” said Greg Church, an AgriLife Extension agent for horticulture in Collin County.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Individual indicted for animal cruelty for leaving dog in car
Planostar - August 16, 2008
Despite constant community awareness, the Plano Animal Services reported one death and cited 17 individuals for leaving their animals unattended in their vehicle this summer.
With the peak temperature this summer reaching a scorching 110 degrees, Jamey Cantrell, Plano’s Animal Services manager, said he does not understand why this problem continues to occur.
“This is something that happens more frequently than it should,” Cantrell said. “I don’t understand how people think. It is beyond me.”
Cantrell said in July alone, the one death and 10 of the 17 citations were issued.
“People will normally leave their windows cracked and think this is enough, but it’s not,” Cantrell said. “A dog cools themselves by panting. If it’s that hot and humid, they can’t cool down. Their temperature rises significantly. It’s sad people think their animal is going to be OK.”
According to reports, on July 4, a woman left her Scottish Terrier in her vehicle in direct sunlight for nearly three hours while inside the Denny’s located on U.S. 75.
When police arrived, the dog’s body registered at 115 degrees.
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Despite constant community awareness, the Plano Animal Services reported one death and cited 17 individuals for leaving their animals unattended in their vehicle this summer.
With the peak temperature this summer reaching a scorching 110 degrees, Jamey Cantrell, Plano’s Animal Services manager, said he does not understand why this problem continues to occur.
“This is something that happens more frequently than it should,” Cantrell said. “I don’t understand how people think. It is beyond me.”
Cantrell said in July alone, the one death and 10 of the 17 citations were issued.
“People will normally leave their windows cracked and think this is enough, but it’s not,” Cantrell said. “A dog cools themselves by panting. If it’s that hot and humid, they can’t cool down. Their temperature rises significantly. It’s sad people think their animal is going to be OK.”
According to reports, on July 4, a woman left her Scottish Terrier in her vehicle in direct sunlight for nearly three hours while inside the Denny’s located on U.S. 75.
When police arrived, the dog’s body registered at 115 degrees.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Fairview a fertile site for homebuilders
The Dallas Morning News - July 3, 2006
Fairview's motto is "Keeping it country."
But one look at a map shows why that's hard to do.
Wedged between Allen and McKinney on the east side of U.S. Highway 75, the Collin County town of 5,700 is next in line for a development boom.
Builders are already putting up new subdivisions lined with custom homes.
And starting next year work will begin on a 200-acre shopping center that's as big as some malls.
While the big city is knocking at Fairview's front door, city leaders say they want to keep the rural flavor for much of the town.
"We are trying to take advantage of the growth and protect ourselves at the same time," said Fairview City Manager John Godwin. "It looks like we are going to be able to do that."
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Fairview's motto is "Keeping it country."
But one look at a map shows why that's hard to do.
Wedged between Allen and McKinney on the east side of U.S. Highway 75, the Collin County town of 5,700 is next in line for a development boom.
Builders are already putting up new subdivisions lined with custom homes.
And starting next year work will begin on a 200-acre shopping center that's as big as some malls.
While the big city is knocking at Fairview's front door, city leaders say they want to keep the rural flavor for much of the town.
"We are trying to take advantage of the growth and protect ourselves at the same time," said Fairview City Manager John Godwin. "It looks like we are going to be able to do that."
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Collin's newcomers stretch dollars, legs
The Dallas Morning News - August 13, 2005
For many, a bigger home is better, and it's cheaper here than in many places
LOS GATOS, Calif. – Nestled on a wooded hillside in this tidy Silicon Valley community is a subdivision of newer tract homes with media rooms, breakfast nooks, granite countertops and other modern touches.
Like models on a Monopoly board, big new homes line the streets in the Twin Creeks subdivision in Allen. The homes are not unlike those you'd see in a similar high-income neighborhood in Allen, McKinney or Frisco – until you compare the price tags.
A $300,000 home in or near Collin County would cost about $1 million in Los Gatos.
When families move to North Texas from places like Silicon Valley, they are awestruck by the monster houses they can afford. They don't tend to hold back, said Jan Richey, a Realtor with Keller Williams in Frisco.
"Instead of buying the $300,000 house – which they should – they have so much more money from the equity in their previous house that they extend themselves as far as they can go," she said. "We have to protect them from themselves."
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For many, a bigger home is better, and it's cheaper here than in many places
LOS GATOS, Calif. – Nestled on a wooded hillside in this tidy Silicon Valley community is a subdivision of newer tract homes with media rooms, breakfast nooks, granite countertops and other modern touches.
Like models on a Monopoly board, big new homes line the streets in the Twin Creeks subdivision in Allen. The homes are not unlike those you'd see in a similar high-income neighborhood in Allen, McKinney or Frisco – until you compare the price tags.
A $300,000 home in or near Collin County would cost about $1 million in Los Gatos.
When families move to North Texas from places like Silicon Valley, they are awestruck by the monster houses they can afford. They don't tend to hold back, said Jan Richey, a Realtor with Keller Williams in Frisco.
"Instead of buying the $300,000 house – which they should – they have so much more money from the equity in their previous house that they extend themselves as far as they can go," she said. "We have to protect them from themselves."
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Friday, April 11, 2008
DFW won't see big home price declines
Report: Dallas-Fort Worth won't see big home price declines 11:08 PM CDT on Thursday, April 10, 2008 By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com
While North Texas' housing market decline has accelerated in recent months, analysts are still betting that the Dallas-Fort Worth area won't see measurable price declines. Indeed, the latest report from mortgage insurance firm PMI Group says that D-FW is one of the last places in the country likely to see a drop in home prices during the next couple of years. There's less than a 1 percent chance that home prices will fall here, according to PMI's spring risk index report, which was released Thursday. At the same time, PMI says that 13 of the nation's top housing markets have more than a 60 percent likelihood of home price declines. Full Story
While North Texas' housing market decline has accelerated in recent months, analysts are still betting that the Dallas-Fort Worth area won't see measurable price declines. Indeed, the latest report from mortgage insurance firm PMI Group says that D-FW is one of the last places in the country likely to see a drop in home prices during the next couple of years. There's less than a 1 percent chance that home prices will fall here, according to PMI's spring risk index report, which was released Thursday. At the same time, PMI says that 13 of the nation's top housing markets have more than a 60 percent likelihood of home price declines. Full Story
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Gateway Apartments Provide Solace for 130 Former Homeless
The new, two-story apartments at 723 N. McDonald St. will be different than any other apartment complex in McKinney, and possibly the country as they will serve as a private residence for people who were previously homeless.
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For new homebuilders in Collin County, go to McKinney Real Estate Services.
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For new homebuilders in Collin County, go to McKinney Real Estate Services.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Collin County County Opens Transitional Housing
Aaron Whitaker and his teenage daughter had only $36 and a few gallons of gas last year when they checked into a bunk-bed room at the Samaritan Inn, Collin County's only homeless shelter.
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Checkout these Fairview Homes and Farmersville Homes with our list of Collin County homes for sale.
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Checkout these Fairview Homes and Farmersville Homes with our list of Collin County homes for sale.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Earthen Dam Repair Urged Across North Texas
A publicly funded repair has erased 11 years of slumps and slides and returned the 39-foot-high earthen mound to its original state at a private lake in northwest Collin County.
The almost $578,000 project has stabilized the dam and assuaged the Wilsons, who long have called it a safety threat and an eyesore – and who joined neighbors in suing Collin County to restore or remove the structure.
But the one-time fix leaves unsettled the multimillion-dollar question of who will pay for future repairs and improvements to the dam near Celina and to hundreds of others aging across Texas.
The federal government has built almost 2,000 of the dams in Texas (about 11,000 nationwide) in the past 50-plus years to help control flooding and reduce soil erosion. Dallas and its six surrounding counties have 316 of them, including 99 in Collin County and 85 in Ellis County.
Monday, March 10, 2008
New Runway for the Regional Collin County Airport may be Longer
The replacement runway to be built at Collin County Regional Airport could be longer than the proposed 7,000 feet if some members of the McKinney Airport Development Corp. board have their way.
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For up-to-date information about Collin County communities and homes for sale, visit Collin County Real Estate.
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For up-to-date information about Collin County communities and homes for sale, visit Collin County Real Estate.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Collin County News Sources
- Anna-Melissa Tribune
- Allen American, The - Allen - Dallas-Fort Worth community newspaper.
- Inside Collin County Business - Plano - Online journal.
- McKinney Courier-Gazette - McKinney - Daily newspaper serving Collin County since 1897.
- McKinney Messenger - McKinney
- Plano Star Courier - Plano - Local news for Plano, TX.
- Carrollton Leader - Star Community Newspaper
- Celina Record - Star Community Newspaper
- The Farmsville Times - Serving Farmsville and East Collin County since 1885
- Frisco Enterprise - Star Community News Paper
- Collin County Commercial Record
- The Princeton Herald - The official newspaper of Princeton
- KDAF - CW 33
- KDFW - FOX 4
- KTVT - CBS 11
- KUVN - UNI 23
- KXAS - NBC 5
- KXTX - TM 39
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