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posted 12.1.11
Annual Adult Holiday Party
Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. to midnight
6905 Beckworth Lane
Please join us for a catered holiday party complete with casino tables and a DJ.
RSVP now by providing a check made payable to Jennifer Murphy, dropped off at the host's home, 6905 Beckworth Lane. Please provide your name, email address, phone number, and number of attendees with your check.
$25/person by November 30, 2011
$30/person after November 30, 2011
Heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine and beer will be provided
Cocktail Attire
Please bring a new, unwrapped toy to benefit Toys for Tots
Questions? Please contact social committee chair Tina Miller at
tmspark2@aol.com.
posted 11.29.11
Two significant updates were revealed during the Nov. 15 City of The Colony meeting involving the city council and Planning and Zoning commission. First, the Denton County Commissioners Court, as expected, approved the proposed development NW of Kings Ridge by a vote of 5-0. Second, the extension of Headquarters Road west of Spring Creek Parkway and into the development has been reduced from a 6-lane road to a 4-land road, meaning slower speed limits and more space for the proposed development to be anchored by Nebraska Furniture Mart, http://www.nfm.com/. Stay tuned for more details on the next City of The Colony meeting and ways for you to be involved.
updated 11.18.11
Colony Development along
highway 121
Planning and Zoning Agenda
http://www.ci.the-colony.tx.us/Boards/pzc/PZCArchive.html
City Council Aganda
http://www.ci.the-colony.tx.us/Council/CityCouncilArchive.html
Maps of roads within the approved development
(provided by City of The Colony):
Known media coverage about City of The Colony
development along highway 121
Click on the hyperlinked headlines to read the
article, or watch the KETV and WFAA clips.
PRINT
Plano Star Courier
Residents find mega development thoroughfare "disconcerting"
By the numbers: City breaks down development deal
Associated Press
Neb. Furniture Mart plans store near Dallas, Texas
Southwest Iowa News
Furniture Mart plans Texas store
Colony Courier Leader
The Colony to boast $1.5 billion mega-retail
outlet
Dallas Business Journal
Nebraska Furniture Mart plans $1.5B complex in
The Colony
Dallas Morning News (Full story in Nov. 9
Business News section, p. 6D)
The Colony approves plans for development with
Nebraska Furniture Mart
Twice
Nebraska Furniture Mart Gunning For Texas
Furniture Today
Nebraska Furniture Mart may be headed to Dallas
suburb
Huge showroom planned for The Colony, Texas
Omaha World-Herald
Mart to build $1.5B development in Texas
Texas business climate lures the Mart
Plano Star Courier
Plano residents want more details on proposed development in The Colony
TELEVISION
KETV-TV (Ch. 7, ABC-Omaha)
Nebraska Furniture Mart Plans To Expand
Mega Store To Be Built In Suburban Dallas
KDFW (Ch. 4) aired a story at 9:45 p.m.
and it spoke only of the city of Colony's
interest in having a Nebraska Furniture Mart
store built initially in the development.
According to the news report, the Nebraska
Furniture Mart would be twice the size of IKEA,
and was classified as one of the world's largest
single use retail stores. In addition to the
store, the other things to be built would be a
warehouse, distribution center and regional and
corporate HQ that in total could create 15,000
jobs and produce $2 bb for the city in the first
year alone. The story wrapped by saying that, if
approved, the construction would begin next
spring.
WFAA-TV (Ch. 8, ABC-Dallas)
The Colony could be home to colossal furniture
store
WFAA (Ch. 8) aired a story at 10:02 p.m.
and it focused on the approval of a Tax
Increment Financing District that allows the
reinvestment of tax dollars into the district
for economic development. The story featured
comments from Kings Ridge neighbor Jerry Welch,
Suzette Snyder and Andrea Mills, plus one from
Shoal Creek who provided their concerns -- site
lines, noise, traffic -- about the development
amid the speculation as to just what the
development would actually evolve into.
According to the story, the developer would
invest $1.5 bb to bring Nebraska Furniture Mart,
billed as the development's main tenant and also
the nation's largest retail outlet for
furniture, flooring, appliances and electronics.
The story said the development would create more
than 20,000 jobs over the next four decades and
attract 8 mm visitor in its first year and more
than 10 mm visitors in its second year. The
story said the developer would like to open the
Nebraska Furniture Mart in 2015.
KTVT (Ch. 11) aired a story at 10:05 p.m.
and it also referenced the planned Nebraska
Furniture Mart, referred to as the largest
furniture, flooring, appliance and electronics
store in the U.S. According to the report, one
store is the size of three Super Wal-Marts
combined. The report said the store alone could
create 1,700 full-time jobs. The Colony Mayor
Joel McCourry said in an interview that the
business would be a huge draw, estimating as
many as 8 mm visitors in the first year alone.
In addition to the store, the report said the
development could contain three hotels, 10
restaurants and a vaguely described theme park
and theme park hotel that was not described in
any greater level of detail. Bordering neighbor
concerns were expressed and focused on traffic.
The mayor declined to say any more about the
vaguely described theme park and themed hotel.
The Nebraska Furniture Mart is currently located
in three cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and
Omaha.
City of the Colony Agenda Packet
updated 11.18.11
Community Awareness, Safety Highlight National Night Out
By Bill Kula
More than 325 Kings Ridge Homeowner Association neighbors ranging from 3 weeks to 75 years old gathered together Oct.4 to celebrate National Night Out.
Joined by Plano Councilwoman and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lissa Smith, Plano Police Captain Michael Tower, Citizens Assisting Plano Police representative Daryl Molitor and Plano Fire Station 13 Captain Daniel Moore and his squad, neighbors celebrated the fall evening with a 15 minute parade enlivened by the rhythmic beat of the Hebron High School drum line followed by a block party and cookout.
The Kings Ridge event was one of more than 50 involving subdivisions throughout Plano Tuesday night.
In one of Kings Ridge’s greenbelts, Councilwoman Smith thanked the crowd for taking the time to get to know their neighbors and for promoting safety. Captain Tower stressed the importance of creating a neighborhood where people know more than the people on their street and said that when neighbors look out for one another, crime can be thwarted.
“Our neighborhood has established a personality based upon neighbors helping neighbors; families looking out for one another; and people being incredibly involved in the community,” said Paul Nolte, Kings Ridge safety committee chair.
“While National Night Out is an annual event, our neighborhood strives to embody the spirit of the evening year round by taking an active role in fighting crime,” said Nolte. “Every neighborhood can help take a bite out of crime.”
The National Association of Town Watch hosts the annual event nationally and uses National Night Out as a way to bring neighbors and crime fighters together. Now in its 28th year, National Night Out involves more than 37 million people in the U.S., U.S. territories, Canada and military bases according to the NATW. In 2010, the City of Plano was nationally recognized by the NATW for its National Night Out program.
In Kings Ridge, the nearly 500 home West Plano subdivision has designated volunteer block captains who work with the safety committee to be the ‘eyes and ears’ of the community.
The neighborhood’s safety committee credits National Night Out for helping motivate neighbors to not only be alert for suspicious activity, but for quickly reporting unusual or strange activity so everyone can be quickly apprised of news and events happening in the neighborhood.
Bill Kula is the Kings Ridge HOA communications chair.
posted 10.06.11
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