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Blizzard® Flavor Treats Served for a Good Cause
Euless Dairy Queen® celebrates 8th Annual Miracle Treat Day on August 8 to
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Euless, Texas (PRWEB) August 05, 2013
The new Dairy Queen® restaurant at 700 N Industrial Blvd. will celebrate the 8th Annual DQ®
Miracle Treat Day on Thursday, August 8 when one dollar from every Blizzard® Treat sold will
be donated to local Cook's Children's, one of the 170 hospitals supported by Children's Miracle
Network Hospitals® (CMN Hospitals). CMN Hospitals raises funds to help save and improve the
lives of kids treated at member hospitals across the U.S. and Canada.
"The Euless Dairy Queen restaurant has been open for 100 days and the response from the
mid-cities has been fantastic. We want to give back. We're already proud a supporter of various
community projects and Miracle Treat Day is a particularly special event. This annual fundraiser
is a win-win for all involved. Our fans get to enjoy delicious Blizzard Treats, and we all get to
help children in our community who need it most with a donation to our local CMN Hospital,"
said owner/operator Michael Clarke.
Since 1984, the Dairy Queen system has raised more than $97 million through fundraising
efforts including Miracle Treat Day, the Miracle Balloon campaign and other local initiatives.
The featured Miracle Treat Day "Blizzard Treat of the Day" will be Oreo® which is still the most
popular Blizzard Treat to date. The Blizzard of the Month for August in the U.S. is Tripleberry®
Brownie, which is made with rich choco chunks, Orange Julius® Tripleberry fruit puree and
chewy brownie pieces. All other Blizzard flavors will also be available that day.
The incredible popularity of the Blizzard brand is what led the Dairy Queen system to initiate the
Blizzard Fan Club in 2005 and the Dairy Queen Facebook fan page in 2008. Today, the Fan
Club is 3.4 million members strong while the DQ Facebook fan page has more than 5. 7 million
friends.
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http://wwwfacebook.com/dfwdq.
For more information about the Dairy Queen system, visit http://www.DairyQueen.com. Follow
the DQ system on Twitter at http://www. twitter. com/dairyqueen.
About Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
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Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds for 170 children's hospitals across the J
United States and Canada, which, in turn, use the money where it's needed the most. When a
donation is given it stays in the community, helping local kids. Since 1983, Children's Miracle
Network Hospitals has raised more than $4.7 billion, most of it $1 at a time. These donations I
have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated
care, all in support of the mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible.
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AboutADQ:
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develops, licenses and services a system of more than 6,300 Dairy Queen® stores in the United
States, Canada and 20 other countries. ADQ is part of the Berkshire Hathaway family, a I
company owned by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. For '
more information, visit DairyQueen.com.
About Euless DQ: I
Euless Dairy Queen opened on April 30, 2013 and immediately set records as the busiest DQ in
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New school marks continued Viridian development
Posted Monday, Aug. 05, 2013
sschrock@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON -Along with resort pools and new homes, construction will soon begin on a two-
story elementary school in Arlington's newest fast-growing neighborhood.
The Hurst-Euless-Bedford school board approved a $16.8 million contract last week to build the
school in the new Viridian master-planned community in far north Arlington.
Over the past year, about 100 families have moved into the 2,300-acre development, just north
of Green Oaks Boulevard off Collins Street.
An additional 200 families are expected to move in within the next 12 months, said the
developer, JCKPL LLC.
The 91,168-square-foot school, which will serve 870 students in grades kindergarten through
sixth grade, is expected to open in August 2014.
H-E-B school officials say they expect to name the school, which will offer a Spanish immersion
program, Suzuki Strings Program and core knowledge pre-kindergarten, later this fall.
JCKPL President Robert Kembel said having a state-of-the-art elementary school with advanced
programs will help create the type of community residents seek out.
"It's right in the middle of the neighborhoods. For us to have an elementary school where
families can walk to it and ride their bikes to it and be a part of it, we just think that is really
important," Kembel said.
The school isn't the only addition to the growing neighborhood, which is Arlington's largest
single-family housing development in years.
With more residents, Kembel said, he's ready to start construction this month on resort pools in
Viridian's amenity area and begin talking to restaurant owners about opening up on the shores
of Lake Viridian.
The development's pools are expected to open in spring, and then the developer will begin
work on an event center that should open in 2015, Kembel said.
Eventually, Viridian will have 3,500 single-family homes and 1,500 condos, town houses and
apartments.
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Councilman Charlie Parker, who represents north Arlington, said projects such as Viridian that
attract new residents and businesses -and create new sources of property taxes and sales tax
-are crucial to the city's financial health.
"It does nothing but benefit the city of Arlington," said Parker, who said he's impressed by the
developer's transformation of the former flood plain along the Trinity River. "It's absolutely
remarkable what they have done out there."
A town center, called Viridian Village, will have 400,000 square feet for offices and medical
space, and 400,000 square feet for shops and restaurants. Leasing for that project isn't likely to
begin until more homes open, Kembel said.
"We will be patient. The more Viridian rooftops there are, the more demand there will be,"
Kembel said.
Kembel said he expects nearly 700 lots to be ready for home construction by the end of
November.
This report includes material from the Star-Telegram archives.
Susan Schrock, 817-390-7639 Twitter: @susanschrock
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New developers take over Glade Parks project in Euless
Posted Wednesday, Aug. 07, 2013
EULESS - A Washington, D.C.-based real estate equity fund has taken control of the unfinished Glade
Parks development along Texas 121 in Euless and plans to complete the 193-acre residential and retail
project.
Iron Point Partners, which also has an office in Dallas, assumed the project loans in April from Rubloff
Development Group in Rockford, Ill., as part of the original developer's bankruptcy case. The land was
transferred to the new owner in June, deed records show.
Iron Point will partner with North Rock Real Estate, a Minnesota developer.
Euless officials said they are eager to see the project -between Glade and Cheek Sparger roads -
restart.
"We are very pleased with Iron Point. They're a great developer with a lot of experience in the
community and will do a great job with this project," City Manager Gary McKamie said.
Representatives for the two companies will be ready to talk about their plans in a couple of weeks,
spokeswoman Fran Gallagher said.
The project is not expected to change much from the original plans, which included 129 single-family
homes, said Betsy Deck, a Euless spokeswoman.
The city has spent $5 million on infrastructure at Glade Parks and will begin building another road and a
bridge this year, Deck said.
North Rock, based in Minnetonka, Minn., has been a preferred developer for Target and Wal-Mart and
has developed more than 15 million square feet of shopping centers, offices and mixed-use projects, as
well as master-planned residential communities, Gallagher said.
Iron Point Partners manages $1.3 billion in equity capital and says it specializes in distressed and other
special-situation investment opportunities. Before its founding in 2007, Iron Point said, its principals
managed RMB Realty and its successor, Oak Hill Realty, the real estate vehicles for Fort Worth investor
Robert Bass.
A Rubloff Development subsidiary, Glade 121 LP., began buying land for Glade Parks in 2005 but didn't
start the development for years. Only two restaurants, Raising Cane's and Rosa's Cafe, have been built
there.
In December 2011, Rubloff sold 17 acres on Heritage Avenue to JLB Partners, which built 417 urban lofts
in 16 buildings. Those opened in March.
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Glade 121 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2012, staving off foreclosure and stalling
the development. Rubloff at one time said Glade Parks would rival the upscale Southlake Town Center.
In April, Iron Point assumed Rubloff s project loans, including a $36.2 million note with First National
Bank of Omaha and a $5.4 million loan with BMO Harris Bank, according to the reorganization plan filed
in the Northern District of Illinois and Tarrant County deed records.
The court approved the plan May 29, and Rubloff s bankruptcy case closed July 1.
Sandra Baker, 817-390-7727 Twitter: @SandraBakerFWST
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