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83 Central west Arlington 28 -13 $145,000 23
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122 Hurst 51 21 $125,250 -12
123 Colleyville 31 -14 $400,450 -11
124 Grapevine 36 -16 $242,500 33
L 125 Southlake 41 5 $535,000 1
126 Keller 44 -21 $268,000 -6
127 N.Richland Hills, 56 -28 $121,000 -3
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128 Watauga 13 -57 $75,750 -28
129 Haltom City,Riverside 24 -14 $62,450 -1
130 FW Summerfields, 120 -43 $143,750 -1
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132 Trophy Club,Westlake 16 -11 $305,310 22
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Stratford land deal in Euless closes
Dallas Business Journal - by Candace Carlisle, Staff Writer —
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011
The acquisition of 194-acres of raw land near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport —
recently was finalized through a joint venture composed of Strafford Land and Realty
Capital Corp.
The purchase price was not released.
The land acquisition in Euless, near State Highway 183 and State Highway 360, could —
bring developers and builders to the site for residential and commercial projects for a
destination-style, mixed-use development.
Until about a month ago, the land was zoned for commercial use. The Euless City
Council approved a plan to change the zoning to roughly 60 percent residential and 40
percent commercial.
The zoning change was the catalyst behind the deal, officials said.
Stratford Land and Realty Capital Corp. plan to parcel land off to residential and
commercial developers.
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Dallas Cowboys to play in basketball fundraiser
May. 16, 2011
BY TERRY EVANS
tevans@star-telegram.com
EULESS -- Current and former Dallas Cowboys will switch sports during a benefit
basketball game Thursday.
Bailin With The Boys III at Trinity High School, will benefit anti-truancy and dropout-
_ prevention programs in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district, said Bryan Lockhart, a
Trinity fan who organized the event.
The game starts at 7 p.m. in the gym at 500 N. Industrial Blvd. A VIP ticket gets you into
a 6:30 p.m. meet-and-greet party where Cowboys will sign autographs.
Texas School Business magazine honored the district's anti-truancy and dropout-
prevention programs with its 2010 Bragging Rights award.
Nate Hearne said the programs he oversees serve economically disadvantaged
students who miss days for various reasons.
"Whatever reason they give [for truancy], we provide a resource as a solution," he said.
Students meet professionals who explain the importance of attending school and
keeping up their grades, Hearne said. Parents get classes with college professors who
teach "parenting in the 21st century. If you don't work with the parents at the same time
you work with the kids, it's a lost cause."
Euless Police Chief Mike Brown said that the programs benefit the community and
require community-wide involvement.
"There's no question that this helps prevent crime, too," he said. "A recent study in the
Tarrant County Jail found that 86 percent of the inmates share a common crime [in their
histories]: truancy."
Damon Tackett, Lockhart's partner, said proceeds also benefit American Youth Football
& Cheer Southwest.
"We wanted to deal with charities that are centered on kids and helping them make
better decisions and become better people," he said.
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Barclay Burrow and fitness director Shelby Lauderdale at the Neuro Fitness Foundation recently Burrow is in the early stages of m�Itip ,k rr. .`. ,gym
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and use what they learn in -1 ?. Neuro Fitness Foundation
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EULESS — To keep his body _ ■Information:817-571-1323
working in the early stages of :` ' '1 < - —
multiple sclerosis, Barclay Bur- - "'"
row went to physical therapy as - "I'm here to assist clients witn I
often as his insurance allowed. •'.-. • their workouts and help them ac-
But therapy in a clinic was ex- complish their goals,"he said. —
pensive. ' '� Most members'goals are sirr,
"Every time I went, my co- :f - -K ply to improve their quality of
pay was $45;" he said. "That's life, Lauderdale said, but one of i
$90 a week.How long can you do _ = the biggest benefits is meetin
that?" people who are in similar situa
Burrow did it only until he ,x ,, ° t lions.
found Neuro Fitness Foundation, _ R In a recent yoga session,three
a nonprofit gym in Euless where ;. members and the volunteer yog
membership costs him $25 a teacher, former neurology nurs_
month. People who have had Lorna Bell-Curran,surrounded a
strokes,brain and spinal cord in- N woman to help her get into a po—
juries, and clients with cerebral TJ Griffin, left, and Craig Crosby work out on VitaGlide machines. "Even sition called the cat. One of th
palsy and other neurological though I'm a quadriplegic, I do almost everything for myself,'Griffin said. members was Burrow, why
conditions or diseases pay what- jumped up from downward dog
ever they can,even if it's nothing, 'IT Griffin,who broke his neck thing for myself." when he saw that the womai
for physical therapy. in 1990 playing football for Trin- The few things Griffin can't do needed a hand.
That's especially important ity High School, is one of 235 for himself include attaching his "I'm in a situation where I can
for people who have reached the members who depend on the hands to his favorite exercise ma- help people, so I also volunteer
limits of insurance coverage. gym for that enhancement. chine,the VitaGlide. up here;'he said. "You're amoni
In his third 'ear with MS,Bur- "I'm a C4-05 quadriplegic," Shelby Lauderdale often does people who won't judge but un
row said the € -m isn't a substi- said Griffin, a Neuro Fitness that. A physical therapy techni- derstand you at a different level."
tute for a rehai illation clinic;it's Foundation board member who cian, Lauderdale worked in an Griffin said that makes Neuro_
a place when people use what exercises there at least four times outpatient clinic for three years Fitness members a family.
they learn in rehab to continue a week. "Even though I'm a before coming aboard in March to —
enhancing their lives. quadriplegic, I do almost every- manage the gym. Terry Evans.817-390-7620
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C•¢• But department spokesman Tony
1 ies object o Hartzel said the project's contract
plans for asphalt doesn't stipulate what material is used.
"We stipulate the ride smoothness
North and ride quality," he said. "Asphalt is
on the 1 �1 of Lh smoother,it's quieter."
Robert Hinkle, spokesman for NTE
TarraTarrant Express Mobility Partners, said engineers chose
nt Express asphalt because it's cost-efficient at the
outset and it's easier to maintain.
El Hurst and Euless officials were "The engineers are telling me that
surprised to learn that Loop 820 and asphalt is not as expensive to put down
Texas 121/183 won't be concrete. as concrete in the beginning," Hinkle
said. "In the operations and mainte-
By Terry Evans nance, it's a lot easier to deal with as-
tevans@star•telegram.com phalt than concrete."
Hurst and Euless officials were sur- Steve Hankins,the company's design
prised to learn that all lanes and frontage and construction director, said that be-
roads of the North Tarrant Express re- fore the asphalt is laid,the road base will
construction project will be built with be rebuilt using crushed concrete from
asphalt rather than concrete. the old lanes.Road bases will be up to 3.5
Hurst City Manager Allan Weegar feet thick, with asphalt 6 to 8.5 inches
said he doesn't understand why the Tex- thick, depending on whether they're
as Department of Transportation would frontage, general-purpose or managed
allow use of a road material that his city lanes, Hankins said.
has discontinued in favor of concrete "The total thickness is similar to a
because of maintenance issues. concrete-paved road,"he said.
"From a city manager's perspective, The North Tarrant Express contract
what I've seen in nearly every urban specifies that the project be finished in
project . . . is that there's a reason five years,which is another good reason
TxDOT is putting concrete on streets," to use asphalt,Hartzel said.
Weegar said. "Why should it be differ- "If they're doing it with asphalt,they
ent with this project?" can do it quicker,"he said.
Euless Public Works Director Ron Still, city officials say they are con-
Young was also puzzled when he heard cerned because roads that will eventu-
this month that the contractor will ally become their responsibility may not
use asphalt on the 13.5-mile makeover be rebuilt to city standards.
of Northeast Loop 820 and Texas 121/
183. Terry Evans,817-390-7620
"I had assumed all along that it would
be concrete," Young said. "I thought
TxDOT built all-concrete roads."
Officials with the department and
NTE Mobility Partners, which is over-
seeing the $2.5 billion project, declined
to discuss which material is more dura-
ble.
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Fort Worth receives award
for Reclaimed Water Project
one to three million gallons a day of reel
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Fort Worth—Representatives from the infrastructure, claimed water for non-potable purposes,
Texas Water Development Board pre- - use of full-cost pricing/affordability such as use on athletic fields,in gas well
sented Mayor Mike Moncrief the EPA tools, hydraulic fracturing and for cooling
Award for "Sustainable Public Health -encouragement of efficientwater use, tower processes.The existing pump sta-
Protection"in a ceremony at the Village -holistic source water resources benefit tion can provide 12 million gallons a I
Creek Water Reclamation Facility. approach, day,but is expandable to 18 million gal-
The award recognizes communities na- -Innovation in financing,and Ions a day.
tionwide that have advanced innovative -creative use of partnerships. Reclaimed water is important to the re-
and effective Drinking Water State Re- • Reclaimed water,also known as reuse gion's future water supply needs. The
volving Fund projects that further the or recycled water, is highly treated 2010 Region C Water Plan indicates that 7
goal of clean and safe water through ex- wastewater used fora beneficial purpose. 23 percent of water supply in 2060 will
ceptional planning,management,and fi- Reclaimed water must meet strict water come from conservation and reuse of our
nance.TWDB,which oversees the state quality standards as established by the existing water resources.
revolving fund,nominated Fort Worth's Texas Commission on Environmental This project is the first major expansion
Village Creek Reclaimed Water Project Quality. of reclaimed water use by Fort Worth.
from a field of close to a hundred active The project involves construction of an The Waterchase Golf Course in east Fort
DWSRF projects. 11.5-mile "purple" pipeline and a Worth has been purchasing reclaimed
TWDB was directed to include the fol- 12-million-gallons-a day pump station, water since 1998. 7
lowing mandatory criteria in its selection which was funded with$16.265 million With the aid of a TWDB grant, Fort I
process: financial integrity, Safe in ARRA appropriations through the Worth completed a study in 2007 that ex- 1
Drinking Water Act compliance, public state revolving loan fund.The loan has a amined the potential for reclaimed water
health benefits and American Recovery 20-year payback period and is interest use in Tarrant County.The study identi-
and Reinvestment Act compliance(if ap- free.Purple is the color used to denote re- fled five viable geographic areas for us-
plicable).In addition,each nominee had claimed water pipelines and all above ing reclaimed water. This eastern area
to demonstrate leadership in at least one ground fixtures. was the easiest to implement because of
or more of the following criteria: Prior to construction commencing in the proximity to the Village Creek treat7
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-use of DWSRF program funds to plan February 2010, Fort Worth entered into ment facility. The Village Creek Water
and/or execute an exceptional green pro- contracts with Arlington, Euless and Reclamation Facility produces about 107
ject, DFW Airport for the purchase of re- mgd of reclaimed water,the vast major-
-use of innovative management strate- claimed water. In the first few years,the ity of which is discharged into the Trinity
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gies that promote sustainability of water three entities are estimated to take about River.
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Euless fundraiser f
dogcOStL1me contest
SocialEyes 0 The money Faye lined up great music, food
will help people withand interesting exhibits so
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intellectual disabilities. that runners, contestants freeder@ and spectators have a fab-
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Lace'em up.There will be ulous morning of fun. The
all kinds of four-legged 5K run will have awards for
cuteness at Bob Eden Park, The Doggie Costume the top three in various age
in Euless on Saturday Contest, which starts at and gender categories.
when people arrive for the 9:30 a.m., will be enter- Special Needs Assis-
Strut Your Stuff 5K Run taming as the audience tance Partners marketing
and 1-Mile Fun Run. The watches to see which mutt director Tricia Pryor
—. event also features a canine wins the contests for big- says, "Lace up your run-
costume contest. gest dog, smallest dog and ning shoes, primp up your
North Texas Special best costume. pup and come walk or run
Needs Assistance Partners Hardworking commit- — whatever you choose,
is presenting the event to tee members include Co- you can't lose:'Learn more
raise money to help people lin Tkachuk, Danna about SNAP at
with intellectual disabili- Walters, Aymle Thorn- www.ntxsnap.org or call
ties. Individual runners or ton, Maggie Baldwin, Executive Director Rita
a team can register from Marlene Turner and Re- Goodner at 817-475-8724.
6:30 to 7:30 a.m.Saturday. gina Kropf. They have