Frisco’s Career and Technical Education Center
Frisco’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center is impressive. The CTE Center is a $33M, 125,000 sq foot facility serving each of Frisco’s high schools and offering 2000 students “real world” learning. The classes include architecture and construction, technology and graphic design, audio visual, business management, education, finance, marketing and sales and service. The classes with [...]
New HOA Limitations
Since many of us in Frisco live in mandatory homeowner associations (HOA’s), I thought you’d be interested in new regulations that limit some of their powers… Homeowners living in a neighborhood with an HOA now must be permitted to: * Display the U.S. or Texas flag, or flags of military branches. Free-standing flagpoles no more than 20 [...]
How Stonebriar fared in 2011
Happy New Year Stonebriar friends! We survived 2011 with persistent unemployment, anemic GDP growth, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, revolutions, wars, a US credit downgrade, the ongoing European debt crisis, horrible reality TV, another disappointing season from the Cowboys and yet somehow through it all, we managed to put together a fairly solid year in real estate. [...]
Texas Jobs Outpace Nation
Boding well for Texas homeowners, Texas gained 227,800 nonfarm jobs from November 2010 to November 2011 according to the Real Estate Center’s latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy. That represents an annual growth rate of 2.2 percent compared with 1.2 percent for the United States. The state’s nongovernment sector grew at an even faster rate, [...]
Thanksgiving Break Camps
Is this a great idea or what…send the kids off to have some fun at the Frisco Athletic Center, while you get ready for your holiday guests! ABRAKADOODLE GIRLS ONLY CAMP In this girls only camp, we’ll paint art aprons, sculpt ceramic sunflowers out of clay, and decoupage a jewelry box. Girls should bring their favorite [...]
New WalMart in south Frisco
WalMart lovers will be glad to know the new Walmart Neighborhood Market will open in southern Frisco Oct. 12! The 62,800-square-foot store is designed to offer quick access to low cost groceries, prescriptions and household products. It is located on the southeast corner of Legacy and Lebanon and will open at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12, following [...]
Fit in Frisco
Frisco Mayor, Maher Maso has launched a new “Be Fit Frisco” wellness initiative. He’s hoping to increase awareness and opportunites for residents to be active and fit. Here’s some things coming up: This Sunday, dog lovers and their four legged friends can explore the new Frisco Dog Park at its Grand Opening at 2 pm [...]
Low Offer?
In this contentious market, sellers are seeing unreasonably low offers on their homes. So what do you do when a buyer is severely below market in their initial offer? Here’s how I advise my clients… First and foremost is to counter the offer. Unless you have multiple offers, the best response is always to counter with a price [...]
Stonebriar Community Church News
Kudos to Stonebriar Community Church for being selected by “Web and Designers” as number 8 of 60 top church websites. Additionally, Chuck Swindoll’s radio ministry has announced plans to build a $14.5 million, 19,000 square foot headquarters building in Frisco! Insight for Living has purchased seven acres of land for the project, which is to include [...]
Fri Night at Fire Safety Town
There’s just 2 more Friday nights to take advantage of this special event at Frisco’s Fire Safety Town… During the summer months of June, July and August, we are open from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for Friday Nights are Family Nights at Frisco Fire Safety Town. Our 2011 season runs from June 3 through [...]
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