Hundreds join Flash Mob to celebrate Dallas Marriott City Center renovation

Hundreds join Flash Mob to celebrate Dallas Marriott City Center renovation

(Dallas) March 1, 2012 – How do you celebrate the recently completed, top-to-bottom makeover of the Dallas Marriott City Center overlooking downtown Dallas? If you are among the hundreds of Marriott employees, friends and family, you invite local celebrities and members of the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau to join you by surprising guests of […]

Park Place unveils seventh generation Porsche 911

Park Place unveils seventh generation Porsche 911

Park Place Porsche recently unveiled the new, seventh generation 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera and Carrera S. The dealership’s Lemmon Avenue showroom and service garage were turned into a contemporary entertainment palace with modern lounge seating, a cigar den and multiple bars with liquid libations including a signature Stolichynaya Vodka, Hendrick’s Gin & Milagro Tequila cocktails, […]

Rockwall EDC welcomes Hatfield and Company to Rockwall Technology Park

Rockwall EDC welcomes Hatfield and Company to Rockwall Technology Park

Plant engineering specialties distributor Hatfield and Company will construct a 50,000 square foot building to relocate their operation. Hatfield and Company is relocating their corporate headquarters, manufacturing facility and local sales office from Mesquite to the Rockwall Technology Park. The new 3.6 acre site will be located at Discovery Boulevard and Innovation Drive in Phase I of the […]

Master Gardener officers inducted, Tour of Gardens set

(Rockwall) The Rockwall County Master Gardener Association recently inducted their 2012 officers: Linsley Srygley, President; Julie Simpson, Vice President; Janie Squier, Secretary; Larry Parks, Treasurer, and Richard Longworth, Past President. The Rockwall County Master Gardener Association is coordinated by Texas AgriLife Extension Service with the support of the Rockwall County Commissioners Court under the direction […]

Award winners honored, members recognized at Chamber banquet

Award winners honored, members recognized at Chamber banquet

(Rockwall) More than 180 members and guests gathered at Allure Restaurant at Chandlers Landing Jan. 12 for the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards and Member Appreciation Banquet. The event was sponsored by American National Bank Texas,  ANB Trust Department,  Business Directories of Texas,  the City of Rockwall,  Ebby  Halliday Realtors,  Endodontic Specialists of Rockwall,  […]

Down with resolutions – except one

Down with resolutions – except one

It seems I picked the right year to nix the idea of making my annual list of resolutions. Fortunate too that I stocked up on boxes of tissue, antihistamines and expectorant. My first week of 2012 was spent depleting those supplies, not thinking a whit about any personal goals beyond getting well and back to […]

Patient returns to Lake Pointe with message of hope

Patient returns to Lake Pointe with message of hope

The hustle and bustle of the holidays can be stressful, especially when you or a loved one spend Christmas in the hospital. In 2002,  Ashley Willis not only spent Christmas in the Intensive Care Unit of Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett, but it was also her 16th birthday. Every year since, Ashley has returned […]

InSync earns global accreditation for care of exotic cats

InSync earns global accreditation for care of exotic cats

(Collin County) InSync Wildlife Rescue and Education Center, located at 3430 Skyview Drive in Wylie, has earned accreditation as a member of the American Sanctuary Association, as well as the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. This honor is a testament to the high quality of  care and shelter that the center provides to the 59 […]

City of Heath honors staff, names Employee of the Year

City of Heath honors staff, names Employee of the Year

The City of Heath recently recognized employees for an outstanding performance in 2011. Among those was Tara Plexico who was named Employee of the Year. “Tara brings both experience and a can-do attitude to the job, and that means we can count her,” said City Manager Ed Thatcher. “Although she is an accountant, Tara is cross-trained to […]