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Flower Mound Highland Village Argyle Edition VOLUME 7, ISSUE 11 SEPT. 7 OCT. 4, 2024
2024 Education Edition
AISD to add new high school, middle school with growth Kristi Therford teaches class at Argyle Middle School, where enrollment is increasing. To provide relief, AISD plans to open up a second middle school along FM 407 in 2026 and repurpose its current middle school campus back into a high school in 2027.
COURTESY ARGYLE ISD
school in 2027 to provide enrollment relief. “The facility con gurations ... are providing the best educational experience for our students while being scally responsible to our community,” board President Sam Slaton said via email.
pinch points are at the middle and high school levels, Superintendent Courtney Carpenter said. Argyle Middle School on US 377 once served as the district’s high school before Argyle High School opened in the 2021-22 school year. The district plans to open a second middle school on FM 407 in 2026 and turn the US 377 campus back into a high
BY JONATHAN PERRIELLO
Argyle ISD amended its 10-year strategic plan Aug. 19 to allow the exibility to create multiple high schools as it eyes growth and capacity issues. Expecting to serve over 11,000 students within a decade—nearly double its current population—the
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5 The Touring Chocolatier The business offers a variety of sweet treats such as truffles and chocolate bark, along with gift items and chocolate-themed classes. The original Touring Chocolatier opened in Northlake in 2021. • Opening in early October • 2601 Lakeside Parkway, Ste. 150, Flower Mound • www.touringchocolatier.com 6 Toastique The health-focused restaurant bills itself as a gourmet toast and juice bar. It also sells smoothies, coffee and iced lattes. • Opening fall 2024 • 4610 Long Prairie Road, Ste. 130, Flower Mound • www.toastique.com 7 Cactus Canyon The restaurant will serve Tex-Mex food, including fajitas, enchiladas and margaritas. • Opening Nov. 19 • 600 FM 407, Argyle • www.circlestarbrands.com 8 SVN Verus Commercial business development Greg Johnson, managing director of SVN Verus Commercial, which owns the property, said there will be up to six retail or service tenants in the building with some undisclosed businesses signed to open.
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3 VIO Med Spa The spa offers a variety of facial treatments and body procedures for men and women. • Opened Aug. 5 • 2701 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 224, Flower Mound • www.viomedspa.com 4 3040 Pavilion Construction has finished on the business development building, which is open for a variety of retail, office and
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• Opening in first quarter 2025 • 8131 Gateway Drive, Argyle • https://v-re.com
1 HTea0 The chain sells fresh-brewed ice tea, coffee and lattes. • Opened Aug. 30 • 3551 Morriss Road, Flower Mound • www.hteao.com 2 Whataburger The chain opened in August to drive-through service. The dining room is expected to open in September. • Opened Aug. 19
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9 Twin Coves Park The park reopened after closing May 28 due to damage and rising water levels from severe storms. • Reopened on Aug. 7 • 5001 Wichita Trail, Flower Mound • www.flowermound.gov
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10 Cold Stone Creamery Work on a new location for the frozen treat chain began on Aug. 18, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Renovations on the new space are expected to wrap up on Jan. 15. • 1450 Long Prairie Road, Ste. 120, Flower Mound • www.coldstonecreamery.com 11 Turning Pointe Dance Studio The dance studio celebrated 20 years of providing lessons in May. In addition to hosting classes for boys and girls ages 3-18, Turning Pointe offers adult classes and competitive opportunities. • 11A 2801 Morriss Road, Flower Mound (main campus) • 11B 2613 Sagebrush Drive, Ste. 102, Flower Mound • www.turningpointetx.com
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13 Branded Bowls The restaurant, which is owned by Circle Star Brands, offers customizable rice and salad bowls. The restaurant is a creation of Marty Bryan and Brian Gasperson of Circle Star Brands, which operates 1845 Taste Texas, Rustico Grill and Marty B’s. • Opened Aug. 20
14 Andy’s Frozen Custard The dessert shop offers handcrafted frozen custard treats. The company has grown into the nation’s largest frozen custard-only business, with more than 2,000 employees and 155 company-owned and franchised stores across 15 states, according to a news release. • Opening Sept. 11 • 3800 FM 407, Bartonville • www.eatandys.com
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12 Rush Bowls The business offered bowls of fruit that promote a healthy lifestyle, according to its website. • Closed in June • 2400 Lakeside Parkway, Flower Mound • www.rushbowls.com
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Furst Ranch project begins development A more than 1,000-acre mixed-use devel- opment has started in Flower Mound. Developers have acquired the initial 90 acres of the Furst Ranch project, located near US 377 and Cross Timbers Road, per a news release. Hines, a Houston-based real estate invest- ment manager, is developing the community along with Trez Capital and the Furst family. Developers will purchase the other 948 acres in the next six years, the release states. Homes are expected to be priced from $800,000 to over $2.5 million. In addition to residential areas, Furst Ranch may include senior living, retail and more. “We’re looking at late 2026 or even 2027 before home construction begins,” Furst Ranch stated on its Facebook page, adding that the buildout timeline is 10-12 years.
Tax rate history While property values have increased across North Texas, the property tax rates for Argyle, Flower Mound and Highland Village residents have declined in recent years.
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SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Flower Mound officials propose lowering tax rate Flower Mound residents could see a slightly lower property tax rate in the next fiscal year. The FY 2024-25 tax rate and budget are both set to be adopted Sept. 16. Public hearings will be held that same date. Zooming in per $100 valuation, down from last year’s $0.3873. In the FY 2024-25 budget, the proposed reve- nues are expected to be $273.8 million. The total expenditures are estimated at $352 million.
Officials said the $79 million shortfall is because of $75 million from prior authorized projects and $4 million in one-time expenditures. Officials said the budget includes an employee compensation plan, capital improvements, and maintaining infrastructure, facilities and parks.
The proposed budget includes increasing the homestead exemption from 12.5% to 15% and lowering the town’s property tax rate to $0.387278
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BY KEVIN CUMMINGS
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2024
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Education Edition! This guide features the latest updates and resources about local K-12 public school options in your community, ranging from new campuses to budget details to bond elections. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—show them your gratitude by supporting them. Whether you work for a local school district, have a student enrolled or are just a tax- paying resident, what happens at districts across the region affects nearly everyone in the community. In this edition, our reporters dive into the topics happening at local schools that are shaping not only K-12 students but also the communities in which they serve. Inside, readers can find out more about how local students stack up against statewide averages in State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness scores; learn about how Argyle ISD is asking voters for a tax rate increase to ease the financial burden caused by a lack of state funding; and get insights from the new director of the Lewisville ISD Education Foundation. In addition, we have a feature on how LISD is boosting STEM education with a mobile initiative, as well as a deep dive into AISD’s 10-year plan to have multiple high schools.
What's inside
Argyle ISD to place tax rate increase proposal in front of voters (Page 8)
Cathy Williams General Manager cwilliams@ communityimpact.com
New Lewisville ISD Education Foundation director talks priorities (Page 12)
Wonder Wagon brings mobile STEM classes to Lewisville ISD (Page 14)
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District data
While Lewisville ISD has seen enrollment decline over the last six years, the student population has continued to steadily grow in both Argyle and Northwest ISDs, which has led to higher increases in the number of economically disadvantaged students—meaning the qualify for free or reduced lunches—at those districts during that time.
District Student Enrollment
Economically disadvantaged population
Lewisville ISD
Northwest ISD Percent change
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Northwest ISD
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SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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Education
Argyle ISD calls for tax rate election this fall The Argyle ISD board of trustees unanimously approved calling a voter-approval tax rate election, or VATRE, for Nov. 5 during an Aug. 19 meeting. The board also approved a $57 million budget for fiscal year 2024-25 with a $1.29 million shortfall and a total tax rate of $1.2869, according to doc- uments. The tax rate is based on a $.077 increase in the maintenance and operations tax rate contingent upon the VATRE passing this election, but the budget does not include the $2.5 million in revenue that it would generate. As a result of the lack of increased state funding, AISD has adopted shortfall budgets for both the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, Chief Financial Officer Liz Stewart said. This shortfall is partly because the basic allotment per student has remained unchanged since 2019, while inflation has increased, reducing the ability to support teachers and staff effectively, she added.
NISD opposes TAD reappraisal plan
Argyle ISD tax rate per $100 valuation
$0 $0.3 $0.6 $0.9 $1.2 $1.5
Superintendent Mark Foust said North- west ISD could lose up to $10 million annually in state funding due to changes the Tarrant Appraisal District made to how it appraises properties. The details At the Aug. 13 board meeting, Chief Finan- cial Officer Jonathan Pastusek said proposed TAD changes include reappraising properties every two years, freezing property values for tax year 2024-25 at current values, and setting appraisal caps at 5%. Official said the changes could be chal- lenging for high-growth districts like NISD. Negative impacts to the district include a lack of budget funding that could lead to higher NISD tax rates.
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*INCLUDING VATRE
What you need to know The M&O tax rate, which funds district oper- ations, in FY 2023-24 was $0.7122. Without the VATRE, it would be $0.7099 in FY 2024-25. If the VATRE passes, the M&O tax rate would be $0.7869, an annual $77 increase for every $100,000 of taxable home value, per district documents. If approved, AISD would allocate VATRE revenue toward staff raises, offsetting the budget shortfall and classroom equipment, Stewart said. Early voting is from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1, with Election Day on Nov. 5.
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LISD students exceed state average STAAR scores
LISD adopts $4.5M shortfall in FY 2024-25 On Aug. 26, Lewisville ISD trustees approved the fiscal year 2024-25 budget, which includes a $4.5 million shortfall. The budget plans for $561.1 million in expenses and $556.6 million in revenue with a total tax rate of $1.1178 per $100 valuation, per district documents. The taxable value of an average resi- dence in LISD decreased 2.6%, dropping to $437,609 in FY 2024-25, Chief Financial Officer Scott Wrehe said. This will result in a $189 decrease in an average tax bill. The context LISD’s financial issues stem from a lack of increased state funding, declining enroll- ment and rising costs, Wrehe said. To help, LISD has cut staff and is examining low-en- rollment electives, among other things.
Lewisville ISD third through eighth grade students beat state averages on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test, except in seventh grade math, according to June results. However, on average LISD scores dropped from spring 2023 in all grade levels, per Texas Education Agency data. This trend was consistent across the state, according to a news release. The gist Results are measured using four performance levels: did not meet grade level, approaches grade level, meets grade level and masters grade level. By the numbers Seventh grade students statewide scored lower in math than in other grades. LISD students’ math scores dropped from 2023 to 2024 except in fourth grade, which remained the same. For information on other districts’ STAAR results, visit www.communityimpact.com.
Passage rate changes, 2023-24 The data shows the change in percentage of students who passed the math STAAR between the spring 2023 and 2024 administrations. Lewisville ISD Statewide -15 -10 -5 +5 +10 +15 0
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AISD to add new high school, middle school with growth From the cover
The context
capacity in 2027-28, Slaton said. That school year, grades nine and 10 will be added to the US 377 campus, providing enrollment relief as AHS tops its capacity that year. Then in 2028- 29, 11th graders will be added to the campus, Carpenter said. By the 2029-30 school year, the district aims to have built an additional middle school—the one included in the failed May 2024 bond proposition—to absorb seventh and eighth graders from the US 377 campus, which will allow it to function as a dedicated high school. Sixth graders will remain at the Sixth Grade Center. The additional middle school would need to be funded from future bonds, Slaton said.
through eighth grades in the 2024-25 school year. The Sixth Grade Center is serving around 500 of those students, and will surpass that in the 2025- 26 school year, but even with the relief, AMS would serve over 1,100 students in the 2026-27 school year, highlighting the need for the FM 407 middle school, Carpenter said. This new campus will also serve seventh through eighth graders with a 1,200 student capacity, she added. Without aid from the new campus, AMS will nearly hit its 1,300 student capacity in the 2027-28 school year, according to district data. Additionally, AMS cannot remain a middle school because AHS will surpass its 2,100-student
The FM 407 campus, which broke ground this summer, was part of the 2022 bond and is the catalyst for both the high school and middle school transitions. In the 2026-27 school year, seventh and eighth graders will be zoned to both the FM 407 and US 377 campuses, Carpenter said. The district has four elementary schools serving over 700 students, per demographic firm Zonda Education’s data. As students matriculate from the district’s four elementary schools they feed into the Sixth Grade Center and one middle school, creating a bottleneck at those grade levels, officials said. The district has over 1,400 students in sixth
Argyle ISD projected enrollment growth by school year
By 2033-34 school year, the district could serve around 11,000 students. It has already grown 13% since the end of the 2021-22 school year. The district will serve over 6,0000 students this school year.
Enrollment grades 6-8
Enrollment grades 9-12
Total district enrollment
12K
+108.07%
10K
8K
6K
+118.38%
+128.82%
4K
2K
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School year
SOURCE: ZONDA EDUCATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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Zooming in
The takeaway
Path to more schools
A future bond would be needed by 2025 to allo- cate funds to purchase land for the other middle school and open it by 2029. AISD plans to recon- vene its bond planning committee this year and possibly call a bond next spring, Carpenter said. The district’s financial transition team is looking at costs for the middle and high school split, but operating additional schools is more about alloca- tion than increasing the budget, Chief Financial Officer Liz Stewart said. AISD’s budget is funded through a per-student basis and property taxes, and is unaffected by the number of campuses. Since the US 377 campus originally served seventh through 12 graders, no additional projects will be required to facilitate the transition. There will also be no increase in operating costs since both of the AMS and AHS campuses are currently in use, board secretary Matt Slaton said. AISD officials are prioritizing the zoning process this fall to determine who will attend the FM 407 middle school, Carpenter said in an email.
The average class size at AMS is 23.6 and 23.1 at AHS. It’s too early to determine how the transitions will impact class sizes, Carpenter said. Between now and when the transitions begin, AISD must consider the growth rate and the status of public school funding, she added. Splitting into multiple schools at the high school- and middle school- levels provides more students the opportunity to be involved in activities that might otherwise be cut if the district remained with one high school, Carpenter said. “Argyle ISD has always been known for the time and attention given to students by teachers ... and providing high-level co-curricular experiences,” Sam Slaton said. “All students ... should be engaged and involved in as many activities as they desire.”
2024-25 District staff to draft zoning changes
2025-26
FM 407 middle school naming, colors and mascot
2026-27
FM 407 middle school opens, students rezoned from AMS
2027-28
AHS reaches capacity, high school split begins (grades nine and 10)
2028-29
11th graders added to US 377 middle school (AMS)
2029-30
New middle school construction opens*
2030-31
AMS on US 377 operates as a dedicated high school
*CONTINGENT ON GETTING THE PROJECT APPROVED IN A FUTURE BOND.
SOURCE: ARGYLE ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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Education
BY KAREN CHANEY
Q&A: Bill Lee, executive director of LISD Education Foundation Although Bill Lee started his job as the executive director of Lewisville ISD Education Foundation in August, he is no stranger to the nonpro t organization or to LISD. LEF’s purpose is to support the students and teachers in LISD schools. Lee has been a longtime LISD parent with all four of his sons attending LISD schools and graduating from Marcus High School. He served in various positions with LEF, the last one being the vice president of communications. In addition, Lee previously served as the LISD director of marketing. Lee spoke with Community Impact about LEF’s purpose in the district and how he plans to use his skill set in this role. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Because of that, I got the director of marketing position, which is the position I really wanted. It required a degree, and that led me right into the executive director of LEF position, which also requires a degree. How does LEF bene t LISD? We have broken the nonpro t’s e orts into four categories: senior scholarships, teacher grants, campus grants and sta fellowships. We usually award 400 scholarships a year ranging from $500 to $10,000 each. We normally do about $300,000 a year in scholarships. We had 1,000 applications last year. Teacher grants provide funding for many things, including innovative curriculum. LEF awards over $100,000 in teacher grants every year. Campus grants are issued to principals and assistant principals and are basically project oriented to improve curriculum, campuswide involvement or achievements. Sta fellowships are given for sta to continue their education. We o er fellowships up to $1,000 for that.
When and why was LEF formed? LEF was established as a public, nonpro t corporation in 1990. The rst executive director was Janet Luttrell. Our mission statement is to enrich the quality of public education in the 13 communities served by LISD by being a vehicle for securing private funding bene ting LISD teachers and students.
When do you feel successful as it pertains to LEF? I’ve heard a lot of our volunteers and sta say that the best days of their entire involvement with LEF are seeing those teachers’ faces when we go to the schools in big groups waving pom poms and blowing whistles to give the checks. There are tears, the kids are screaming—it gives you goosebumps. At the [big] event in May, when we give the scholarships, the house is packed. I say those too, but to me, in addition to that, success is signing the deals on the dotted line with our contributors ... that will be long-term nancial support for LEF. They are our life blood, they are the fuel that makes our engine go. What is one of your nine-month goals? In nine months, I want to bring in some creative themed-based marketing programs to expose people to LEF. I want to use the experience I have from owning media companies and as the director of marketing with LISD to create a big video archive of scholarship recipients’ interviews showing where they are now and interviews with our teachers showing what they did with their grants.
How did you become the executive director of LEF?
Not only do I have passions for LEF and LISD, I have experience with both. I was on the board of LEF for eight years, and I’ve been on sta at LISD now for seven years. I was in the corporate world for over 30 years, mainly in the telecom industry, I didn’t have a college degree and was very successful. I was retired when our former superintendent, Kevin Rogers, asked me if I’d be interested in working in the school district, so I did. I had already decided that I really wanted to go back and get my degree. So in my 60s, I went back to school in 2016 and got my bachelor’s in organizational leadership.
Bill Lee started his job as the executive director of the Lewisville ISD Education Foundation in August.
COURTESY LEWISVILLE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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Education
BY KAREN CHANEY
LISD Wonder Wagon makes science mobile Lori Klimek has held many positions at Lewisville ISD. Now, her job includes gold shoes and a cape. Klimek, a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) specialist, drives the Wonder Wagon to 20 LISD elementary schools. The details Before driving the Wonder Wagon—a custom Ford van that transports a mobile STEM classroom—to schools, Klimek sends a lesson plan to the teachers along with a video for students. Students are divided into teams for challenges. The time spent with the Wonder Wagon and lesson di culty grows with each grade level. “All the lessons are grounded in the engineering design process,” Klimek said. Elementary STEM Administrator Kim Warr said ve LISD elementaries are STEM academies, 14 get weekly STEM classes and 20 are on the wagon route.
Lori Klimek is a LISD STEM specialist who drives the Wonder Wagon, which features customized branding and mascots.
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How it happened The wagon was funded in 2021 by The Rao Foun- dation and the LISD Education Foundation. Klimek said the department enlists volunteers like parents who help facilitate lessons, high school students who help test experiments and local engineers that explain their occupations. “[One engineer] said ... ‘you are learning in kindergarten ... how to do my job,’” Klimek said.
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Transportation
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DCTA adds to GoZone options in Lewisville, Highland Village The Denton County Transportation Authority has redirected additional resources to GoZone on-demand rideshare services in Lewisville and DCTA GoZone services passenger trips
GoZone capacity in those areas enable us to maintain our high quality of service and provide additional rides to even more customers,” he said. Looking back Austin Frith, vice president of planning and development, reviewed the upcoming service changes during a July 25 board of directors meet- ing. Once the service changes are fully imple- mented, staff will monitor GoZone’s performance across the network, Frith said. After the service changes go into effect, staff will focus on a second phase of service changes, which are set to launch in summer 2025, Chris- tina said. By the numbers Ridership on the Connect Bus is up 70.4% through June this year while GoZone ridership is up 2.4%, per DCTA data.
Highland Village. What’s happening?
411,971
FY 2021-22
635,760
FY 2022-23
The DCTA began service changes Aug. 19 that will increase frequency and hours of service for its fixed-route Connect Bus service in Denton, per a news release. The agency aims to use the Connect Bus to serve trip demand near routes 3, 6 and 7. GoZone riders beginning or ending their trips near either of those routes will be directed to the Connect Bus instead. The service change frees up additional resources for GoZone. Additional resources means increasing the capacity to deliver more rides in both areas, CEO Paul Cristina said in a statement. “We have seen GoZone demand increase in Highland Village and Lewisville, so additional
651,081
FY 2023-24
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FY 2021-22
FY 2022-23
92,489
157,635
FY 2023-24
NOTE: RIDERSHIP IS MEASURED FROM THE START OF OCTOBER TO THE END OF JUNE. SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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More than 265 homes were sold and 465 new listings were added to the market during July. The median sales price dropped in all but one ZIP code area compared to the same month last year. Residential market data
Number of homes sold
July 2023
July 2024
+29.2%
-21.05%
-19.15%
-15.57%
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75022
75028
75077
76226
76247
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35E
76247
76226
75077
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Median home sales price
July
2023
2024
75022
75028
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$745,000 $550,000 $562,500 $632,051 $630,101
75022
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75028
Homes sold by price point
75077
July 2024
76226
33
$1 million+
76247
61
$700,000-$999,999
151
$400,000-$699,999
Average days on the market
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-42.86%
+7.41%
+66.67%
+39.02%
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0
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75028
75077
76226
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Cross Timbers Rotary Duck Derby The annual event features a rubber duck race, food trucks, live music, vendors and kids activities. Proceeds will bene t the Cross Timbers Rotary Club. • Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • Free (admission) • 4400 River Walk Drive, Flower Mound • www.duckrace.com/crosstimbers Truck Rodeo Attendees of all ages can see Flower Mound’s police, re, animal control and other vehicles up close. • Sept. 26, 3-4 p.m. • Free • Flower Mound Public Library, 3030 Broadmoor Lane, Flower Mound • www.flower-mound.com/libraryevents
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Walk N’ Talk with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Dusty Fife, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agent, will teach how to walk for tness and discuss nutrition. • Sept. 11, 18 and 25; Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23, 10-11 a.m. • Free • Westchester Park, 3999 Churchill Drive, Flower Mound • https://blt.tamu.edu Argyle Senior Golden Agers bingo luncheon This event is open to adults 55 years and older.
Registration is required. • Sept. 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • Free • Argyle Town Hall, 308 Denton St., Argyle • www.argyletx.com
2024 Women of Flower Mound Charity Golf Tournament
The nonpro t will host its annual charity golf tournament, which invites players to participate in golf, dinner, drinks and prizes. Nongolfers are invited to play bingo. All proceeds will go to the organization’s 2024-25 scholarship fund. • Sept. 26, 2 p.m. • $50 (bingo), $100 (golf tournament) • Grapevine Golf Course, 3800 Fairway Drive, Grapevine • www.womenofflowermound.org
October
Local farmers and artisan market Food and non-food items will be available to purchase at this weekly event. • Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. • Free (admission) • Hilltop Truck Park, 8150 Thompson Road, Northlake • www.hilltoptruckpark.com/events
Pumpkin painting Flower Mound Public Library invites children ages 9-12 to paint their own pumpkins. Supplies will be provided. • Oct. 3, 4:45-5:45 p.m. • Free
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BY KAREN CHANEY
Sunny Choi (right) co-owns Snowy with husband Jimmy Kim. Their daughter, Jinha Kim, helps out during breaks.
Mango strawberry bingsu ($8.99-$14.49) is one of the popular menu items at Snowy Bingsu.
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Snowy Bingsu brings Korean avors to Flower Mound When husband-wife team Sunny Choi and Jimmy Kim bought Snowy Bingsu in June, they brought along cultural and industry knowledge. Choi said she grew up in Korea where bingsu, a
Ham and cheese taiyaki ($7.99) is a sh-shaped pastry made fresh in-house.
What’s on the menu In addition to 20 bingsu avors, the Korean-in- spired menu also features 20 types of smoothies, a variety of boba and iced teas and taiyaki, which is a pastry with sweet and savory lling options. “The strawberry bingsu is most popular because it is very fresh,” Choi said. A healthy option is injeolmi, which is made from a bean powder and is a traditional bingsu. Quote of note “A lot of the customers ... have never heard of bingsu before,” Jinha Kim, Choi and Jimmy Kim’s daughter said. “We explain it’s a shaved ice cream. That intrigues them ... they try it, then come back.”
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