BY DON MUNSCH Community 2024 Annual Community Guide
Events
BY DESTINE GIBSON
3030 Broadmoor Lane, Flower Mound • https://fmlibrary.libnet.info/event/9620411
January
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration The public can join the Committee to Commemorate M.L. King Jr. Day at the 31st annual celebration. The committee chose the theme “Becoming One.” This civic event is planned as a nonpolitical interfaith event to celebrate King’s ideals, such as prejudice elimination, equality of races and international peace, according to the event description. • Jan. 15, 6 p.m. • Free • Lewisville High School Auditorium,
Coffee with the mayor Highland Village Mayor Daniel Jaworski will have coffee with residents for casual conversation and topics of interest. The mayor holds a monthly coffee conversation on the first Monday of every month. • Feb. 5, 8:30-9:30 a.m. • Free • Sip Stir Coffee House, 2570 Justin Road, Ste. 140, Highland Village • www.highlandvillage.org Play chess Former U.S. women’s chess champion Alexey Root will play 10 players simultaneously during a chess competition. Root is a lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas and teaches education courses that explore the uses of chess. Anyone who can win against her will receive a free copy of “Prepare With Chess Strategy.” The event is open to players and spectators of all ages. • Feb. 10, 2-4 p.m. • Free • Flower Mound Public Library, 3030 Broadmoor Lane, Flower Mound • https://fmlibrary.libnet.info/event/9668567
Argyle and Flower Mound’s populations have risen in the last five years while Highland Village’s dropped a modest amount, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Flower Mound, Highland Village and Argyle area snapshot
Flower Mound
Argyle Highland Village
SOURCES: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2022 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES/COMMUNITY IMPACT
1098 W. Main St., Lewisville • www.mlkofnorthtexas.org
Daddy-daughter dance Highland Village will host its annual daddy- daughter dance. The event includes dinner, dancing and door prizes for participants. Space is limited. Tickets went on sale Dec. 26 for residents and Jan. 2 for nonresidents. Dress is semiformal. • Jan. 26, 6:30-9 p.m. • $40 for residents, $45 for nonresidents • Hilton Garden Inn, 785 State Hwy. 121, Lewisville • www.highlandvillage.org/651/ daddy-daughter-dance
Population change
Age analysis
February
28.7% 17.6% 35.7% 16.1%
27%
19.5 % 13.1% 45.7% 18.6%
0-19
71,575
2017
2017
16,168
2017
3,865
Spring gardening series Denton County Master Gardener Association will host four gardening sessions throughout February. Sessions will take place on Mondays and will provide useful tips and information, according to the event description. Each session will feature a different topic. • Feb. 5-26, 7 p.m. • Free • Flower Mound Public Library,
17.9% 33.4% 18.8% 2.9%
20-39
76,630
2022
2022
15,883
2022
4,638
40-59
60-79
5-year population change +7.1% Denton County: +17%
3.1%
1.9%
80+
-1.8%
+20%
43
43
52
Median age
Texas: +6.65%
LEWISVILLE 2416 S Stemmons Fwy (214) 488-0888
WESTLAKE 2341 Highway 377 (817) 490-9072
DENTON 2315 Colorado Blvd (940) 243-2929
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