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Salvko Vidovic (left) and Xiaodan Zheng (right) enjoy the Lakeside Music Series. Other concert dates are scheduled through the summer. (Samantha Douty/Community Impact Newspaper)

Lakeside Business District brings live, work, play elements together BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

I DON’T WANT TO BE TOO FAR FROM MY JOB BECAUSE TIME IS IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY, TIME IS IMPORTANT. Salvko Vidovic, Lakeside resident

restaurants, stores, oces and homes intermingled in a live, work and play setting, according to Ray Watson, the town’s economic development director. Home to over 100 businesses and more than 1,000homes and apartments, the district now accounts for about $1.2 billion in taxable value for the town, according toWatson.

Flower Mound’s Lakeside Business District has developed into a thriving economic and entertainment hub that accounts for roughly half of the town’s taxable commercial revenue. Plans for the district started decades ago as a way to bring people to Flower Mound, and it now has a mix of

“Lakeside is a perfect blend of the town’s vision and mission statement,” FlowerMoundMayor Derek France said. “It’s blending an energetic hub with nature that’s right on the lake.” Still to come for the district are two

new projects–Silveron Park and Lake- side Village. The latter will be the town’s rst development on the shores of Grapevine Lake with elements to attract visitors and boost the town’s tax base

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NOWOPEN 1 Makarsee Market closed and was rebranded as Barrel 99Bar andGrill . It opened on March 18. The bar and grill is located at 1900 Long Prairie Road, Ste. 116, Flower Mound. The restaurant offers food, drinks and live music. The full menu will be available in the near future. 972-449-5000. www.barrel99.com 2 All Things Corned Beef opened Feb. 26 in the Music City Mall in Lewisville. The mall is located at 2401 S. Stemmons Freeway. The restaurant features an ar- ray of corned beef food items, including corned beef sandwiches, Reubens, roast beef sandwiches, pastrami sandwiches and egg rolls. It also offers wings, fries and desserts. The shop is open during

mall hours. 469-293-8446. www.allthingscornedbeef.net

clothing as well. The store does not have a website at this time. 940-595-3506. 5 Taro Kitchen and Cocktails hosted a soft opening in Highland Village on March 18. The Latin cuisine restaurant was previously Taco Cielo, located at 3090 FM 407, and the owners have re- opened it as Taro Kitchen and Cocktails. The restaurant hosted a grand opening on March 31. It also offers an outdoor patio for customers. Patrons can find an assortment of Latin foods, including steak, seafood and specialty dishes. www.tarokitchencocktail.com COMING SOON 6 Mattito’s is coming soon to Flower Mound, according to a town news release.

The Tex-Mex restaurant will be located in the former Black Walnut Café location at 2945 Long Prairie Road. An official open date was not available. Mattito’s has a menu built on family recipes that are over 50 years old. These recipes include tamales, chili con queso, baja chicken, tacos and fajitas. Once open, the Flower Mound restaurant will be the fourth location to open in Texas. www.mattitos.com 7 MOD Pizza is scheduled to open in Flower Mound, according to a town news release. The pizza restaurant will be located at 2450 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 100. An opening date for the arti- san-pizza location was not available as of press time. The store will offer pizza and salads that are customizable. www.modpizza.com

3 WuWei Din Chinese Cuisine opened its Lewisville location Feb. 25. The Chinese restaurant is located at 2505 S. Stemmons Freeway in Lewisville. This is the sec- ond location with the first in Plano. The restaurant offers a range of Chinese dish- es. These dishes include scallion pancakes, Kung Pao chicken, soups, dumplings, noodles and desserts. 469-968-8001. www.wuweidinchinesecuisine.com. 4 LK Boutique opened in Lewisville March 12. The boutique is located on the upper level of the Music City Mall, which is located at 2401 S. Stemmons Freeway. The store features a number of waist-training items and a collection of

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FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON Salubrious Juice & More is scheduled to open in mid April at The Realm at Castle Hills in Lewisville. Salubrious Juice & More oers organic juices and juice cleanses, acai bowls, smoothies and paninis. Another location can be found in Frisco. The Realm at Castle Hills is a 324-acre mixed-use development consisting of oce, retail and multifamily space. The juice store is located at 4440 SH 121, Ste. 33, Lewisville. The store operates 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Ajay Sharma, the proprietor of Salubrious Juice & More, is a McKinney 8 HTeaO is scheduled to open a Highland Village location. HTeaO will be located at 2270 Justin Road and will be about 2,553 square feet. The site plan for the retailer was approved during a High- land Village City Council meeting Feb. 22. An opening date for the tea restaurant has not yet been determined. HTeaO offers a variety of teas and drinks as well as some snack options with dine-in and drive-thru service. There are several other north Texas locations including Grapevine, Denton, Carrollton, Plano and McKinney. https://hteao.com 9 Rumble Boxing will open a studio sometime this summer in Flower Mound. The studio will be located at 4351 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 500. Rumble Boxing is a boxing studio that hosts group fitness for first timers and veteran boxers. There are other studios projected to open in the DFW metro- plex including Frisco, according to the boxing studio’s website. 855-786-2535. www.rumbleboxinggym.com/location/ flower-mound 10 Sparrow on Main is scheduled to open in May in Old Town Lewisville, according to a Sparrow on Main news release. The event venue will be located at 105 E. Main St. The venue will cater events, such as weddings, receptions and retirement parties, according to the news release. When booking with Sparrow on Main, 100% of the net proceeds are do- nated to Sparrow Collective, a nonprofit

resident and former Marine. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a translator, according to a news release. Salubrious Juice & More joins The London Baker, Worth the Pour and El Patio Mex-Tex at The Realm at Castle Hills. 972-704-3719 www.salubriousjuiceandmore.com

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APRIL 23 CELEBRATE SPRING Lewisville ColorPalooza is designed to showcase the cultural, artistic and an eco-friendly spirit of Lewisville. Attendees will experience a day of creativity, education, art activities and displays of Old Town Lewisville. Some planned activities include the Chalk This Way Festival, which includes amateur and professional chalk art, a kids’ chalk area and a chalk art scholarship contest. The event also features an eco-alley to showcase sustainable displays, activities, live music and cultural dance performances. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free (admission). Old Town Lewisville, 150 W. Church St. 972-219-3401. https://tinyurl.com/3xv4rvea 23 SHRED PAPER Highland Village will host a paper-shredding day. The Magic Shred Mobile Document Shredding service is for residents. The mobile paper-shredding service ensures all discarded information is protected from unauthorized use, eliminating the possibility of fraud or identity theft. The event is for Highland Village residents only. ID is required at the gatehouse. Business shredding is not allowed. 2-5 p.m. Free. Pilot Knoll Park’s

campground and day use area, 218A Orchid Hill Road, Argyle. 972-317-5558. https://tinyurl.com/zt5eabj8 30 TAKE THE KIDS FISHING Flower Mound children can sh at the Leonard & Helen Johns Community Park pond during the town’s KidFish event. The pond will be stocked with more than 500 pounds of catsh for the event. Prizes and awards will be given in several categories. Rods, reels and bait are provided, though people can bring their own if they choose. 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Leonard & Helen Johns Community Park, 1850 Timber Creek Road, Flower Mound. 972-874-6300. https://tinyurl.com/2jma7mzn MAY 07 COMMEMORATE ART Flower Mound will celebrate art during its Arts Festival at Heritage Park. The event will feature live performances, art vendors, hands-on activities and a community mural. The inaugural year for the event was in 2021, and it showcased over 45 artists. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free (admission). Heritage Park, 600 Spinks Road, Flower Mound. 972-874-6000. www.ower-mound.com/artfestival

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Children can hunt for Easter eggs in Flower Mound’s Community Activity Center H2O Egg Dive. The egg dive is an underwater egg hunt for children. Other activities will also be oered at the event. Parents must be in the water with all nonswimmers. Preregistration is required and can be done online. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. Community Activity Center, 1200 Gerault Road, Flower Mound. 972-874-7275. https://tinyurl.com/yr4dr4wv (Courtesy town of Flower Mound)

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the first year salary plus expenses. Board documents did not specify exact search costs. K&A uses a five-step search pro- cess, according to the agenda. These steps include creating a candidate profile and compensation study; accessing a database and targeted research; conducting a candidate identification and referral process; executing closure; and onboarding. The board discussed holding a workshop in the near future to discuss the CEO job description. It is still unknown why Suarez resigned from the position. Suarez previously served as the chief operating officer in 2014 and became CEO in 2018. During his tenure as CEO, Suarez led the transportation agency through the legislative reconstitu- tion of the board of directors and through new initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those initiatives was the implementation of the GoZone through the DCTA’s coverage areas, including Lewisville and Highland Village.

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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF APRIL 8. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT LFHNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. The project is expected to take three weeks to complete once work begins, and it is dependent on the weather, according to the release. The work will happen between Cross Timbers Road and Hawk Road, accord- ing to the town news release. Shiloh Lane construction Reynolds Asphalt Co. crews were scheduled to begin work on Shiloh Lane in Flower Mound on March 22. That work has been delayed, accord- ing to a town news release. A new construction start date has yet to be determined, according to the town.

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in transit, according to the agenda item. The firm completed the search for Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s CEO as well as DART’s executive vice president for regional growth and development. The firm is also searching for Trinity Metro’s CEO. The firm’s fees, according to the agenda, are an estimated 30% of

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Grand Park to receive new playground FLOWERMOUND Improve- ments started at Grand Park on Madeline Lane on April 4. The project is expected to take a couple months. The park, located at 6201 Madeline Lane, is getting a new schoolhouse-themed playground, and it will be a tribute to the Bethel Presbyterian Church and school- LEWISVILLE City Council approved an agreement with The Catalyst Group, a consultant, to pre- pare for the rst phases of a Music City Mall redevelopment project. Phase 1 of the project includes visioning, programming and stakeholder input. The second phase is master planning, and Phase 3 is marketing. All three phases are pro- jected to cost $248,000, which the council approved during its March 21 meeting. The costs will come from the city’s general fund. The rst two phases are estimated to take 22-26 weeks to complete, according to the March 21 agenda house that once stood nearby, according to a town of Flower Mound news release. The Bethel Presbyterian Church and schoolhouse was built in 1882 near what is now Justin Road and Highland Village Road, according to the release.

item. Phase 3 is expected to be completed within 16 weeks after receiving the city notice to proceed. Music City Mall and the surround- ing development encompass a large portion of the southern gateway to the city. According to the city agenda item, “over the past twenty years the area has declined in market share to the point that new investors have emerged to acquire the mall, general lease areas, and key anchor parcels for repositioning and investment.” It is critical these eorts occur in a planned manner that enhances the southern gateway, according to the agenda item.

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CITY HIGHLIGHT LEWISVILLE City Council approved a contract with Sundt Construction Inc. to complete the Windhaven Parkway at Kansas City Southern Railroad project. The contract was approved for $16.57 million, according to the April 4 council meeting agenda item. Funds for the project come from the capital project accounts. The project includes construction of about 1,500-foot extension of Windhaven Parkway from Cookie Lane to Brown Knight Lane. MEETINGSWE COVER Lewisville City Council Meets at 7 p.m. the rst and third Monday of each month. www.cityoewisville.com Lewisville ISD board of trustees Meets at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. www.lisd.net Flower Mound Town Council Meets at 6 p.m. the rst and third Monday of each month. www.ower-mound.com Highland Village City Council Meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. www.highlandvillage.org

Lewisville ISDnames chief nancial ocer

WATER TOWER DEMOLISHED The removal of the water tower cost $122,767 including disposal of the storage tank that held 500,000 gallons.

LEWISVILLE ISD The board of trustees named Paige Meloni the district’s new chief nancial ocer during a March 21 board meeting. “I am thrilled to welcome Ms.

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Lewisville’s Fighting Farmers water tower on I35E was torn down on March 16.

Meloni to the LISD family as part of the district’s leadership team,” LISD Superintendent of Schools Lori Rapp said in a district news release. “Her extensive experience in educational nance will be a tremendous asset to our district as we maintain being good stewards of taxpayer dollars.” Meloni joined the district from Education Service Center Region 20 in San Antonio. She has been chief nancial ocer for client business services since 2019. She has spent the past 29 years of her career in the San Antonio region.

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HighlandVillage council approves contractor

HIGHLAND VILLAGE City Council unanimously approved a contract March 22 with Tri- sura Insurance Co. and Talbran Enterprises LLC to complete construction on the 2021 sidewalk improvements project. The project was originally

contracted with DBi Services LLC in June, but the company defaulted, leaving the project unnished, according to the March 22 agenda item. Construction of the Victoria Park and Brazos Park portions of the project was completed by DBi.

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L O C A L V O T E R G U I D E GUIDE Candidates and information for local elections

D A T E S T O K N O W April 25 First day of early voting April 26 Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) May 3 Last day of early voting

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May 7 Election day May 7 Last day to receive ballot by mail (or May 9 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election)

During early voting, registered voters can vote at any early voting location in their county of residence. On election day, residents must vote at their designated polling site. Residents of Lewisville, Flower Mound and Highland Village will see local positions up for election in their respective municipalities, including city council, town council and the Lewisville ISD school board. To learn more about the candidates, visit: www.votedenton.gov.

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Occupation: chief technology ocer Lived in city: 21 years PATRICK KELLY

Occupation: Realtor Lived in city: three years TOM COTTRELL

Occupation: retired Lived in city: 45 years BARBARA FLEMING

Occupation: cybersecurity manager Lived in city: eight years DANIEL JAWORSKI

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Occupation: software engineering manager Lived in town: nine years ADAM SCHIESTEL

Occupation: housewife Lived in town: 29 years CAROL KYER

Occupation: vice president of business development Lived in town: 16 years ROBBIE COX

Occupation: vice president at an aircraft modication company Lived in town: two years BRIAN TAYLOR

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Occupation: consulting senior manager Lived in city: 16 years SHAWN NELSON

Occupation: bank president Lived in city: six years RAY DAVID

Occupation: project manager Lived in city: three years KEVIN COX

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Occupation: certied public accountant Lived in the district: 19 years in Lewisville SHEILA TAYLOR

Occupation: paralegal Lived in the district: 18 years in Plano PAM JOHNSON

Occupation: IT consultant Lived in district: ve years in Lewisville SAMUEL GRIFFITH

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Occupation: community volunteer Lived in the district: 32 years in Lewisville KATHERINE SELLS

Occupation: analyst Lived in the district: two years in Flower Mound STACI L. BARKER

Occupation: volunteer Lived in the district: 22 years in Frisco JENNY PROZNIK

Occupation: president of Bowen Pools Lived in the district: 10 years in Lewisville CHRIS BOWEN

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BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

A music library room is used to store music for students and teachers.

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Jenny James moved Legacy Music Studio to Old Town Lewisville in 2020. (Photos by Samantha Douty/Community Impact Newspaper) LegacyMusic Studio Instructors foster condence through music

Instructors rent out space at Legacy Music Studio.

L egacy Music Studio is the hair salon of music studios, owner Jenny James said. “This is a place for creatives,” James said. “We’re not your grand- ma’s piano lessons.” Similar to a hair salon, the studio oers space for teachers to rent and handle their own schedules and clients, James said. By doing that, teachers who are active musicians have the exibility to work when they can. Legacy Music Studio opened about ve years ago at a strip mall location in Lewisville. It was not until 2020 that James and the rest of the team moved to their new home at the Old Town Legacy House in Old Town Lewisville. Before opening the studio, James taught piano lessons, and before that she was a classroom teacher. Legacy Music Studio created an environment where she can teach music in a collaborative setting, she said. “I love the energy of being with others,” James said. “We work together as a team.” The instructors offer lessons in vocals, guitar, drums, piano, bass and violin. Though if a student has an interest in other music options, an instructor is likely to learn it themselves for the student, she said. The house is also equipped with

a recording studio where local musicians can record albums. Beyond music, James and the staff look to create a community with students and their families. Most importantly, James wants to instill a sense of conidence in each musician that walks into the Legacy House. Community is an important part of Legacy Music Studio, James said. James tries to be exible with her students and their families when it comes to paying for lessons, she said. Lessons are oered through a at rate, but she works with families to ensure the child is the focus of lessons. Lessons last about 30 minutes, and instructors focus on making each of those minutes positive, James said. “If you cultivate (a love of music) early, they’ll want to keep doing it,” she said. “We want our kids to feel better about themselves when they leave here.” The students also participate in the Legacy House Band, which is the band made up of people from the studio that performs at local restaurants and venues. James hopes to build a stage in the yard of the Legacy House to host its own performances. “We focus on love,” she said. “It really is the connection with the student and teacher.”

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“THIS IS SOMETHING THAT KATIE AND I POUREDOURHEARTS INTO. ... THE FUTURE POTENTIAL IS EXTREMELY BRIGHT.” CLAYTON FLURRY, COOWNER OF FLURRY’S MARKET + PROVISIONS

Flurry’s Market + Provisions has professional meat cutters and sh mongers on site.

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Katie and Clayton Flurry opened Flurry’s Market + Provisions in December. (Photos by Samantha Douty/ Community Impact Newspaper)

Flurry’sMarket + Provisions Flower Mound family opens community-focused meat market C layton and Katie Flurry tell people Flurry’s Market + Provisions came about with the dual traits of a dreamer and a doer. business owners, Clayton said. Even now, they have experts, including meat cutters and sh mongers, working behind the counter. BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

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MEATMARKET OFFERINGS Flurry’s oers a range of meats, including specialty meats. Meat prices uctuate with the market.

Clayton and Katie were born and raised in Louisiana and have a passion for quality food. They show that through their meat market as well as the in-store bis- tro. There, customers can get meals that incorporate a Louisiana and Texas blend of avors. Flurry’s Market + Provisions also oers a gift shop with seasonal and year-round options. “The community’s response has been fabu- lous,” Clayton said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I expected that there’d be interest but not the interest level we’ve had.” The goal is to know their customers when they walk in the door, Katie said. Those repeat customers are called “Friends of Flurry’s.” “We want to know people’s names,” Katie said. “We want to recognize themwhen they come in.” The Flurrys said they wanted to build a community through their business. They also wanted their busi- ness to be an extension of their home, where people feel welcomed, Katie said. “This is something that Katie and I poured our hearts into,” Clayton said. “The future potential is extremely bright.”

“[Clayton] has this dream of wanting to go, just get out and do something more service based [and] com- munity based,” Katie said about her husband of 17 years. “But the problem with that is that he’s a doer, and he will make it happen.” Before the couple opened Flurry’s, Clayton worked in a corporate energy job, and Katie raised the couple’s three children. During the pandemic, work became cyclical, and Clayton decided he wanted to open a meat market, he said. The beginning ideas of Flurry’s started on a napkin at Hillside Fine Grill, and it grew to a Flower Mound brick-and-mortar storefront that opened in December. The Flurrys wanted to oer quality food and meat to the members of their community, Clayton said. That sentiment is the base of their mission statement, “To provide excellence and quality to every customer every time.” The couple also wanted to ll a void they believed was missing in their community for a meat market. While opening the business, the couple sur- rounded themselves with mentors and other

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DINING FEATURE

Cocoa coconut cupcakes are a specialty cupcake The Flour Shop Bakery oers. Single specialty cupcakes are $4 each or $45 per dozen. (Photos by Samantha Douty/ Community Impact Newspaper)

The Flour Shop Bakery Business owner turns hobby into career C ara Vasquez has always loved baking, and it is what led her to open The Flour Shop Bakery BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

eating habits. Baking sweets allowed Vasquez to enjoy the kitchen. Part of the goal for Vasquez was to create a traditional bakery of sorts. She wanted a place where people could walk in and see cases lled with sweet treats of all shapes and sizes. She also wanted to oer variety, she said. The bakery oers a number of treats, including pies, cupcakes, bars, brownies, cakes, cookies, creme brulee, cream pus and eclairs. Though, Vasquez said she will bake just about anything. Inside The Flour Shop Bakery, the smell of cinnamon and sugar ll the room. Seating is available throughout the bakery with signs that say “love at rst bite,” and golden whisks hang on the walls. “I will never do anything else,” Vasquez said.

S’more Bars are among the oerings at The Flour Shop Bakery. DESSERT OFFERINGS The bakery oers several desserts and treats, including those listed below. • Pies

in Flower Mound. “If it’s dessert, I’ll make it,” Vasquez said.

Vasquez opened The Flour Shop Bakery about 10 years ago in High- land Village before moving the shop to Flower Mound. Despite the move, she still has customers who walked through the doors that rst opening day, she said. “The community has been really great to us,” she said. “They are the reason we’re here.” Vasquez grew up baking with her mother when she was a kid, and it was her mother who recommended she attend culinary school, she said. Her love for baking, Vasquez believes, stems from her picky

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Cara Vasquez rst opened the bakery in Highland Village about 10 years ago.

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HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLOR

Flower Mound’s Holi Festival of Color was held March 19 in association with the Denton County Indian Culture Association. The event celebrated the arrival of spring, the end of winter and the blossoming of love.

The event featured a children’s parade, where kids paraded through people throwing colored powder.

Flower Mound residents celebrated spring at the town’s Holi Festival of Color. (Photos Courtesy Brian Maschino)

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KEY LAKESIDE DEVELOPMENTS Plans for the area started in the ‘80s. New projects are in the works.

TAXABLE VALUE COMMERCIAL Lakeside accounts for roughly half of the town’s commercial tax revenue. Lakeside: 50% $1.2B

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even more. The 1,500 acres that make up the district are about 87% built out, Watson said. Flower Mound resident Salvko Vidovic has lived in the Lakeside DFW development, which is part of the Lake- side Business District, for four years. “I love this community,” he said. Vidovic is from Bosnia, and when he found Lakeside DFW, which is home to The Shops at Lakeside, he said it felt reminiscent of a European town. The Flower Mound transplant works at LakesideBarber&Co. and lives across the street fromhis job. “I don’t want to be too far from my job because time is important,” Vidovic said. “When you have your family, time is important.” Lakesidebeginnings The initial ordinance for the district was created in 1986 to design the roads and the layout, Watson said. The town put in $25 million as a grant to the dis- trict for infrastructure, Watson said. That grant is paid back to the town as dierent businesses come to the district through a special property assessment, and it is nearly paid o, he said. The proximity to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, which is less than 10 miles away, makes the dis- trict attractive for potential businesses and developers, Watson said. “Businesses choose Lakeside for the proximity of the airport and quality of life,” France said. Local leaders and developers saw the success of neighboring communi- ties, such as Coppell, Grapevine and Irving, and looked to capitalize on some of the town’s best amenities. These amenities include the town’s trails and Grapevine Lake. CommunitybenetsofLakeside Most of the businesses in Flower

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Mound are located in either the Lake- side Business District or the 2499 Retail District, Watson said. The town is completely built out in the 2499 Retail District, which means Lakeside is the only place where com- mercial development can be built that is already zoned commercial,Watson said. “We hope tohave some opportunities on the west side of town. But that’s still a ways o,” he said. Aside from commercial revenue, Lakeside oers people the opportunity to live right where theywork, which has become more valuable since the pan- demic, Watson said. “They work in that area, they eat lunch there, and then in the evenings, they hang out there to enjoy them- selves,” he said. “Where you really get the advantage of the work-live-play area is that not only are they working in an area and being there during the daytime, but they’re also there at night and helping to create more tax dollars and generate more opportunities for community.” Flower Mound has historically been a bedroom community where people live but commute to another city for work. Lakeside is shifting that narrative, Wat- son said. The International Oce Center recently opened in the district. The oce building is 90% full as of April. Most of those occupants are corporate relocations, he said.

“Most of these corporate decision makers see an opportunity to locate their business in an area where they can actually give the amenities to their employees. That really help them to not only recruit new employees, but also to retain those employees,” he said. It is not just the business amenities that draw in businesses but also the nat- ural amenities, Watson said. “That is a cornerstone of commu- nity,” France said about Lakeside. Businessbenets Lakeside oers business owners a built-in customer base through its res- idents, said David Stewart, managing partner of Lakeside DFW Land Ltd., which is a development in the district. “There is a loyal community built in at Lakeside,” he said. “It’s not big enough tomake business protable, but it’s a good base.” For example, none of the businesses at The Shops at Lakeside closed because of theCOVID-19pandemic, Stewart said. Restaurants are a big appeal at Lake- side and draw in people who don’t live in the district, he said. “You don’t have to be a resident of Lakeside to be amember of the commu- nity,” he said. Many of the businesses are owned and operated locally, and that contrib- utes to the high level of service people can expect, Stewart said. There is also a wide range of business oerings, such as health, beauty, gro- cery and restaurants, Stewart said. Lakeside has the top two highest grossing restaurants per square foot

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in all of Flower Mound, said Jimmy Archie, managing director of Realty Capital Management. Those restau- rants are 1845 Taste Texas and The Tav- ern at Lakeside. Lakeside also hosts events that bring in large crowds from around the metro- plex. The LakesideMusic Series of sum- mer concerts, for instance, started its seventh season on April 1. These events, the constant foot traf- c, and general design and atmosphere are the key reasons businesses want to

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