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Keller Roanoke Northeast Fort Worth Edition VOLUME 7, ISSUE 7 NOV. 26DEC. 29, 2025

New facility to boost Roanoke public safety

BY CODY THORN

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Roanoke police ocers are settling into a new $45 million public safety complex that replaces its decades-old headquarters that was housed in a former grocery store. The new police and court facility marks the city’s largest public safety investment to date. It’s designed to t the department’s growing workforce and evolving policing needs, Roanoke Police Chief Je Williams said.

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A Roanoke Police Department ocer provides a tour of the new police department facility Nov. 6. (Cody Thorn/Community Impact)

Also in this issue

Election: Northwest ISD to ll needed teaching positions after tax-rate election passage during Nov. 4 election (Page 8)

Transportation: Get the latest updates on area roadwork, including delays on placing a trac signal in Fort Worth (Page 10)

Business: Check out how one Keller business uses its space to oer unique cooking and artistic classes to locals (Page 18)

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Fresh Align Co-owners Kem Lira and Laura Franco offer decluttering and organization services around the area, including Keller and Fort Worth. The business does not have a brick-and-mortar location. • Launched Oct. 4 • www.fresh-align.com

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MID CITIES BLVD. 4 Hydrate IV Bar The company specializes in providing intravenous treatments to improve health, including immune system support and athletic performance. • Opened in late September • 9821 N. Freeway, Ste. 104, Fort Worth • www.hydrateivbar.com 3 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation The 100,000-square-foot facility offers repair and overhaul at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. • Opened Oct. 4 • 14601 Heritage Parkway, Fort Worth • www.gulfstream.com 5 The Kalla The space is open for weddings, corporate events, trade shows, quinceañeras, Bar Mitzvahs and large events.

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BASSWOOD BLVD. 1 Auto Experts of Roanoke The business offers car repair services that include tire alignment, transmission services, exhaust repair and replacement, electrical system diagnostics, heating and air conditioning services. • Opened Oct. 27 • 1550 N. US 377, Roanoke • www.auto-experts.us WESTERN CENTER BLVD. 2 Drybar The business has multiple blowout styles from the straight and sleek Manhattan to the Old Fashioned with vintage waves. The business also offers services like clip-in extensions. • Opened Oct. 10 • 9409 Sage Meadow Trail, Ste. 177, Fort Worth • www.drybarshops.com

8 Invicta The watch manufacturer has both mechanical and battery-powered divers and chronographs watches and will be opening a store at Tanger Outlets in Fort Worth. • Opening December 2025 • 15853 N. Freeway, Ste. 1048, Fort Worth • www.invictastores.com 9 Pandora The international jewelry chain will open a new location at Tanger Outlets in Fort Worth. • Opening spring 2026 • 15853 N. Freeway, Ste. 1050, Fort Worth • https://us.pandora.net

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10 Texas Pickleball The 24-hour indoor facility will be temperature controlled and feature eight professional-grade pickleball courts, comfortable lounge areas and a fully equipped pro shop, according to co-owner Vallani Aamir. • Opening end of November • 1108 N. Hwy 377, Ste. 104, Roanoke • www.txpklball.com

13 Roanoke Rec Center The 38,000-square-foot facility celebrated its 20th anniversary Nov. 14. The center has a weight room, kids

Now open

center and pickleball courts. • 501 Roanoke Road, Roanoke • www.roanoketexas.gov

Closings

14 Swanky Chic The Old Town Keller boutique is closing its brick-and- mortar location to sell exclusively online. Swanky Chic offers a variety of women’s clothes for every season, ranging from rompers and jumpsuits to outerwear and sweaters. • Closing Dec. 21 • 241 S. Main St., Keller • www.swankychicboutique.co 15 Tommy Tamale The local tamale market and cafe permanently closed its Keller location. Owners Steve and JoAnn Barker started the business in 2009 by driving around Decatur in a Ford pickup truck to sell tamales.

In the news

11 Alliance Landscape Company The Roanoke-based commercial landscape company will lease space at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport for seasonal landscaping equipment storage. • 2070 Eagle Parkway, Fort Worth • www.alliancelandscapecompany.com 12 AT Fuel Services Part of the Alliance Aviation Services at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport, the company is leasing office space for up to 10 years. The business provides fuel for planes and jets. • 2008 Eagle Parkway, Fort Worth • www.perotfield.com

16 Avila Taco The food truck now has a permanent location along Keller Parkway. The restaurant offers a variety of items with birria, a slow-cooked meat served with broth. Some menu items include: birria tacos, quesabirria, birria grilled cheese sandwich, birria ramen and a chicken birria loaded baked potato. The family-owned business is run by Brigitte and

Jorge Da Rocha. • Opened Nov. 4 • 1540 Keller Parkway, Ste. 107, Keller • www.avilatacotx.com

• Closed in early October • 208 N. Main St., Keller • www.tommytamale.com

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Government

BY COMMUNITY IMPACT STAFF

Fort Worth preps for landll’s 2036 closure With Fort Worth’s landll set to close in 2036, city ocials are weighing long-term waste management options. What’s happening? At the Oct. 14 council meeting, Environ- mental Services Director Cody Whittenburg said planning with the city’s strategic waste management partners will be key leading up to the city’s landll reaching capacity. Ocials set 8 murals for Keller Sports Park Keller City Council approved an agreement with the artists behind She Draws on Walls for eight new murals to be painted at Keller Sports Park. The murals were approved unanimously at a regular City Council meeting Nov. 4. The gist The city is requesting eight murals with themed sports nostalgia be drawn at Keller Sports Park through an agreement not to exceed $42,240, per city documents. The total cost will be paid through the Keller Development Corporation fund and the Keller Sports Park Renovation Project budget. Amy Brines and Jimmy Jenkins are Fort Worth- based artists who go by the name She Draws on Walls. They will be installing the 89-square-foot paintings at the park, according to documents. She Draws on Walls were one of 35 applicants whose proposals for the new murals were reviewed by the Public Arts Board and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board in May 2025. The project is expected start at the end of November and take four to six weeks to complete.

TAD looks into vote allocation error A typo is at the forefront of an issue at the Tarrant Appraisal District. A four-hour meeting Nov. 3 ended with the board voting to hire an independent third party to investigate any irregularities surrounding the 2024 and 2025 elections. What happened? Each year, Tarrant County’s taxing entities vote to ll ve of the nine TAD board of directors seats. There are a total of 5,000 votes possible split between these taxing entities. Eric Crile, a candidate last year who failed to earn a board spot, discovered an error in June. A reghter for the city of Dallas, Crile chose to run again for the TAD board and noticed the taxable value for the Tarrant County Hospital District, or JPS Health, was pasted in the cell for Tarrant County College. Chief Appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt said even with the error, based on the correct number of votes, the election results did not change.

The eight proposed mural designs have a sports nostalgia theme and were presented to council Aug. 19.

COURTESY CITY OF KELLER

Council OKs site plan for $22M parking garage Roanoke City Council approved the site plan for a parking garage on US 377 between Main Street and Bowie Street at the Oct. 28 council meeting. The overview The ve-story parking garage is on 0.902 acres and includes 430 parking spaces, Roanoke Devel- opment Services Administrator JR Hames said. “It’s a beautiful structure,” Mayor Scooter Gierisch said. “You’re always concerned when you think of a parking garage, but this thing is some- thing really good. We’re excited about it.” The cost for the garage is $22 million and will be paid for with a certicate of obligations bond, which city ocials approved the issuance of on Oct. 14. The construction is anticipated to start in 2026 and is expected to take 18 months, Roanoke ocials said.

The garage will add more than 400 parking spots to downtown Roanoke by 2027.

COURTESY CITY OF ROANOKE

The background The garage is being built to address a parking issue based on a trac study that was completed for Oak Street in 2019, Community Impact previ- ously reported. Oak Street would be 486 parking spots short once all developments are completed, said Jamie Snyder, senior parking consultant at Walter P. Moore, in the study. The architect for the project is GFF Architects, per city documents.

“[The landll] will ... reach its capacity in 11 years and we’ve got to start planning for the future.” CODY WHITTENBURG, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR

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Election

BY PATRICIA ORTIZ

NISD to hire high-need positions after Nov. 4 tax-rate election

Northwest ISD’s voter-approval tax rate election passed with 51.87% of voters in favor of the new tax rate across three counties. More than 11,000 people in Denton, Tarrant and Wise counties voted in support of the new tax rate, according to unofficial voting results. The opposi- tion votes totaled 10,795, or 48.13%. All results are unofficial until canvassed. The voter-approved tax rate of $1.0841 per $100 of taxable property value is a $0.0038 decrease from the 2024-25 school year. The district was required to call an election because the rate is above the state-approved maximum compressed tax rate. What you need to know With the new tax rate, the district expects to generate $12 million in additional funding for the 2025-26 school year. “We are incredibly appreciative to have

a community in Northwest ISD that values high-quality education by supporting our students and teachers,” NISD Superintendent Mark Foust said in a news release. “This new funding will support our schools while ensuring Northwest ISD retains one of the lowest tax rates in the area.” Of the $12 million, $8 million will be used for special population teaching positions to be posted in the coming weeks as well as new jobs in the spring for the upcoming school year to fill in gaps and reduce class sizes, according to the district. The other $4 million will be used to provide staff raises. The district will also be exploring custodial service adjustments after feedback from families and staff in the community to ensure costs can be maintained in the upcoming school year. The background This is the second consecutive year NISD has called a tax-rate election. This election comes after

11K in Denton, Tarrant, Wise counties voted for new tax rate. $8M for special teaching jobs. $4M for staff raises. $12M additional funding for 2025-26.

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the district eliminated more than 100 teaching positions and maximized staffing ratios to miti- gate a projected $16 million budget shortfall for the 2025-26 school year, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

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Education

BY PATRICIA ORTIZ

KISD board OKs 5 committees for 202526 school year Keller ISD’s board of trustees discussed the approval of multiple committees of parents, community members and KISD sta at a regular board meeting Oct. 23. Of the seven committees for the 2025-26 school year, ve were approved. The details “Some of these committees ... are going to be helping navigate the future of the district and perhaps [have] opportunities to x infrastructure. I’m just a little concerned that we don’t have that cross section that we were hoping

NISD names district’s rst ECC principal

Chrisa Oakley was named the rst principal for NISD’s Hicks Early Childhood Center Oct. 20. In a nutshell Oakley has experience at the district as the principal of Cox Elemen-

to look for across the district.” CHARLES RANDKLEV, PLACE 6 TRUSTEE

The committees will be fact-nding, delibera- tive, advisory and will not assume administrative duties or responsibilities, according to district documents. The budget, educational improvement and district of innovation committees were approved 6-1, with Place 5 trustee Chris Coker voting against the committees because he did not know some names listed. The policy review and safety and security committees were approved unanimously. Two committees, including a long-range planning committee and citizens bond advisory

Chrisa Oakley

tary for the last seven years and has been in the district for 17 years, according to a news release from the district. NISD broke ground on the Hicks ECC o FM 156 in July as one of four centers approved by voters during a 2023 bond election to meet student growth. Construction is slated for completion in June and enrollment will open in April.

committee, were tabled until Nov. 20 because of concerns about underrepresentation. Looking ahead The approved committees are planning to have their rst meeting before the end of this year. KISD Superintendent Cory Wilson said the district would create a longer window in future years in an eort to even out representation.

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Transportation

BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH

287 BONDS RANCH RD. Project: This project involves installing a three-lane undivided concrete pavement section from Park Vista Boulevard to Lauren Way and adding street lights, sidewalks and stormwater drainage improvements. Update: The contractor has opened the culvert near Park Vista to traffic and closed the culvert near Lauren Way, according to Fort Worth’s website. The closure is expected to last until December. • Timeline: expected completion by spring 2027 • Cost: $23.94 million • Funding source : city of Fort Worth E. HARMON RD. 7 Ray White Road widening improvements Project: Ray White Road will be widened to a four-lane divided road between Mirage Drive and the bridge over Bear Creek. The project includes adding sidewalks, improving street lights, modifying the roundabout on Ray White Road and Park Vista Boulevard, and making drainage improvements. Update: This project is 60% complete. • Timeline: expected completion by spring 2027 • Cost: $22 million • Funding source: city of Fort Worth road, improving utilities and drainage, adding parking, sidewalks, seating, landscaping, lighting and wayfinding signage. Update: The northbound lane will be closed during construction, said Rachel Reynolds, the city of Keller’s communication and public engagement manager. • Timeline: expected completion by summer 2028 • Cost: $28.01 million • Funding source: city of Keller, Tarrant County 5 Whitley Road reconstruction project Project: This project reconstructs Whitley Road from Starnes Road to Bursey Road and includes installing a new water line, improving overall drainage and constructing a shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists. Update: Construction has started, and Whitley Road from Starnes Road to North Park Drive will be closed. The intersection of Whitley and Starnes roads will also close during part of the first phase of construction, according to the city of Watauga’s website. • Timeline: Oct. 6, 2025-January 2027 • Cost: $7.69 million • Funding source: Tarrant County, city of Watauga 6 Keller Hicks Road improvements BLUE MOUND RD. E.

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1 SH 114 and Championship Parkway improvements Project: The work will include adding dual left-turn lanes going northbound and southbound on Championship Parkway, constructing Americans with Disabilities Act- compliant sidewalks and ramps and reconfiguring the existing travel lane on Championship Parkway. Update: The city of Fort Worth will use $1.5 million from Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2 to pay for the design and construction. Denton County will advertise, bid and award the contract for the work, according to city documents. • Timeline: Jan. 31, 2026-Jan. 1, 2028 • Cost: $5 million • Funding source: Denton County, city of Fort Worth 2 Mount Gilead and Roanoke Road hike and bike trail connector Project: The project consists of constructing a 10-foot sidewalk connecting Woodborough Lane to Roanoke Road. Update: The trail was extended 750 feet with a 6-foot sidewalk that will connect to Overton Ridge Park. • Timeline: August 2025-June 2026 • Cost: $703,045 • Funding source: city of Keller 3 North Beach & Champions View traffic signal Project: A traffic light will be installed at the intersection of North Beach Street and Champions View Parkway. Intersection improvements include new pedestrian sidewalks, crosswalks, ramps and accessible pedestrian signals. Update: Traffic signal activation has been delayed by three months due to an issue with the traffic signal pole foundations. The construction crews are planning to adjust work hours to accommodate the school drop-off and pick-up times. • Timeline: September 2025-February or March 2026 • Cost: $2 million • Funding source: city of Fort Worth 4 Elm Street reconstruction Project: Work includes widening and reconstructing the

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Events

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December

Gift of Lights Drive around the Texas Motor Speedway for a Christmas light display. • Nov. 27-Jan. 4, 6-9 p.m. • $45 per car; $70 for buses, limos, RVs • 3545 Lone Star Circle, Fort Worth • www.giftoflightstexas.com Holly Days Enjoy fireworks, lighting the Christmas tree, photo opportunities with Santa, a snow hill, live entertainment, vendors and The Very Merry Light Parade at Keller Town Center. • Dec. 5, 6-10 p.m. • Free (admission) • 101 Town Center Lane, Keller • www.cityofkeller.com/home/components/calendar/ event/41245 Concert at the Museum—Grateful Dead Tribute Listen to live music celebrating the sounds of Grateful Dead while looking at vintage cars and toys. • Dec. 5, 3-5 p.m. • $10 • DFW Car & Toy Museum, 2550 McMillan Parkway, Fort Worth • www.bit.ly/4nGZ69G LOVER: The Unofficial Eras Tour—Taylor “Swiftmas” Dance and sing to Taylor Swift hits with this tribute band at Roanoke Live. • Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. • $23.02-$50.83

Hometown Holiday Get ready for a holiday market, live entertainment, snow sledding, ice skating and photos with Santa. This annual event will also feature seasonal treats and a parade.

• Dec. 6, noon-8 p.m. • Free (admission) • Oak Street, Roanoke • www.roanoketexas.gov/271/hometown-holiday

CANNABIS Wellness THC&CBD • 3545 Lone Star Circle, Fort Worth • www.thextremexperience.com/tracks/texas-motor- speedway First Responders Breakfast with Santa Eat a breakfast prepared by firefighters and served by police officers at the Roanoke Community Center. Children can meet Santa and the Grinch. • Dec. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. • $10 • Roanoke Community Center, 312 S. Walnut St., Roanoke • www.roanoketexas.gov/606/breakfast-with-santa Christmas Floral Class & Afternoon Tea Time Visit this hands-on workshop to learn how to create a

Christmas-inspired floral arrangement. After the design session, enjoy scones, pastries and teas. This event is for adults and teens ages 12 and older. • Dec. 14, 3-5 p.m. • $125 • Salt and Light Collective, 138 Olive St., Keller • www.saltandlight-collective.com/events Jr. Tamale Workshop Children ages 8 and older can participate in this workshop to learn how to prepare tamales and take a dozen tamales home. A snack of pan dulce and chocolaté Mexicana will be provided. • Dec. 19, 3-5 p.m. • $85 • Salt and Light Collective, 138 Olive St., Keller • www.saltandlight-collective.com/events

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From the cover

New facility to boost Roanoke public safety

A closer look

Marking a milestone

Williams said the police department is a destina- tion location for many ocers from the area. As of Oct. 30, 55% of the department’s 40 police ocers were lateral hires, meaning they came from another town or city. “The ocers like where they work; they are treated well and compensated well,” Roanoke Public Engagement Manager Sandra Pettigrew said. “If they know an ocer who would be a great t, they’re recruiting for us.” While the department as a whole is considered a destination, the outdated building did not meet the organization’s needs, said Williams, who noted policing has changed in his 30-year career. When the police department formed in 1991, the city turned a former grocery store into the rst headquarters. Williams said it was planned to be temporary, but it lasted nearly 30 years. “The needs of what it takes to be a modern

police department did not t inside that building,” he said. The new facility was built to accommodate the growing department and features amenities that the department previously lacked. Williams noted the windows in the new facility, a feature not found in their previous space.

In his rst nine months on the job, Williams said he quickly learned how to manage his sta in an undersized workspace. Since being named chief in December 2024, he said he’s had many of the command sta huddled behind him, looking at a computer monitor for a meeting. “Just in my little time here, we’re moving one person from this oce to squeeze two people in,” he said. “It’s a constant chess game trying to make everything t.” Sta will now have a larger space. The facility was funded through the Crime Control & Prevention District sales tax allocation that Roanoke voters approved in May 2022. The half-cent sales tax went toward this project and will fund ongoing operations in the future.

New additions

5,000 square-foot workout area 1 juvenile detention holding cell

46,000 square feet in new location, versus 17,105 square feet at previous location 2 private interview spaces for interviews/police report ling

3 captain o ces

SOURCE: CITY OF ROANOKECOMMUNITY IMPACT

Founded in 1881, Roanoke didn’t form a police department for another century.

The breakdown

1991: Roanoke Police Department is established at the old city hall 2002: Department moves to 609 Dallas Drive 2022: Voters approve a half-cent sales tax for funding for a police station 2023: Groundbreaking for the new police station Oct. 2025: Communication/911 dispatchers moved to new facility Nov. 6, 2025: Ribbon-cutting for the new police department

The Roanoke Police Department’s most common calls during the past four years have been for

alarm and trac issues, such as car accidents and vehicle checks.

Alarm Reckless driver Top police calls in Roanoke 202225 Minor accident

Suspicious vehicle Motor assist

2025 2024 2023 2022

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The outlook

Diving deeper

In the days following the ribbon- cutting ceremony, various divisions started moving into their new home. The department’s 911 dispatchers made the move Oct. 20. The new space will provide training opportunities for multiple departments in the area, said Jeriahme Miller, assistant city manager. Williams said the city did a stang study with help from the University of North Texas and projects the department could add up to another 10 ocers over the next decade. He said this building is made to last 50 years. He saw issues that came up in Weatherford and Prosper, which ran out of room shortly after opening new stations. “We didn’t build this for today or tomorrow, but for what we will need in 10 years,” he said.

The new, larger facility includes space to accommodate a new tool, the Roanoke Police Department’s Drone as First Responder initiative. The program is on schedule to be operational by December, Capt. Christopher Arndt said. Williams said when a drone is own, someone has to see the drone in the air. With a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration, a new $150,000 Flock Drone as First Responder will launch from the back parking lot of the new station. The police department will transition from having an ocer run the drone to having support sta y it. “The drone is stationed here, and when the 911 call comes in, the dispatcher gets the location of the call and they can click one button and launch the drone,” said Blaine Parsons, Flock Safety territory sales manager. “The drone overhead support allows [the police] to see what’s going on and provide good intel.”

The city of Roanoke has a new Flock Drone as First Responder unit, thanks to a Texas DMV grant. The city portion was $25,000. (Cody Thorn/Community Impact)

Real-time video and aerial intelligence Additional leads in criminal cases

Track eeing suspects

Locate evidence

SOURCE: CITY OF ROANOKECOMMUNITY IMPACT

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BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH

Salt and Light Collective owner Marissa Bryson partners with bakers and artists to host creative arts classes in Keller. “[I] started really seeking out other creatives in the area to come join me in oering their gifts and talents in classes,” Bryson said. The name of the business stems from Bryson’s Christian faith and that the Bible asks people to be salt to the earth and light to the world. “The collective part of it is bringing others from the community into this space to share what they know and their talents and skills,” she said. What they oer Salt and Light Collective oers a variety of creative classes for children and adults. “[I] started really seeking out other creatives in the area to come join me in oering their gifts and talents in classes,” Bryson said. She also does date nights, where couples can learn how to make specialty foods, like tamales, paint portraits of one another or work on a terrarium project. The class always has a food component, even when the activity isn’t food-re- lated, she said. Couples can purchase one ticket for both of them. Bryson also hosts date nights, where couples can make tamales, terrariums or paint pictures. “It doesn’t have to be your signicant other,” Bryson said. “You can invite a friend to come to a date night. You can invite your teen and [have a] parent-teen date night.” Bryson oers classes for children to learn how to cook. She hosts after-school classes for children to make supper. She also does multi-class options for children to learn kitchen skills. “The mindset for these classes are building life skills, kitchen condence and getting them famil- iar with working in a home kitchen,” Bryson said. How we got here Bryson said she learned how to make tamales with her mother. “I would carve out a couple of days every holiday season to spend with my mom and learn the ins and outs [of tamale-making],” she said. It became a tradition for Bryson to have a tama- le-making class inside her home and host summer camps for children to learn how to cook. “I love teaching in my home, but I always Salt and Light Collective oers cooking, creative classes in Keller

The name of the business reects Bryson’s belief that the Bible calls people to be salt to the earth and light to the world.

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Salt and Light Collective oers date nights, where couples can learn how to make tamales, paint pictures of one another or make terrariums.

Bryson is looking to expand the classes she oers, while keeping her staple tamale and children’s cooking classes, she said.

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wanted to have a designated space to be able to oer classes,” she said. The studio opened March 2024. Looking ahead Bryson is looking to expand the classes she oers, she said. She wants to add parent-and-me classes, hand-lettering, calligraphy, knitting, crocheting, and classes geared toward fathers and sons.

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138 Olive St., Keller www.saltandlight-collective.com

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Real estate

The median sales price in all three Keller, Roanoke and North Fort Worth ZIP codes was down year over year in October. Residential market data

Average home price in the last 6 months

Number of new listings

-4.6%

+47.73%

-2.90%

76244 $375,000

76248 $571,823

October 2024

October 2025

76262 $627,000

76244

76248

76262

377

114

76262

35W

Median home sales price

170

October

2024

2025

76244 76248

114

$405,000

$395,000

76244

Homes sold by price point

$630,000

$660,000

76248

October 2025

$1,000,000+

$670,000

$674,500

76262

$700,000-$999,999

$400,000-$699,999

Number of homes sold

Average days on the market

$100,000-$399,999

+3.08%

-44.68%

+4.76%

+5.33%

+44.35%

-0.15%

<$99,999

MARKET DATA COMPILED BY COLLIN COUNTY AREA REALTORS • WWW.CCAR.NET

76244

76248

76262

76244

76248

76262

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