Book on Historic Downtown Plano
A new book has been written about the history and growth of old downtown Plano.
City of Plano, Texas - A City of Excellence
Plano, Texas is a City of Excellence. There's a committed, engaged and diverse workforce and Plano is headquarters to some of the largest corporations in the world. The booming economy has spurred new developments and an investment in an historic downtown. It all makes for a hip, energetic environment and incredible quality of life for Plano residents.
Plano, Texas (USA) - History and Facts
The city's population was 269,776 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth most populous city in the state of Texas and the 69th most populous in the United States
Historic Downtown McKinney Cultural District
The City of McKinney historic downtown has earned the prestigious Cultural District Designation from the Texas Commission on the Arts for demonstrating the area’s art, events, activities and amenities that play a pivotal role in setting the downtown apart as a gathering place for commerce, companionship and culture.
The Cultural District Designation pays tribute to the experiences residents and guests alike encounter year-round in downtown McKinney. The district hosts over 300 events annually including the Oktoberfest and Arts in Bloom festivals, concerts at the McKinney Performing Arts Center, art exhibitions, historical walking tours and museums, farmers market and countless events at the various venues and businesses that call the district home.
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Just 30 miles north of downtown Dallas, McKinney is a picturesque city with a small-town feel that is quite different from the Metroplex's urban sprawl. Our friendly charm, green spaces and comfortable pace belie the fact that McKinney, with a population of 180,000, is one of the fastest-growing cities in America. This is McKinney, Texas, and we are Unique by nature.
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When you shop and dine in McKinney, a half-cent sales tax revenue is reinvested to enhance the community. You have helped fund community events and promotional activities year-round for you and your family, while also encouraging tourism and business development.
McKinney Community Development Corporation is dedicated to making McKinney an even better place to live and enjoy life. By funding community and economic development projects, we strive to honor our past, celebrate today and plan for our future.
To learn more, visit McKinneyCDC.org.
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Great American Places in America Award for Downtown Plano
The American Planning Association awarded downtown Plano its Great American Places in America award.
10 Best Tourist Attractions in Plano, Texas
10 Best Tourist Attractions in Plano, Texas
Driving in Plano Texas Video 2 15th street from it's Western start East bound to downtown Plano
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A Drive in Plano Texas, I start on Plano Pkwy near Ohio Dr. where 15th Street starts and take it East to downtown Plano.
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Plano TX ...Today We Tour Plano TX
Have you thought about Moving to Texas and don't know how it is like Living In Dallas? maybe you are looking for the Best City To Raise Family near Dallas? Today Andy and Patrice tour Plano Texas, which is one of the best cities to live and work in.
Plano enjoys a reputation as one of the most desirable cities to live and work in. Plano was recently named as one of the “Safest Cities in America” and “Best Run Cities in America” by Law Street Media and 24/7 Wall Street respectively.
The city is a hub for many corporate headquarters. Approximately 80% of Plano's visitors are business travelers, due to its close proximity to Dallas and the many corporations headquartered in Plano. The city also has a convention center that is owned and operated by the city. Plano has made a concerted effort to draw retail to its downtown area and the Legacy West in an effort to boost sales tax returns. There are three malls in the city: The Shops at Willow Bend, Collin Creek Mall, and The Shops at Legacy, an area that has apartments, shops, and restaurants constructed with the New Urbanism philosophy. Some of the country's largest and most recognized companies have their headquarters in Plano. Tree-lined Legacy Drive in the 75024 ZIP Code, between Preston Road and Dallas North Tollway, has many corporate campuses.
Although Plano is named for the flat plains of the area, large trees abound in the city's many parks. One such tree, estimated to be over 200 years old, resides in Bob Woodruff park near Rowlett Creek on the city's east side. There are two main open space preserves: Arbor Hills Nature Preserve (200 acres) and Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve (800 acres). Bob Woodruff Park and Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve are connected by biking trails, making the green space one large uninterrupted park space that is larger than Central Park in New York City (840 acres).
There are five recreation centers: Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center, Carpenter Park Recreation Center, Oak Point Recreation Center, Liberty Recreation Center, and Douglass Community Center. Carpenter Park Recreation Center, Oak Point Recreation Center, and Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center have an indoor pool, while Liberty Recreation Center, has an outdoor pool.[42] Plano Senior Recreation Center is a recreation center dedicated to seniors. There are three swimming pools owned by Plano Parks & Recreation: Harry Rowlinson Community Natatorium, Jack Carter Pool, and Plano Aquatic Center. All of the pools are indoor except for Jack Carter Pool. Douglass Community Center houses the Boys & Girls Club of Collin County. For pet owners, there is The Dog Park at Jack Carter Park.
Plano is also the home to two campuses of Collin College, one at the Courtyard Center on Preston Park Boulevard and the larger Spring Creek Campus on Spring Creek Parkway at Jupiter.
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What will you find in this video:
1:40 - Walking around Plano Texas
2:24 - Driving through Amazing Neighborhoods in Plano Texas
2:36 - Driving to Legacy West, Plano TX
3:06 - The Shops at Legacy
3:47 - Bob Woodruff PArk in Plano Texas
4:04 - Driving through Amazing Neighborhoods in Plano Texas
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Cost of Living in Plano Texas
What's the real cost of living in Plano Texas? Find out how much gas, real estate, houses for sale, electricity and other items are in Plano TX! Plano is a great suburb of Dallas full of shopping and activities including Legacy West!
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Why is Plano the City of Excellence?
Plano, Texas has earned a national reputation as one of the best places in the United States for families to live and work. Located just 19 miles north of Downtown Dallas, Plano offers access to all the amenities of the DFW metropolitan area within a reasonable drive by car or light rail. We’re the 9th largest city in Texas, with a population just over 280,000. You can live here and afford to do the things you want to do. And if you want to get away, DFW International Airport can take you to hundreds destinations world-wide. Plano residents place a high value on education, safety and healthcare. We have great neighborhoods, strong education, iconic and authentic Texas cuisine, affordable living and plenty of entertaining things to do.
Plano, Texas - Top Facts
The city's population was 269,776 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth most populous city in the state of Texas and the 69th most populous in the United States
Plano,Texas ranks first in happiest cities
WalletHub ranked Plano, Texas, Irvine, California, Madison, Wisconsin, Freemont, California and Huntington Beach, California as the top five happiest cities in America,
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Hampton Inn Plano-North Dallas - Plano (Texas) - United States
Hampton Inn Plano-North Dallas hotel city: Plano (Texas) - Country: United States
Address: 4901 Old Sheppard Place; zip code: TX 75093
This hotel is 6 miles from downtown Plano, Texas and the Cavanaugh Flight Museum. It features spacious rooms with a 37-inch flat-screen TV and serves a daily breakfast buffet.
-- Este hotel se encuentra a 9,6 km del centro de Plano (Texas) y el Museo de Aviación de Cavanaugh. Ofrece habitaciones espaciosas con TV de pantalla plana de 37 pulgadas y un desayuno buffet diario.
-- 这家酒店距离得克萨斯州普莱诺市中心和Cavanaugh飞行博物馆有6公里，设有带37英寸平面电视的宽敞客房，提供每日自助早餐。 Hampton Inn Plano- North Dallas酒店每间客房都配有微波炉、冰箱和咖啡机。所有客房均拥有暖色调的装潢并配有深色木制家具，提供免费无线网络连接。 Plano Hampton Inn酒店的客人可以用休闲设施，包括季节性室外游泳池和烧烤设施。酒店还提供小型健身房和商务中心。 Hampton酒店毗邻Preston Shepard...
-- Эта гостиница расположена в 9,6 км от центра города Плано (штат Техас) и Музея авиации имени Дж. Кавано. Просторные номера оборудованы телевизором с 37-дюймовым плоским экраном. Для постояльцев ежедневно сервируют завтрак шведский стол.
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Legacy West - Plano Tx
Legacy West in Plano Texas is a unique shopping experience for the area. This part of Plano is dominated by upscale shopping combined with outstanding restaurants and major employers all within walking distance of each other.
Take a quick driving tour of this area with us to see for yourself how this one street of unique shops and restaurants has become a hub for business, entertainment, and cuisine.
Jobs in Plano Tx are abundant in this part of town. You can literally live right next to your employment and enjoy a lifestyle second to none. In a city where a car is a necessity, Legacy West offers everything you would ever need all within walking distance.
If you are moving to Plano Tx and you want to work in this area, the choice of homes for sale in Plano Tx is endless. From new builds to established quiet neighborhoods to highrise condos, Plano Tx has it all. You can even live in Allen Tx, McKinney Tx, Frisco, Tx, Lewisville Tx, Little Elm Tx, Carrollton Tx, and still be close to outstanding employment opportunities.
Here is a short list of some of the largest employers in the Legacy West area:
Liberty Mutual
Toyota North America
JPMorgan Chase
J.C. Penny
Ericsson
Bank Of America
Intuit
Masergy
Capital One
PepsiCo
McAfee
Plus many more
This is a great place to shop and just hang out with friends after work. Check out the cool cars in our video. Just another day in west Plano.
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Downtown Plano Art & Wine Walk 2018 Season Promo Video
Get an early start to the weekend by partaking in the Downtown Plano Art & Wine Walk, presented by Plano Magazine! This is a sip and shop event where participants get to sample selected wines at their favorite shops in Downtown Plano while enjoying live music, curated art exhibitions, and special discounts. It’s the perfect way to unwind in Plano’s arts district.
The Art & Wine Walk takes place on the second Thursday of every month, April - December. The evening begins at 5 PM with check-in at event1013. Once checked in, attendees embark on a tasting tour of Downtown Plano. While enjoying wine samples at each location, participants keep track of the locations they visit on their Art & Wine Walk passports. Participants can turn in their passports at the end of the night to be entered in a drawing to win gift certificates to local shops and restaurants. The evening ends with the raffle drawing in McCall Plaza at 9:15 PM. Participants must be present to win.
Each person that attends Art & Wine Walk gets a commemorative glass, along with a passport and a wine guide.
For more info & tickets, go to visitdowntownplano.com/winewalk/
State of the City 2018 - McKinney, Texas
Looking back at the amazing growth that's happened in McKinney, TX we're excited to be growing together and looking forward at the amazing growth ahead!
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Just 30 miles north of downtown Dallas, McKinney is a picturesque city with a small-town feel that is quite different from the Metroplex's urban sprawl. Our friendly charm, green spaces and comfortable pace belie the fact that McKinney, with a population of 180,000, is one of the fastest-growing cities in America. This is McKinney, Texas, and we are Unique by nature.
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Driving in Plano Texas Video 8, 15th St. REDO from it's Western start East Bound to Downtown Plano
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Plano, Texas - Travel Destination
It's no surprise visitors feel an instant connection with Plano. Serious shoppers love the selection -- antiques, boutiques, bargain outlet malls and some pretty major indoor malls, too. Kids and kids at heart take to the thrilling nearby amusement parks and museums. We also have lots of parks for picnics, swimming and tennis laced with miles of hike and bike trails. Those who love sports in a major way appreciate the fact there's always a pro team playing nearby. Foodies are delighted to discover hundreds of restaurants on Plano's menu, while free spirits revel in the knowledge that Plano has plenty of nightspots for nightcaps and dancing.
With over 4,200 hotel rooms, Plano can easily accommodate any budget, from family-size economy to luxury suites for two. And with most major attractions a mere 30 minutes from your centrally located door, peaceful Plano is a nice and convenient place to call home after calling it a day.
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About the Interurban Railway Museum
Located in downtown Plano, the Interurban Railway Museum is housed in a building that served as a primary stop on the Texas Electric Railway that ran from Denison to Dallas beginning in 1908. On December 31, 1948, the Denison to Dallas Interurban made its last run.
The station remained closed until early 1990 when a complete restoration of the building was completed and the building was converted into a museum by the city of Plano. The museum exhibit contains many artifacts associated with the Interurban Line, as well as a history of Plano.
Interurban History
If you were fortunate enough to live in Plano between 1908 and 1948, then you most likely had an opportunity to experience the rollicking, clickity-clack sway of riding on a Texas Electric Railway Interurban Car. This second generation of rail transportation extended from Denison to Waco, with connections to Fort Worth, Cleburne, and Denton possible through the hub station in Dallas. Rail transportation powered by steam first arrived in Plano in 1872 and forever changed the agrarian lifestyle of early settlers who had traveled to this area by covered wagon.
While steam engines guaranteed the survival and likelihood of growth to a community and transported farm crops to distant locations, the laborious process of producing enough steam to drive the train forward limited the frequency of stops along a line. In the late 1800s ingenious inventors discovered the wonder of electricity and devised ways to harness this marvel into driving trolley cars previously drawn by mules or horses.
Economic Importance
Entrepreneurs, capitalizing on ways to market this new transportation, developed systems throughout the United States that connected small towns and outlying farms to a large, regional city. Overnight, farming families isolated from society by distance had easy and affordable access to opportunities and amenities available to urban populations.
A contract signed with the United States Post Office in 1914 permitted mail to be carried and delivered to the many towns along the line via the Texas Electric Railway System. Three interurban cars were refitted with bins, sorting tables, mail slots and cancellation stamps enabling two postal employees, in a secured rear compartment, to process mail as the car traveled north and south on its daily schedule.
Connecting Past to Present
The Interurban building in Plano was also an electric sub-station that converted the high voltage alternating current to direct current in order to power the line. This is the only remaining sub-station example on the Interurban line, which served as a primary stop on the Texas Electric Railway, linking Denison and Dallas beginning in 1908. The Interurban's impact on rural life was dramatic as it ended the isolation of distant farm families. Not only did it bring the mail, salesmen, and new products to small towns and their stores, but it gave rural residents a means to explore the bright lights and big city cheaply and safely. Trains ran hourly from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm.
The advent of the automobile contributed to the closing of the Plano station on December 31, 1948, when the Denison to Dallas Interurban made its last run. The building was used in a variety of ways until 1982. It was then closed until 1990, when a complete restoration of the building was completed by the City of Plano. The dedication of this Texas Historical Landmark was held on June 17, 1991 and was opened to the public as a museum.
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