April 2008 
There are 300 blog entries for April 2008.
Unemployment continues to drop in Denton County
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 8:20am. 528 Views, 0 Comments.
Unemployment continued to drop in March across Denton County, according to numbers from the Texas Workforce Commission. The 3.8 percent unemployment rate is a tenth of a percentage point below February's 3.9 percent rate and four-tenths of a percentage point below the 4.2 percent recorded in January. In March 2007, the county's unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, down from the 4.4 percent recorded for March 2006. For the city, unemployment remained at 3.6 percent for the second consecutive month, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the 3.8 percent unemployment rate in January. In March 2007, the city's unemployment rate was also 3.7 percent, down from the 4.1 percent recorded for March 2006. Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose…
152 Condos on tap at Watermere in Soiuthlake
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 8:15am. 630 Views, 0 Comments.
A $140 million senior-living community is underway in Southlake. The project, called Watermere at Southlake, will be multifaceted, including condominiums, assisted-living units, luxury homes and smaller single-family villas. The 67-acre project is south of Southlake Boulevard and Watermere Drive, in the western part of the town. Construction has already begun on 75 condominium units; work will begin on a three-story, 30,000-sf clubhouse by the end of the month, and Watermere's 91-unit assisted-living center will open in June, said Craig Spaulding of South Bay Partners Ltd. Also in June, development is slated to begin on 54 lots for upper-end homes. When the first four-story condo building approaches sell-out, construction will begin on a second, nearly…
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas breaks ground on new home
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 8:12am. 529 Views, 0 Comments.
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas has raised more than $19 million so far to build a new 60-bedroom home away from home for families with children undergoing treatment in area hospitals. The house will be at 4707 Bengal St., near Children's Medical Center Dallas and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Ground has been broken for the project that is expected to open in summer 2009. The plans call for about $18 million for construction plus endowments to provide ongoing funds for food and maintenance. The new facility, which will be twice as big as the existing one, reflects a growing need as increasing numbers of families bring their children to Dallas for medical care, said Barbara McDermott, executive director of Ronald McDonald House of Dallas. The…
Chesapeake Energy acquires Southcliff Shopping Center
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 8:10am. 625 Views, 0 Comments.
Chesapeake Energy has captured the attention of businesses, homeowners and Fort Worth with its purchase of a circa-1960s shopping center in the southwest part of the city for a possible drilling site. The Oklahoma City-based company confirmed that it bought the Southcliff Shopping Center, at the southeast corner of Granbury Road and Interstate 20. The City of Fort Worth is keeping an eye on that property because it wants to see a park-and-ride train station built there for a rail line that is proposed to run from southwest Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. According to the Tarrant Appraisal District, the entire Weingarten tract is about 12.75 acres.
State unemployment rate reaches new low
Friday, April 11th, 2008 at 10:49am. 590 Views, 1 Comments.
Texas' unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in February, a 30-year low. The Texas Workforce Commission credited bullish employers, who added a total of 13,500 jobs statewide, and 235,000 jobs during the past year. The seasonally adjusted 4.1 percent is well below the national average of 4.8 percent. "Our falling unemployment, coupled with this month's significant job gains, indicates the sustained health and vitality of the Texas economy," said newly appointed TWC Chairman Tom Pauken.
