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Consumer Awareness

You Are Invited to Red Day!

One of the best things about RED Day is that the entire community can get involved. So when you’re out to lunch with friends and family – be sure and mention your participation in RED Day and ask if they’d like to get involved! The more people we have volunteering, the more good we can [...]

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Volunteers Wade Through Trash to Tidy Lake Ray Hubbard

An unslightly trash buildup at Lake Ray Hubbard may have met its match on Sunday. Every time it storms, trash washes up on the banks of the lake northeast of Dallas. So more than three dozen volunteers from the International We Love U Foundation met to do a dirty job. Armed with paint buckets and [...]

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Preliminary DART Plan Includes Higher Fares for Some

DART wants to hike fares to raise revenue by more than $7 million per year. The plan is only preliminary at his point, and there will be a public hearing on the matter in June. In the preliminary plan, the most common monthly pass would go from $65 to $80. Additionally, riders who qualify for [...]

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Thrifty Ways to Save Your Lawn and the Environment

Water restrictions start Monday in Dallas. Last week, the Dallas City Council voted to make twice-a-week watering limits permanent. Residents will only be able to use sprinklers twice a week, but can still water by hand or use soaker hoses more frequently. Officials from other North Texas cities say they also plan to extend existing [...]

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A Look Back at Last Year’s RED Day!

Our company’s culture is alive and well in our market center and across the United States and Canada. Whether we’re lending a hand to a fellow colleague during times of distress, or reaching out to improve our communities – we’re committed to giving back in a big way. Last year, at our annual RED Day, [...]

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Best Margaritas in Dallas

Our 5 Best Margaritas Google will show you Margarita Joe Inc., Iron Cactus, and Margarita’s Restaurant serve up the best concoctions of tequila, lime, and orange liquor around. The Harrison Group has refined your search for the best margarita in town! Check out our top 5 margaritas, and let’s get the ball rolling on what [...]

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Nevada Relinquishes “Top Foreclosure State” Title

According to foreclosure-tracking firm RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings fell to 199,000 in March 2012, a 17 percent decrease from March 2011. Last month marks the first time since July 2007 that foreclosure filings numbered less than 200,000 on a monthly basis — a span of nearly 5 years. The generic term “foreclosure filing” is used to group [...]

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Mild Winter Means Termite Trouble This Spring

You may think storms, fires, and earthquakes cause more damage to homes, but that's not so. The biggest culprit is a small bug about four-tenths of an inch long: the subterranean termite. It's a huge problem this spring, since the swarm season arrived early. Termites are crawling around the foundation of Helen Smith's home."I just [...]

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Valley View Mall Development Deal

"Dallas Midtown" WFAA’s Cynthia Vega just issued a report on the purchase and renovation of Valley View Mall, located just north of 635 off Preston Road (see Google map below): DALLAS – A big announcement is expected regarding the future of the now vacated Valley View Mall in North Dallas. At 10 a.m., the Beck [...]

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The Housing Market Update

Housing Supply Decreases, Good for Housing: In the latest release of the National Association of Realtors' Existing Home Sales report, there were some very interesting facts. Even though they reported a month-over-month decrease of 2.6% in existing home sales, they revised February's data upward. The NAR said even with March's decline, the pace of [...]

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