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SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

The Store at Lake Highlands celebrated its sweet 16 with a canned food drive for the nonprofit Feed Lake Highlands. Cheryl Calvin opened the establishment in 2002 at Northlake Shopping Center. “It was the March after 9/11, and we opened because the community wanted small businesses to open,” Calvin told the Advocate in 2016. “I had experience in my mom’s store in Salado and had friends that encouraged me to open a store. Even after 14 years, we have people that come in every day that have never been in The Store and have ‘lived in Lake Highlands forever.’”

The long-anticipated Alamo Drafthouse finally opened at Creekside Shopping Center near Skillman and Abrams this March. Bar and event space Vetted Well is pouring craft beers inside the theater, which features eight screens, reclining chairs and laser projection systems. A bike park already exists between the trail and the theater, but DFW Alamo’s Jordan Michael aims to work with city officials to improve trail access.

Tacos Galore

Fuzzy’s Tacos, also located at Creekside Shopping Center, launched in March. The taco shop hopes its outdoor patio and walk-up bar entices neighborhood customers.

Fuzzy’s isn’t the only local taco shop staking claim to the neighborhood. Taco Joint is slated to open its fifth metroplex location at Lake Ridge Village. The restaurant will occupy the space that once belonged to Urban Thrift.

Tragedy Hits Home

A Lake Highlands native was killed in mid-March when a helicopter crashed into New York City’s East River Sunday evening. Trevor Cadigan, a Bishop Lynch alum was among four other passengers who died after a helicopter crashed and then flipped upside down under water. Passengers were on a private charter helicopter and on their way to a photo shoot. Cadigan Southern Methodist University in 2015 with a degree in journalism. The former WFAA intern had recently moved to New York City to be a video journalist at Business Insider.

Notable Neighbors

Merton Hanks was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame. The Lake Highlands High School graduate played for the San Francisco 49ers and was a member of the team that won Super Bowl XXIX in 1994. He retired in 1999 — one year after joining the Seattle Seahawks. He’s not the only neighbor who recently has been recognized. After 35 years with the Dallas Police Department, Lake Highlands resident David Burroughs was honored at an SMU basketball game for his career as a patrol sergeant. And the National Football Foundation named Lake Highlands High School senior Luca Gisellu to an elite list of local scholar athletes. Gisellu is the only Wildcat who made this year’s list.

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WHERE WE LIVE

10,335 FAMILIES CALL LAKE HIGHLANDS HOME

HOUSING COSTS US $355.74 MILLION

THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD IS 2.6 93

NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES WERE BUILT BEFORE 1939, WHILE

1,745

WERE BUILT AFTER 2009 ABOUT

4,087

HOMEOWNERS DON’T PAY A MORTGAGE

WHILE

7,540 DO

Source: U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics based on zip codes 75231, 75238 and 75243. Numbers are derived from 2010 U.S. Census data with projections to be accurate as of Jan. 1, 2017.

By GEORGE MASON