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What’s opened, what’s closed, etc. After a little more than a year in business, bar and restaurant Hickory & Fry closed Feb. 28, a day after its one-year anniversary party. Library Bar is now open at 109 Ave. A, where Side Bar sat until late last year. The bar is owned by Will Kuhn, who also owns Addison Point Sports Grill and Sachse Ice House. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in Sanger is now closed. The hotel at 1434 Circle Drive, near Interstate 35E, is now a Marriott SpringHill Suites, instead of a Holiday Inn. After a few months open, Tex Tapas is closed for the rest of winter and plans to “revamp” and reopen in the spring. A sign posted in the store’s front door said that when it reopens there will be some changes, including large plate options, and it will open for lunch. Sugar Queen Cupcakes is closed after a few years at Rayzor Ranch Marketplace. Homegrown company Little Guys Movers is working out of its new location 2201 Fort Worth Drive. Juice bar and health food store and bakery Juice Lab is now open at 508 S. Elm St. Oozle’s $1 Jewelry closed its Denton location on Brinker Road in mid-February.
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After wreck, Coast Guard vet tried to save man Tuesday, March 1 was supposed to be just another day for Joseph Feltman. He never imagined he would be diving into Lewisville Lake to rescue someone. Feltman, 22, who lives in Lake Dallas, had his fill of that following a two-year stint in the Coast Guard. Feltman worked the Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor in Mississippi, a dangerous body of water. After work, he was headed home to Lake Dallas on northbound Interstate 35E. He was on the Lewisville Lake bridge, one exit from home, when things
went bad. Feltman said he was driving his Ford Econoline E-250 van at the speed limit, his cellphone stashed away. It was after dark. Feltman failed to see a disabled black Nissan off to the right, its rear end jutting into his lane of traffic. According to reports, the sedan belonged to Denton resident Gholamreza Sabzghabaei, 64, a salesman at Group One Automotive at Courtesy Nissan in Richardson. His car had broken down and he phoned 911 to alert emergency officials of his plight. He had gotten out of the car and was standing beside it, without emergency flashers on, when Feltman’s van struck his vehicle, knocking Sabzghabaei over the side of the bridge and into the chilly lake waters below. Feltman’s van was on its roof. When he awakened, he was on his back upside down. He crawled out the passenger window. Feltman tried to locate Sabzghabaei in the water, but it was
too dark. Feltman kicked off his boots, and his 6-5 frame was on its way into the water. Feltman found Sabzghabaei alive and splashing around in the water. Feltman tried to calm Sabzghabaei and complete the rescue back to shore. His work only got harder when Sabzghabaei passed out. Sabzghabaei later died.
TWU decides to close on-campus golf course Texas Woman’s University will close its 106-acre golf course, the only public 18-hole course in Denton. TWU’s Board of Regents passed a resolution Feb. 19 stating it would close the campus course and look at strategic options for land use. But a timeline for the course’s closure and what the valuable acreage will be used for in the future were not publicly addressed. The resolution was the first step, and now university officials
can begin to form a committee to determine how and when to close the course, said Monica Mendez-Grant, vice president for student life. She and B.J. Crain, interim vice president for finance and administration, will oversee the committee tasked with coordinating the closure. “Our intent will be to communicate with the community as transparently as we can as that information becomes available,” Mendez-Grant said. “We want to give the community which has supported the course the last 75 years the opportunity to celebrate everything it’s meant to the Denton community.” Although golf course loyalists could be disappointed, studies last year found that less than 3 percent of the people who use the golf course are students at the university. Additionally, the course consistently has operated at a deficit in recent years, with the university having to cover the difference. Last fall, officials looked to partner with the University of
North Texas and the city to keep the course open, but both entities declined to get involved.
Driver found not at fault No charges will be filed against the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed 15-year-old Arely Naffarratte on Feb. 26. Investigators with the Denton Police Traffic Unit finished their review of the accident and determined the driver was not distracted, intoxicated or at fault for any reason. Naffarratte, a Guyer High School student, was part of a group of pedestrians at an intersection when a silver Honda northbound on Teasley Lane struck her. The investigation revealed the group had been walking south on the sidewalk of Teasley Lane toward Guyer. Near the intersection with Montecito Drive, members of the group attempted RECAP | CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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APIs and IPAs, hosted by TechMill, meets every other Tuesday at Harvest House, 331 E. Hickory St., for a tech-centered hangout.
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Tuesday, March 29, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 6:30 p.m.
Argyle Chamber of Commerce will host a health fair at the Robson Ranch clubhouse, 9400 Ed Robson Blvd. in Denton. Saturday, April 2, 9 a.m.
Argyle Chamber of Commerce will host an Easter brunch at Wild Horse Grill at Robson Ranch. To make a reservation, call 940-2461080. Sunday, March 27, 11 a.m.
Argyle Planning and Zoning Commission meets the first Tuesday of the month at 308 Denton St. Tuesday, April 5, 6:30 p.m.
Denton Black Chamber of Commerce meets the second Tuesday of the month at the Denton Housing Authority, 1225 Wilson St.
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Monthly News Recap | 2 Business Spotlight | 4, 8, 11, 17 Chuck Carpenter | 5 Other Enterprising Voices | 6, 9, 16 Mixers | 15, 19, 21 Vital Statistics | 21-23
On the cover: Riders use a contraflow bike lane on Highland Street in Denton. Photo by David Minton
Who to contact Scott K. Parks Managing Editor 940-566-6879 | sparks@dentonrc.com Jenna Duncan Business Editor 940-566-6889 | jduncan@dentonrc.com Sandra Hammond Advertising Director 940-566-6820 | shammond@dentonrc.com Shawn Reneau Advertising 940-566-6843 | sreneau@dentonrc.com
Tuesday, April 12, 6 p.m.
The Denton Chamber of Commerce’s Smart Business 101 series with Blue Steele Solutions about “How to Master Your Website” continues this month at the chamber office, 414 W. Parkway St. Tuesday, March 22, 11:45 a.m.
The Denton Chamber of Commerce will have its Leadership Denton class present its project on technolgy at the Denton Public Safety Training Center, 719 E. Hickory St.
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Big Mike’s Coffee Shop, 1306 Hickory St., hosts NodeSchool Denton every other Saturday, when TechMill teaches web software skills for free. Denton Planning and Zoning Commission meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month at City Hall, 215 McKinney St. Wednesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
The Denton Public Library is hosting a series with TechMill to teach attendees how to develop Apple iOS 9 applications at the North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Sunday, March 27, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 3 p.m.
Thursday, April 7, 5:30 p.m.
The Denton County Young Professionals host meetings every Wednesday, except for the first of the month, at Loco Café, 603 N. Locust St. Wednesday, March 23, 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 7:15 a.m.
The Denton League of United Latin American Citizens No. 4366 normally meets the third Saturday of each month at the Denton Senior Center, 509 N. Bell Ave., though the March meeting was rescheduled. Monday, March 21, 6 p.m.
The Denton Public Library is hosting monthly Arduino meetups the last Monday of each month at the Forge at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Monday, March 28, 7 p.m.
Electronics recycling takes place at The Cupboard Natural Foods and Café, 200 W. Congress St., the second Saturday of each month. Drop off any computerrelated electronics for recycling. Visit www.computercrusher.com for a list of acceptable items and more information. Saturday, April 9, 8 a.m.
Lake Cities Chamber of Commerce holds occassional coffee meetings at alternating businesses on Wednesdays. The March coffee will be at Oakmont Country Club, 1901 Oakmont Drive in Corinth, and the April meeting will be at Chick-fil-A, 4481 FM2181 in Corinth. Wednesday, March 23, 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 7:15 a.m.
Little D Open Coffee Club hosted by TechMill, meets every other Tuesday at West Oak Coffee Bar, 114 W. Oak St., to discuss technology and startups. Tuesday, March 22, 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 8 a.m.
NodeSchool Denton, hosted by TechMill, meets every other Saturday at Big Mike’s Coffee Shop, 1306 Hickory St., to teach web software skills for free. Saturday, March 26, 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2 p.m.
Sanger Chamber of Commerce meets at alternating businesses the last Wednesday of the month to host its Leads Luncheon, network and trade business cards. This month, it will be held at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center, 2120 N. Interstate 35E. Wednesday, March 30, noon
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Looking ahead to 2040 in North Texas By Brandon Formby | DMN
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he suburban sprawl that North Texas experienced during the past few decades isn’t expected to halt any time soon. People and jobs will keep moving to the suburbs. While many of the region’s fartherflung hamlets will experience higher employment growth rates than the area’s two urban cores, Dallas and Fort Worth still are expected to have more jobs than anyone else in 2040.
RESIDENTS PUSH WEST TO FORT WORTH
TOP OVERALL JOB ENGINES
JOB GROWTH BOOM IN D-FW SUBURBS
MORE SPRAWL MEANS MORE DRIVING
SOURCES: North Central Texas Council of Goverments; city of Dallas
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timed 5-kilometer run, a one-mile “fun run,” tailgating and the University of North Texas’ annual Green & White spring football game will be some of the highlights associated with the #DentonMeansBusiness event scheduled for Saturday, April 23 at Apogee Stadium. April traditionally has been the Business Expo month for the Denton Chamber of Commerce, but, the chamber board has agreed to consider #DentonMeansBusiness as a pilot alternative going into the new program year. Live musical entertainment will be provided by Big Tasty & The Moonshiners. The 5K will begin inside Apogee Stadium. The course will be laid out entirely on UNT property, including the bridge across Interstate 35E. Registration is available online at http://denton5k.com. Net proceeds will benefit the Mayor’s Summer Youth Job Program. Also in April, our Leadership Denton class will be making a
president of the Denton Chamber of Commerce. He can be reached at dcoc@ dentonchamber.org.
Chuck CARPENTER | presentation for its graduation project on the evening of Thursday, April 7. The class was charged with delivering a comprehensive plan to the city and chamber’s Economic Development Partnership Board on how to support and promote the Denton area’s tech-related community. The current Leadership Denton class will graduate April 22 during the chamber’s membership luncheon in Hubbard Hall at Texas Woman’s University. Applications for the 32nd Leadership Denton class will be available soon; it will convene in August. CHUCK CARPENTER is
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to cross Teasley to get to the east side of the road, according to a news release from Denton police Officer Shane Kizer. Naffarratte stepped into northbound traffic and was struck by the Honda CR-V passenger vehicle. She reportedly was several feet north of the marked crosswalk when she was struck.
Second child dies after accident on U.S. 380 Two children died and a third was in critical condition after a four-vehicle accident that shut down part of U.S. Highway 380 on Feb. 6. Denton police were called to the scene at about 6:30 p.m. on that Saturday.
After investigating, police said a Nissan minivan, a Dodge Dakota and a Kia passenger car were stopped at a red light at Mayhill Road and U.S. 380 when a Ford F-350 truck approached the intersection, failed to stop and ran into the back of the minivan. The impact sent the minivan into the Dakota in the center lane, which forced the Dodge into the Kia. Passengers in the van were injured. One child, identified by the Tarrant County medical examiner as 11-year-old Leslie De Luna of Whitesboro, was transported to Denton Regional Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead. Two boys, ages 8 and 4, were taken by air ambulance to Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where the 8-year-old died that night. The 4-year-old was in critical condition Feb. 7.
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Value is its own market catalyst “We invest in the stocks of cash-generating, franchise companies, selling in the public market at a significant discount to our appraisal of their private market value. We define private market value (PMV) as the value an informed industrialist would pay to purchase assets with similar characteristics.” — Mario Gabelli
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olumbia Business School, the home of Graham and Dodd value investing, credits Mario Gabelli for inventing the notion of “private market value,” and for coining the term “catalyst” to apply to events that surface value. This approach resonates with much of our writings and portfolio construction of late. We know value investing has withstood the test of time and value investors have earned substantial returns over the long run by employing a consistent investment discipline. It’s really quite simple: Value investing works because it is founded on the notion of buying something for less than it is worth. Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, the pioneers of value investing, focused on buying assets on the cheap. Warren Buffett, Graham’s best student, expanded this value investing view to focus on great businesses that were fairly priced rather than just assets fetched for a bargain. In our partnership, we have been successful by blending these philosophies and, like Gabelli, focusing on the private market value of business. First we scrutinize assets and liabilities of a prospective investment, a balance sheet focus prioritized by Graham. But we also dig into the free cash flow power of a business, Buffett’s typical focus. The result is a lens into what an informed buyer might pay for the business if they were to acquire all of it. As result, we are able to understand the upside potential of a business while maintaining the comfort of owning a business with a margin of safety.
Jonathon FITE | But perhaps the most important aspect of our approach has been our willingness to buy bargains when the market refuses to focus on them even while discreet catalysts, which can help the investor realize the untapped value, are evident. Most recently, we have written about various macro-, financial and operational catalysts we believe will help us realize the value of our portfolio companies. Let’s explore the recent news for one holding in particular: ADT. Many of you are probably familiar with ADT, the home security and monitoring company. While this market is highly fragmented, ADT has the dominant share in North America. The company also has been deploying new capabilities into its traditional security suite, including real-time video and smartphone integration. The management team has extended its core offering to include health care monitoring services for seniors and commercial offerings for small and medium business. When ADT was spun out of its parent company in 2012, it quickly went onto our list of great businesses to buy if we ever got a bargain price in the market. Fortunately, the shares fell meaningfully in the spring of 2014 after the company pulled back on its stock repurchase program to focus on developing new products and the short-term quarterly performance disappointed. Nothing was wrong with the core business, in fact, it appeared to us that management was doing all the right things to drive long-term success for the business.
With the stock below $30 per share, we bought greedily, believing the private market value for this business was nearly twice that. How did we come up with these bookends? At less than $30 per share, ADT was priced as if it would never grow its earnings. This seemed extremely conservative given the improvements in the service offerings were leading to higher pricing, a series of cost-cutting initiatives were boosting profits, and ADT’s brand could be a platform for further industry consolidation. With these considerations in mind, it was not hard to see that ADT’s true business value likely was $50-plus per share. After our initial purchases, the market seemed to catch on to our perspective. The rest of 2014 and early 2015 witnessed pretty strong gains in the stock as management continued to execute against its plans. But, as the markets began to sour in late 2015 and early 2016, ADT’s stock price tumbled again. We found this odd since the company was actually performing better than it had been when we first bought it. So, with the market giving us another opportunity to buy more at even better prices, we added to our position. Apparently, we were not the only ones to recognize the bargain. A few weeks later, the private equity firm Apollo Global Management announced a bid to take the company private for $42 per share, a healthy 55 percent premium to its price. While this buyout price provides an excellent profit to our partnership, we believe this is a win-win deal since Apollo will likely realize further benefits by accelerating ADT’s turnaround. Given that our partners know we may hold a position for three to five years to realize the full value of our investments, getting much of those gains in less than two years was a fine outcome. We were happy to let this catalyst help monetize our value so we could redeploy the proceeds into other bargains the market was
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Private equity firm Apollo Global Management bought home security company ADT last month for $6.9 billion. offering us. The ADT buyout was just another reminder that a stock should be viewed as a fractional ownership interest in a real business. By understanding the business, its industry, its competitors and its management’s tendencies, we can begin analyzing the company’s assets, cash generating power, and growth prospects. With this in hand, we can calculate the company’s intrinsic value — the true worth of the stock. When we combine this knowledge with the discipline of “How to Think about Market Prices,” we have the necessary tools to invest. When a stock’s price declines far below its intrinsic value, the resulting margin of safety creates an investment opportunity. This second discipline is very difficult to master, since value investors must seek unloved companies that are out of favor with the mainstream opinion. While we have outlined various macro-, financial and operational catalysts for our portfolio ahead, we often like to say that value is its own catalyst. We were not necessarily counting on a buyout to realize our investment thesis. In due course, ADT’s stock price likely would have corrected upward toward its intrinsic value. But Apollo certainly accelerated the process.
We often field questions from our partners who ask what we think the market will do over the coming months. Our typical response is, “We don’t know.” If the market goes up, then the bargain companies we hold typically will outperform; if the market goes down, we try to buy more. Over time, we don’t really care what the “market” does. This point of view is not glib or naive. It simply reflects the fact that a successful investment in ADT didn’t require one to predict where the market was heading, or guess what the Federal Reserve was going to do next. It simply demanded that we master how to value businesses and how to think about market prices. Once again, our investment in ADT tested our skills in both of these disciplines. We are eager to see catalysts unfold for our other portfolio companies as well. JONATHON FITE is a managing partner of KMF Investments, a Texas-based hedge fund. Jonathon is an adjunct professor with the College of Business at the University of North Texas. This column is provided for general interest only and should not be construed as a solicitation or personal investment advice. Comments may be sent to email@KMFInvestments.com.
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Hacked! Business accounts vulnerable By Joyce M. Rosenberg | AP Business Writer It’s a chilling moment when a small business owner discovers hackers have stolen thousands of dollars from the company checking account. Cybercriminals took an average $32,000 from targeted small business accounts, according to a December survey of owners by the advocacy group National Small Business Association. And businesses don’t have the same legal protection from bank account fraud that consumers have. The Electronic Funds Transfer Act, passed in 1978, states that it’s intended to protect individual consumers from bank account theft, but makes no mention of businesses. Whether a business is protected depends on the agreement it signs with a bank, says Doug Johnson, a senior vice president with the American Bankers Association, an industry group. If the business hasn’t complied with any security measure required by the agreement, it could be liable for the stolen money, he says. Any business is vulnerable, but small companies are less likely to have security departments and procedures to guard against online theft than big corporations do. They also don’t have big revenue streams that are better able to absorb losses from a theft. And even if they get the money back, they still have to spend time and money dealing with the hassles of closing accounts and opening new ones. Sandy Marsico’s company accounts were attacked — twice. Her bank contacted her in December 2014, saying a transfer of over $50,000 to Mexico had been requested from her checking account. The thieves had obtained the account information; Marsico, owner of Sandstorm Design, a Chicago marketing company, still doesn’t know how. The bank did an investigation but didn’t share its findings with her. Marsico didn’t approve the transfer, the account was closed and a new one opened. But the following November, someone
began withdrawing money from the new account in increments ranging from $1,000 to $4,000, a total of $20,000 in the course of a month. Marsico didn’t discover it until she got her monthly statement. “My stomach dropped when I wasn’t able to identify these as our charges,” Marsico says. The bank, which again did an investigation but didn’t tell Marsico the results, again reimbursed Sandstorm. Marsico has since moved some of her accounts to another bank. HOW IT HAPPENS Cybercriminals are creative, changing methods as companies and banks find ways to prevent attacks. Thieves are increasingly using realistic-looking emails to trick companies into transferring money from their accounts with what’s known as wire transfers, says Avivah Litan, a security analyst with the research company Gartner. Often, an employee receives an email purportedly from a company executive asking them to transfer the money from the company’s account into a specific external account. If employees don’t check to be sure the request is legitimate, they might go ahead and authorize a withdrawal. The first attack on Marsico’s account was a wire transfer attempt but didn’t use an email to her company. The FBI reported in August that more than 7,000 U.S. companies of all sizes had been victimized in emailed attacks since late 2013, with losses of more than $740 million. The government said the number of identified victims had surged 270 percent between January and August of last year. Most of the thieves are believed to be in organized crime groups in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the FBI said. Criminals also can operate by planting malicious software known as malware on a company computer, often via an email
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Sandy Marsico poses for a portrait at Sandstorm Design on March 2 in Chicago. Cybercriminals twice attacked the bank accounts of Marsico’s company. that has a link or attachment. If the computer is used to log into a bank account, the malware can record the login and password and send it back to the criminals, who then withdraw funds. But many banks have procedures designed to protect against stolen logins. If bank computers don’t recognize a device trying to log in, the bank will send a one-time access code to the account holder on a separate device like a phone. Without that code, a fraudster can’t log in. Using a computer or smartphone in a public place that has a Wi-Fi environment can be risky, says Kevin Watson, CEO of Netsurion, a Houston company that provides cybersecurity for small businesses. Some Wi-Fi spots may have weak security, and savvy hackers know how to steal information that someone keys into their device. And some thieves do it the old-fashioned way, simply by copying account numbers and routing information from checks and then printing phony checks and depositing them. One thief made two withdrawals from the checking account at Mark Waring Ventures two months ago, one for $800 and another for $1,000. “Someone can just look at a
check and they’re a good part of the way to hacking into your account,” says Dave Waring, managing partner of the New York-based company that provides financial and other services to small businesses. The bank reimbursed Waring, the account was closed and he now makes payments electronically. At Neil Palache’s company, the culprit used a counterfeit debit card. Two thefts totaling $1,400 happened while Palache was online, looking at his account, and the card was immediately canceled. The bank refunded his money and Palache got a new card. “I was thinking, ‘they’re going to wipe me out of this keeps going,’” says Palache, owner of The Wealth Creator Co. for Women, a Westlake Village, California, company that teaches women how to manage their money. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Business accounts are safer at banks that use what’s known as two-factor authentication, requiring unfamiliar account users or devices to supply additional information like one-time access codes, says Timothy Ryan, a managing director with the
security company Kroll in New York. Sophisticated banks also have software that flags emails or attempted logins from unfamiliar Internet service providers, he says. Additional steps owners can take: ■ Everyone in the company must be hypervigilant about emails, being wary about clicking on links and attachments and checking the addresses that emails came from. Criminals may create email addresses that look familiar but that might have an extra letter like an “I’’ or “i’’ not apparent at first glance. ■ In the case of wire transfers, put procedures in place so several managers must sign off before a transfer can made. ■ Keep a close eye on accounts. If you can’t check your balance daily, get text alerts whenever there’s a withdrawal. ■ Don’t log into your bank from an airport, hotel lobby, coffee shop or other public space that offers free Wi-Fi. Resist the temptation to log in until you’re home or in your office. “It’s a simple protection for a complex problem, but it takes discipline and that’s where people fall down,” says Watson, the Netsurion CEO.
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Texas property taxation, Part 1 T he state of Texas’ power to tax does not come from the U.S. or Texas constitutions. It is an inherent power associated with the sovereignty of the state. On the other hand, the taxing power of Texas counties, cities and school districts is solely derived from the Texas Constitution, statutes and municipal charters. The Texas Tax Code grants these subdivisions of the state the authority to tax all real property located within the state. Real property includes land, improvements, mines, quarries, minerals in place and standing timber. Only real property located within the jurisdiction of a particular taxing unit as of Jan. 1 is taxable by that unit for that tax year. The tax on real property is primarily based upon the market value of the property as of Jan. 1 of a particular tax year. Market value is determined by using generally accepted appraisal methods and techniques that are supposed to be consistent in appraising the same or similar kinds of property. Each property must be appraised in light of the specific individual characteristics that affect market value, and appraisal processes must consider all available evidence in determining a property’s market value. Typically, sales of nearby residential property will be used to determine comparable property values in the appraisal process using the market data method. These sales, which may include certain foreclosure sales and properties located in a declining market, must have occurred within 24 months and should have similar locations, square footages, ages, conditions, access, amenities, views, occupancy, easements, deed restrictions and other benefits and burdens that may affect marketability. In counties with a population of at least 150,000, sales must have occurred within 36 months and be adjusted to account for changed market conditions. In most situations, the chief appraiser of the taxing district is required to send each property
tion to file a notice of protest electronically. R. SCOTT ALAGOOD is certified in residential and commercial real estate law by the Texas Board of Specialization and can be reached at alagood@dentonlaw.com.
Scott ALAGOOD | owner a notice of appraised value for homestead exempted property on or before April 1, and for other properties on or before May 1. This notice must accompany a notice of protest form and instructions on completing and mailing the form to the appraisal review board to request a hearing. If the taxing district fails to provide any required notice to the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s due process rights are violated, and any appraisal or tax assessed on the property is void. It should be noted that “failing to provide notice” doesn’t mean mailing the notice to the wrong address because the taxpayer failed to notify the taxing district of an address change. Failing to provide notice means that no notice was ever sent anywhere. It is the taxpayer’s duty to keep the appraisal district supplied with a current address. If a property owner disagrees with a notice of appraised value, they are normally entitled to file a protest with the appraisal review board. The protest must be in writing and timely filed. Generally, the protest must be filed no later than the 30th day after the notice of appraised value was delivered to the property owner. For a homestead exempted property, the notice of protest must be filed before May 1 or not later than the 30th day after the notice of appraised value was delivered, whichever is later. Failing to comply with the administrative protest procedures will result in the preclusion of any further appeal of the appraisal review board’s ruling. Appraisal districts in counties with a population of 500,000 or more must allow a property owner with a homestead exemp-
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Couples now crowdfunding honeymoons By Joseph Pisani | AP NEW YORK — Before they say “I do,” soon-to-be newlyweds are increasingly going online to ask, “Will you pay for our honeymoon?” Crowdfunding websites such as Honeyfund, GoFundMe and Honeymoon Wishes make it easy to raise cash from family and friends for a post-wedding getaway. The sites charge fees for their services — as much as 10 percent of the total collected — but people are warming up to the idea, despite the cost. As couples increasingly live together first and marry later, they already have toasters and towels, so traditional gift registries don’t make as much sense. Honeymoon registries also provide a polite way of hinting to guests to give money instead, without breaking wedding etiquette. “I didn’t feel right saying, ‘Hey, give me cash,’” says Nicole DePinto, who raised $2,900 on GoFundMe for an Icelandic honeymoon with husband Anthony in December. Sites that help couples raise cash for honeymoons have seen their popularity soar recently. Honeyfund users, for example, raised $90 million last year, a 50 percent jump from the year before, says co-founder and CEO Sara Margulis. Last year, 22 percent of people using the Knot, a wedding planning site, said they also used honeymoon registries, according to a survey of 6,500 customers. That’s the same as the year before, but up from 17 percent in 2013 and 13 percent in 2012. The DePintos even crowdsourced the destination of their honeymoon, asking the 100 guests at their travel-themed October wedding reception to vote on Greece, Iceland or Japan. The save-the-dates came on postcards, and the party favors were luggage tags. “We did everything outside of the box,” she said, and besides: “They’re all places we wanted to go eventually.” The guests chose Iceland. In
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Nicole DePinto and her husband, Anthony, pose for a photo March 1 in New York. DePinto raised $2,900 on crowdfunding site GoFundMe for an Icelandic honeymoon. winter. “Iceland is absolutely beautiful in December,” she insisted, recalling the Christmas decorations, mulled wines, ice caves and northern lights. “I think our guests understand that we are not a super-traditional couple, so we wanted our honeymoon to be more adventure and less lounging on a beach.” Most guests gave the couple cash-stuffed envelopes at the wedding, but the 14 donations they got online covered their hotel and airline tickets, even after GoFundMe kept more than $230 in fees. The Union City, New Jersey, couple also had a registry at Target, but asked for just a few things there since they
had lived together for three years. “In that time we’ve acquired tons of pots, plates, towels, throw pillows and bedding,” they explained on their GoFundMe page. Asking for cash in the invitation is a wedding faux pas, says Kristen Maxwell Cooper, deputy editor at the Knot. But passing around a link to a honeymoon registry works, because couples can explain to guests exactly where the money will be spent, she says. Couples have a few options to turn to. Crowdfunding site GoFundMe has collected $2 billion to date for all sorts of personal campaigns, raising money for
medical emergencies, crime victims and other local causes. But the site does have a weddings and honeymoons section where users have raised $4 million since GoFundMe was launched six years ago, says media director Kelsea Little. Anyone can see a GoFundMe campaign, but don’t expect strangers to hand over cash — only friends and family likely will donate, Little said. “It’s a common misconception,” she says. Honeyfund, meanwhile, is more focused on honeymoons. Couples can list exactly what the cash will pay for, from hotel rooms to sightseeing tours to massages.
Major resorts and cruise lines are jumping in, using Honeymoon Wishes to power honeymoon registries built into their sites. At Carnival Cruise Line, for example, couples can ask wedding guests to pay for scuba diving excursions or horseback rides. The money goes straight to Carnival and couples can redeem the gifts on board, says Nancy Williams, the business development director at Honeymoon Wishes. Couples can also go to Honeymoon Wishes and build their own honeymoon, without being attached to a certain resort. “It’s now socially acceptable,” Williams said.
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Pedaling bike culture
Photo by Ranjani Groth
Brandon Dupré, owner of Sprockets Bicycle and Coffee Shop, fixes a bike March 8.
By Julian Gill
Last year, the city of Denton gave the local cycling community a voice by hiring its first bicycle and pedestrian coordinator, Julie Anderson. Since then, Anderson has helped organize the first citywide bike count to establish a baseline for the number of people biking or walking in Denton. The results would help the city analyze where it needs to add or improve safety features like signs or bike
lanes. While improving infrastructure is a big part of her job, Anderson said her favorite part is when she connects with people immersed in the local cycling scene. Denton bike shop owners
Kevin Marshall, of Bullseye Bike Shop, and Brandon Dupré, of Sprockets Bicycle and Coffee Shop, as well as cycling advocates like Natalie Caballero of the Denton Bike Coalition are a few riders in the city trying to promote two-wheel transportation.
For them, promoting the cycling culture means acknowledging all types of riders in the city, not just the ever-present college students. “We’re a college town, so we have a lot of college cyclists, and we have a lot of other people who are riding their bikes as well,” Anderson said. “I think the city recognized that. They wanted to provide good infrastructure so we could provide something for people who are trying to get into
biking.” The bike count, which was conducted over a four-day period in September, identified the most bicycle-heavy intersections in the city and produced an annual traffic projection for those areas. The intersection of Oak and Welch streets proved to be the busiest, projecting about 107,143 cyclists annually. That number could include professors riding their bikes to work, homeless folks riding out
13 of necessity, people who are riding for exercise, or anything in between. Bullseye Bike Shop owner Marshall said it’s important to not have one single perception of cyclists when talking about the culture as a whole. “Everyone takes this snapshot of what they think cycling is, but cycling is not just one group of people,” Marshall said. “I’ve got customers in their 70s who ride, and they’re so much more legitimate than someone who has recently encompassed cycling in their lifestyle.” Since Bullseye opened in 2009, Marshall said, he has noticed his customer base shift from transient college students to permanent residents and families. Denton’s general population increase could have something to do with it, but Sprockets Bicycle and Coffee Shop owner Dupré says a majority of riders are overlooked. “There’s a vocal minority that show up more,” Dupré said. “But I think, in the end of it all, there’s more people here on bikes than we give credit for.” People can point to the various social rides in Denton as an indicator of a healthy bike culture, though Dupré said most people get into biking for individual utility or necessity. And they are the ones who eventually create the mosaic of Denton’s cycling community, he said. “I think there’s a lot of people who go into cycling not to feel a sense of community, but I think they find that naturally,” he said. “I think there’s a community that grows around a particular common interest like cycling.” Although the cycling community is diverse in many ways, it is still a gendered activity. The data collected from the Denton bike count showed that only about 14 percent of all recorded cyclists were women. According to “Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2014 Benchmarking Report” from the Alliance for Biking & Walking, that number falls below the national average of 24 percent female cyclists. That is a trend that Natalie Caballero, a member of the Denton Bike Coalition, wants to change. Along with participating with the University of North Texas cycling team, Caballero has been helping lay the groundwork BIKES | CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Kevin Marshall owns Bullseye Bike Shop on Locust Street in Denton.
Jagoe Street and other Denton roads feature shared-lane arrows indicating that bicycles may use the full lane, which helps riders avoid parked cars and other obstacles.
Remington Pohlmeyer’s bicycle sports a cow skull during Denton’s Denim Ride in 2010.
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Brandon Dupré owns Sprockets Bicycle and Coffee Shop.
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Photo by David Minton
Bicycle racks on the Denton Square feature the city’s initial and eighth notes.
A cyclist wearing headphones rides the wrong way on Carroll Boulevard.
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for the Bike Coalition for Women. The group’s first meeting was about two months ago, and Caballero said the goal is to help women feel more comfortable riding their bikes around town. “It’s something powerful that happens when you get women together,” she said. “They can talk the way you can’t talk to a guy. Our society is set up that way.” Caballero said the group will talk about gender-specific issues, like how to address cat calls. They will try to incorporate workshops to teach beginners how to do a tuneup or change a flat tire. But everything is in the planning phase, she said. Caballero and shop owners said they would love to see the reliance on cars dwindle for both economic and environmental purposes. For the most part, their desires aren’t rooted in gaining more customers. Studies have shown that cycling can improve the local economy. In a 2012 study done for the Oregon Transportation Research
and Education Consortium, 1,884 people were surveyed walking out of convenience stores, restaurants and bars, and another 19,653 were surveyed walking out of supermarkets. Researchers found that drivers outspend cyclists, pedestrians and public transit users at the supermarket, but for every other business, the cyclists outconsumed drivers over the course of a month. While the cyclists were shown to spend less money per visit, they visited the businesses with greater frequency, according to a draft of the study. Anderson said she has seen several studies that show cyclists spend more money locally, and that is something the city wants to “harness” with added infrastructure, she said. “If we get more people to ride their bikes, then that will get more people to local businesses and on the Square,” Anderson said. JULIAN GILL can be reached at 940-566-6845 and via Twitter at @juliangill music.
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Cyclists use a bike lane on Highland Street during a ride to showcase bike-friendly improvements in Denton.
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The Denton Chamber of Commerce celebrated several businesses and organizations with ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
Denton Rotary Club
D-Bat Baseball & Softball Academy
Denton Commercial Internet
Mayberry Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care Homes
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Enterprising Voices
Define your branding strategy
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ne of the most common questions marketing folks get when dealing with a new or relatively small business is, “What is branding strategy?” It’s a valid inquiry, particularly now that we are in the age of the Internet and it seems the fundamental elements of marketing are changing dramatically. This question becomes even more pressing when considering how the line between personal and professional has seemingly become blurred. We live in an age where so much of our personal behavior is more public and accessible than it ever has been before. How does a company learn to wield these things as beneficial tools rather than view them as hurdles? To get the answer to the what branding strategy is, first you must know what a brand is. Your company’s brand (or your personal brand) is its public personality. For those who balk at the idea of a company having its own personality, think about this: Every company has a culture — it’s a tiny community that has its own norms, communication style and a stylistic approach to dealing with clients and colleagues. Your brand is essentially the public face of your company, equivalent to acting on your best behavior and pre-
Heather STEELE | senting yourself as a consummate professional on a job interview. Of course, branding as a strategy is hardly a new marketing concept. Although extensive research suggests that branding has existed for eons (as early as 2250 B.C., according to a research paper by Karl Moore and Susan Reid that was published in Business History), the modern iteration of this element of business finds its origins somewhere in the mid-twentieth century, and it became a prioritized marketing approach in the seventies. BRANDING STRATEGY IN THE MODERN ERA In an article for The Atlantic, Marc de Swaan Arons posits that modern branding was a response to “the standardization of quality products for consumers in the middle of the 20th century [as
it] required companies to find a new way to differentiate themselves from their competitors.” Arons goes on to say that companies that succeeded at this differentiation did so by figuring out what defined their consumers and used that information to elicit an emotional tie between the buyer and the product. Branding strategy isn’t only a mere branch of your marketing; it’s the mission statement that all of your marketing, public relations and customer service should be built around. With so many new companies serving so many of the same needs, your branding strategy goes beyond marketing a fantastic product; it gives customers a personal reason to invest in your
company. It requires knowing who your company is at its core and who your company aspires to be. WHAT IS BRANDING STRATEGY? Some questions to answer when defining your brand: ■ How does your company deal with a PR snafu? ■ How does your company handle difficult clients? ■ How does your company handle internal conflict? Financial stress? ■ How does your company treat its employees (particularly those at the bottom of the ladder)? ■ Is your company the kind of business that participates in charitable giving or coordinated company volunteering? ■ Who is your demographic? What kind of voice appeals to that group of people?
■ What is the nature of your product or service? Are you establishing yourself as an expert, or are you offering something fun and entertaining? If your product could talk, what kind of tone would it take? When done right, a branding strategy creates lifelong, diehard customers, and that fanbase will carry you through the hard times every business eventually faces. It’s time to answer the question “What is branding strategy?” for your business. Grab our “Branding Persona & Strategy Workbook” and take control of how your customers and the outside world perceive your company. You can grab your copy at http://bss.tips/personaworksheet. HEATHER STELLE is the founder of Blue Steele Solutions. She can be reached at heather@ bluesteelesolutions.com.
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Scott Papez works in the Minneapolis office of PwC, a consulting giant that offers $1,200 a year for up to six years to help pay off student loans.
College debt relief could be the next big perk By Jackie Crosby | Minneapolis Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS — A growing number of companies are dangling a recruitment perk that is tailor-made for the millennial generation: debt relief. Free snacks and gym memberships don’t hold the allure they once did for young people entering the working world. Buried under student loans of more than $29,000 on average, they want help. “For this millennial group, it’s more important than the 401(k),” said Tim DeMello, CEO and founder of Gradifi Inc., which expects to set up loan pay-down plans for 100 companies this year. “They’re 24 years old. They don’t care about retirement.” Companies are dreaming up a variety of incentives. Consulting
giant PwC, for example, will pay $100 a month for up to six years against college loans of young workers. Other firms are enticing potential hires with a lump-sum contribution — say, $10,000 — over a set period or capping low monthly payments with a balloon after a couple of years to build loyalty. Although certain industries have offered repayment programs for years, PwC is the largest U.S. corporation to jump on the trend. Through Gradifi, the program is open to any employee with less than six years on the job. For Scott Papez, signing up for PwC’s program, which begins this spring, is a no-brainer. The
24-year-old started work as a tax associate in the company’s downtown Minneapolis office in July, carrying $40,000 in college debt from the University of Wisconsin. PwC’s contribution will cover about a third of the payments he and his wife make against their loans, giving him more freedom to plan for the future. “You do think, ‘When will we ever be able to afford a house?’ or ‘We’d love to start a family down the road,’” Papez said. “But the rate of saving for that kind of stuff is really reduced by the student debt that we carry.” PwC estimates that 45 percent of its U.S. workforce — about 22,000 employees — could be eligible for the program. The benefit could shave $10,000 off workers’ debt and shorten the
payoff by up to three years. “As we were developing these programs, we thought of all the different ways to compensate our people,” said Tom Montminy, who runs the Minneapolis PwC office. “Sometimes you’ve got to go right to the source and say let’s give it to them where they need it most, which is paying down loans.” Just 3 percent of companies offer repayment plans, according to National Debt Relief, a debt settlement company. They’re most often offered in law, medicine or technology fields, where talent is tight and education expensive. Teachers and government workers also may qualify for some programs. But with $1.3 trillion in outstanding student loans in the United States, debt relief has become a major policy issue. In
January, Gov. Mark Dayton announced a refinancing program to help relieve some of the financial burden on Minnesotans, who carry the fifth-highest college debt load in the nation. Millennials, born in the early 1980s to mid-1990s, have higher educational debt than any other generation. Nearly seven in 10 recent college graduates owe money, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. Half say they would rather have their company make loan payments than contribute toward their health care or retirement. Within two years, Bostonbased Gradifi expects to sign up 1,000 companies for its online platform, which has a database of more than 300 student loan service providers and the ability to add a new one within 24 hours.
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The Denton Chamber of Commerce’s Smart Business 101 program is a monthly business education seminar series designed to offer small businesses the tools and strategies to improve their business practices.
Randi Skinner of Blue Steele Solutions speaks at a Smart Business 101 presentation Feb. 23.
Heather Steele of Blue Steele Solutions
Attendees take notes Feb. 23 at the Smart Business 101 seminar.
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Vital Statistics MIXED BEVERAGE TAX
The following mixed beverage tax information was issued by the state comptroller’s office for February. The list includes the name of the business, address and reported tax. 380 Roadhouse LLC, 26781 E. U.S. Highway 380, Little Elm, $2,278.46 940s Kitchen & Cocktails, 219 W. Oak St., Denton, $2,597.52 American Legion Post #550, 905 N. Foundation, Pilot Point, $1,083.99 Andy's Bar And Grill, 122 N. Locust St., Denton, $6,969.00 Angelina's Mexican Restaurant, 1400 N. Corinth St., Suite 111, Corinth, $917.83 Applebee's Neighborhood Grill, 707 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $3,110.54 Applebee's Neighborhood Grill, 2672 FM423, Little Elm, $2,222.32 Aramark Educational Services, 303 Administration Drive, Denton, $30.55 Ashton Gardens, 2001 Ashton Gardens Lane, Corinth, $1,457.71 B.P.O.E. Denton No. 2446, 228 E. Oak St., Denton, $826.78 Barley & Board, 100 W. Oak St., Suite 160, Denton, $4,851.13 Best Western Area Crown Chase, 2450 Brinker Road, Denton, $263.10 BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, 3250 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $4,983.86 Black-Eyed Pea, 2420 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $0 Bono's Chop House & Saloon, 2025 N. U.S. Highway 287, Decatur, $2,032.91 Boomerjack Wings No. 8, 407 W. University Drive, Denton, $1,307.23 Brunswick Zone Denton, 2200 San Jacinto Blvd., Denton, $1,916.06 Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, 1400 S. Loop 288, Suite 110, Denton, $3,314.55 Cabana Beverages Inc., 2330 W. University Drive, Denton, $184.51 Casa Torres Mexican Restaurant, 2708 FM51, Decatur, $1,116.62 Chili's Grill & Bar, 600 S. U.S. Highway 287, Decatur, $2,921.33 Chili's Grill & Bar No. 1562, 2825 W. University Drive, Denton, $502.16 Chili's Grill& Bar, 2406 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $2,591.22 Chilitos Private Club Inc., 619-623 S. Denton Drive, Lake Dallas, $294.19 Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1224 W. Hickory St., Denton, $22.51 Chuy's Denton, 3300 Wind River Lane, Denton, $4,579.85 Cool Bean's, 1210 W. Hickory St., Denton, $3,174.79 Courtyard By Marriott, 2800 Colorado Blvd., Denton, $284.01 Crossroads Bar, 1803 N. Elm St., Denton, $1,173.10 Crossroads Bar, 1803 N. Elm St., Denton, $1,349.17 Dani Rae's Gulf Coast Kitchen, 2303 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $1,290.62 Dan's Silverleaf, 103 Industrial St., Denton, $2,662.44 Drunken Donkey Bar & Grill, 3350 Unicorn Lake Blvd., Denton, $6,296.05
Dusty's Bar & Grill & Haileys, 119 S. Elm St., Denton, $2,703.65 East Side Denton Oak Street, 117 E. Oak St., Denton, $9,608.06 El Fenix-Denton Texas, 2229 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $724.20 El Guapo's, 419 S. Elm St., Denton, $735.32 Ernesto's Mexican Restaurant, 10279 E. FM455, Suite 1, Pilot Point, $2,167.18 Frilly's, 1803 S. U.S. Highway 287, Decatur, $1,775.50 Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 109 N. State St., Decatur, $1,094.57 Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 115 Industrial St., Denton, $730.76 Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 2412 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $1,277.95 Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 1044 Maple St., Suite 101, Sanger, $256.40 Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 11450 U.S. Highway 380, Suite 160, Cross Roads, $1,189.98 Genti's Private Club Inc., 3700 FM2181, Hickory Creek, $482.73 Hannahs, 111 W. Mulberry St., Denton, $3,188.46 Harvest House, 331 E. Hickory St., Denton, $6,060.61 Hickory & Fry, 1206 W. Hickory St., Denton, $583.70 Hickory Street Lounge, 212 E. Hickory St., Denton, $2,076.66 Hickory Street Lounge, 212 E. Hickory St., Denton, $2,044.50 Hilton Garden Inn, 3110 Colorado Blvd., Denton, $437.24 Holiday Inn, 1434 Centre Place Drive, Denton, $10.58 Hooligans LLC, 104 N. Locust St., Denton, $4,695.89 Hooters, 985 N. Interstate 35E, Denton, $3,748.04 Horny Toad Cafe & Bar, 5812 N. Interstate 35, Denton, $964.53 Hula Hut Restaurant, 210 E. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm, $3,026.92 II Charlies Bar & Grill, 809 Sunset St., Denton, $3,975.78 J.R. Pockets Club, 1127 Fort Worth Drive, Denton, $2,634.70 Jack's Tavern, 508 S. Elm St., Suite 101, Denton, $2,994.02 Jem Beverage Company LLC, 217 W. Division St., Pilot Point, $13.93 Johnny Carino's Italian, 1516 Centre Place Drive, Denton, $877.56 Keiichi LLC, 500 N. Elm St., Denton, $368.36 Kobe Sushi & Steak LLC, 2832 E. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 208, Little Elm, $307.79 La Casa Velez, 2831 W. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 112, Little Elm, $741.22 La Milpa Mexican Restaurant, I820 S. Interstate 35E, Unit 1, Denton, $1,211.02 Lake Cities Post No. 88 The A, 105 Gotcher Ave., Lake Dallas, $1,371.02 Lake Cities Post No. 88 The A, 105 Gotcher Ave., Lake Dallas, $1,329.88 Lake Dallas Point Restaurant, 303 Swisher Road, No. 100, Lake Dallas, $2,059.44 Lake Ray Roberts Area Elks Lodge, 1601 Marina Circle, Sanger, $228.67 Las Cabos Cantina, 4451 FM2181, Corinth, $469.80
Lone Star Attitude Burger Co., 113 W. Hickory St., Denton, $4,274.86 Los Jalapenos Restaurant, 420 E. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm, $199.79 Lowbrows Beer and Wine Garden, 200 W. Washington St., Pilot Point, $504.30 Lucky Lou's, 1207 W. Hickory St., Denton, $7,928.98 Luigi's Pizza Italian Restaurant, 2000 W. University Drive, Denton, $63.98 Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor, 1125 E. University Drive, Suite 107, Denton, $1,413.63 Mellow Mushroom, 217 E. Hickory St., Denton, $1,756.00 Meritt Ranch Beverages, 2946 W. Ganzar Road, Denton, $111.75 Meritt Ranch Beverages, 2946 W. Ganzar Road, Denton, $155.90 Metzlers Food And Beverage Inc., 1251 S. Bonnie Brae St., Denton, $113.16 Mi Taza Latin Tex-Mex Café, 5017 Teasley Lane, Suite 101, Denton, $714.35 Miguelito's, 1521 E. McCart St., Krum, $620.88 Miguelitos, 1412 N. Stemmons St., No. 178, Sanger, $1,082.51 Movie Tavern Denton, 4916 W. University Drive, Denton, $1,952.24 Muddy Jake's Sports Grille, 222 W. Hickory St., Suite 104, Denton $Mulberry Street Cantina, 110 W. Mulberry St., Denton, $3,412.04 Norman Heitz Memorial Post 104, 501 Thompson Lake, Dallas, $1,140.54 Oak Street Drafthouse, 308 E. Oak St., Denton, $3,650.09 Oakmont Country Club, 1200 Clubhouse Drive, Corinth, $1,592.12 Ollimac Company, 1400 Corinth Bend, Suite 103, Corinth, $638.97 On The Border, 2829 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $2,753.83 Outback Steakhouse, 300 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $2,179.71 Parker Brothers Trail Dust, 1200 S. Stemmons St., Sanger, $404.68 Pedro's Tex Mex & Grill, 420 E. McKinney St., Suite 100, Denton, $640.05 Pedro's Tex Mex & Grill, 209 S. Washington St., Pilot Point, $613.85 Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen, 1931 S. Loop 288, Suite 130, Denton $74.57 Phil Miller Post No. 2205 VFW, 909 Sunset St., Denton, $1,262.74 Pilot Point Columbus Club, 221 N. Prairie St., Pilot Point, $13.33 Pizza Hut, 730 S. U.S. Highway 377, Pilot Point, $23.58 Pollo Tropical Beverages LLC, 2220 S. Loop 288, Denton, $18.22 Prairie House Restaurant, 10001 U.S. Highway 380, Cross Roads, $1,271.25 Queenie's Steakhouse, 113 E. Hickory St., Denton, $1,579.52 Red Lobster No. 6349, 2801 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $1,198.76 Riprock's, 1211 W. Hickory St., Denton, $4,141.60 Robson Ranch Denton Homeowners, 9428 Ed Robson Circle, Denton, $1,198.89 Rock 101, Patio Grill, 2833 Eldorado Parkway, Suite 301, Little Elm, $5,276.51
Rockin Rodeo, 1009 Ave. C, Denton, $4,403.91 Rooster's Roadhouse, 113 Industrial St., Denton, $2,447.44 Rooster's Roadhouse Decatur, 106 N. Trinity St., Decatur, $1,674.26 Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory, 1275 S. Loop 288, Denton, $127.56 RT's Social Club Inc., 1100 Dallas Drive, Suite 124, Denton, $7,247.05 Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, 411 E. Sycamore St., Denton, $558.57 Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, 411 E. Sycamore St., Denton, $754.08 Ruby Jeans Bar & Café, 309 N. FM156, Ponder, $977.99 Rusty Taco Denton, 210 E. Hickory St., Denton, $654.32 Savory Bistro & Gourmet To Go, 2650 E. FM407, Suite 165, Bartonville, $1,410.21 Sean's Mesquite Pit Bbq, 401 N. U.S. Highway 287, Decatur, $17.88 Sean's Mesquite Pit Bbq, 401 N. U.S. Highway 287, Decatur, $0.40 Service Industry, 222 W. Hickory St., Suite 103, Denton, $667.45 Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes, 201 W. Main St., Decatur, $349.07 Sweetwater Grill & Tavern, 115 S. Elm St., Denton, $1,652.35 Tex Tapas, 109 Industrial St., Denton, $1,020.61 Texas Roadhouse, 2817 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $3,294.52 The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub, 101 W. Hickory St., Denton, $3,326.75 The Aztec Club, 720 W. University Drive, Denton, $1,351.18 The Bears Den, 11670 Massey Road, Pilot Point, $141.50 The Draft House Bar & Grill, 2700 E. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 250, Little Elm, $2,886.42 The Fry Street Tavern, 121 Ave. A, Denton, $5,882.26 The Garage, 113 Ave. A, Denton, $3,821.94 The Green House, 600 N. Locust St., Denton, $1,632.65 The Labb Club, 218 W. Oak St., Denton, $2,051.27 The Loophole, 119 W. Hickory St., Denton, $4,049.14 The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 2809 S. Interstate 35E, Denton, $1,669.37 Tokyo Samurai, 3600 E. FM407, Suite 100, Bartonville, $652.64 Tokyo Samurai, 3600 E. FM407, Suite 100, Bartonville, $580.75 Toms Daiquiri Place, 1212 W. Mulberry St., Denton, $981.34 University Lanes, 1212 E. University Drive, Denton, $1,141.34 Verona Pizza Italian Restaurant, 201 Loop 81, Decatur, $30.82 Villa Grande Mexican Restaurant, 12000 U.S. Highway 380, Suite 100, Cross Roads, $1,450.55 Villa Grande Mexican Restaurant, 2530 W. University Drive, Suite 114, Denton, $1,385.02 Vitty's Sports Bar, 1776 Teasley Lane, Suite 102, Denton, $2,020.58 Vizcarra, 114 W. Congress St., Denton, $162.81 Walters Tavern, 201 Main St., Lake Dallas, $2,609.51 Wildhorse Grill, 9440 Ed Robson Circle, Denton, $0 Wing Daddys Sauce House, 2763 E. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 105, Little Elm, $2,791.62 Wing Town, 4271 FM2181, No. C316, Corinth, $0 Xchan Thai Bistro And Sushi, 113 N. State St., Decatur, $49.98
ASSUMED NAMES
The following names (followed by DBA and address) were posted in February at the Denton County Clerk’s office. NAME — DBA/ADDRESS Clara Matimba, Notty’s Cleaning Services, 3800 Surf St., Denton Crystal Tijerina, Klassy Kidz, 3628 Wessex Court, Denton Daniel L. De La Torre, TAC Solar and AC, 3820 Ridgemont Lane, Denton Deanna Winn, With Love, MiMi and Gammie, 1013 Chase Lane, Denton DeVonte Elder, KicksOnDemand, 360 Barrydale Drive, Denton Dodson and Doisher Enterprises, Anything Automotive, 3920 E. McKinney St., Denton Dodson and Doisher Enterprises, Denton European, 3920 E. McKinney St., Denton Dustin Hunt, Old Texas Livin, 6503 Shady Shores Apt. 423, Denton Elizabeth R. Rios, ER Remodeling, 3500 E. McKinney St., Apt. 1109, Denton Glendy B. Hernandez, Restaurante Los Gallos, 302 N. Crawford St., Denton Jason M. Piter, Black Deer Company, 1800 S. Loop 288, Suite 396243, Denton Jessica Nickerson, House Homemade, 708 Headlee St., Denton John Farrar, Firehouse Irrigation, 923 Denton St., Denton Joy Ann Ruiz, Mimi’s Florals, 3212 Glen Crest Lane, Denton Knowledge Mainja, Eagle Office Cleaning, 525 S. Carroll Blvd., Suite 100, Denton Kristin Rhea, RMP Crop Insurance, 120 N. Austin St., Denton LaGena Blue, Arts Etc. Changing Lives, 1820 N. Ruddell St., Apt. 102, Denton Lisa and Lance Martin, Principle Purpose School of Real Estate Studies, 921 Tallahassee Drive, Denton Luis M. Diaz, Office Clean, 111 E. University Drive, Suite 105, Denton Martin Garibay, Garibay Trim, 621 Jannie St., Denton Nicholas Hawkins, Roze Gold, 1200 Dallas Drive, Denton Osereimen Otoide, Reimen Enterprises, 2055 Stockbridge Road, No. 7307, Denton Paula V. Ehley, Jackalone Photography, Bluebonnet Place, Denton Ralph Tapia, A&R, 600 Dallas Drive, Denton Roger Cartwright, BluFenix Fire Solutions, 2022 Kendolph Drive, Denton Thao M. Huynh, Texas Vapor Shop, 324 E. McKinney St., Suite 100, Denton Victor M. Chavez, JVH Handiman Complete Services, 1180 Willow Lane, Trailer 42, Denton Vinson W. Harper, Target Pest Control, 516 W. Oak St., No. 19, Denton
Business Mixers Denton Chamber of Commerce
The Denton Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed new members.
Scott Harp of D-Bat Baseball & Softball Academy Mike Cawood of The Village Assisted Living
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The following sales permits were issued by the state comptroller’s office for February. The list includes the owner, name of business and address within ZIP codes 75033, 75034, 75065, 75068, 76201, 76205, 76207, 76208, 76209, 76210, 76226, 76227, 76234, 76249, 76258, 76259 and 76266.
75033 Carla Jenine, Broom5 Star Management, 1801 McCord Way, Apt. 1035, Little Elm Joseph Manuel Ortiz, Blanco Valentina Cleaning & More, 1750 FM423, Apt. 923, Little Elm Miits LLC, Miits LLC, 1801 McCord Way, Apt. 827, Little Elm
5034 Jennifer Widstrom Tennill, Jen Tennill Art and Interiors, 15222 King Road, Suite 204, Little Elm
75065 We’d Tap That Private Club, Tredways Bbq, 721 E. Hundley Drive, Lake Dallas Yun Son Enterprise LLC, Chop Chop Pick-Up, 303 Swisher Road, Suite 210, Lake Dallas
75068 Amy Michelle Smithart, Amy Smithart, 1231 Private Road 6801, Little Elm Danny W. Ibarra, Novalux Photography, 2969 Lakemont Drive, Little Elm Joshua Hawkins, Texas Bug Team, 137 Meadow Bend Trail, Little Elm Martha J. Huckaby, Huckaby Interiors, 204 Parakeet Drive, Little Elm Micaela Redmond, M.Red Design, 2409 Lakebend Drive, Little Elm Raul Roman, American Rental Home Maintenance, 2533 Ash Drive, Little Elm Robert Bice, Fixed Out Front, 1936 Michelle Creek Drive, Little Elm Shipri Investments LLC, Sunway, 24645 407 W. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 120, Little Elm
The Pearl Petal LLC, The Pearl Petal LLC, 3065 Morning Star Drive, Little Elm Triton Irrigation LLC, Triton Lawn & Irrigation, 2050 FM423, Apt. 5706, Little Elm
76201 Charles R. Holbert, Downtown Motors, 301 S. Elm St., Denton Daniel Ampofo, Ampofo And Sons Motors, 120 Ave. H, Apt. 101, Denton Dem Fatties LLC, Dem Fatties LLC, 508 S. Elm St., Suite 109, Denton Denton County Brewing Company Inc., Denton County Brewing Co., 200 E. McKinney St., Denton Denton's Coney Island LLC, Dix Coney Island, 123 N. Elm St., Denton Dsaa Inc., Cell World, 1916 N. Carroll Blvd., Denton Ellen M. Austin, Ellen's Paintbrush, 1805 Sena St., Denton Jac Specialty Distribution Ltd., Jac Specialty Distribution Ltd., 210 S. Elm St., Suite 106, Denton Janet L. Dunks, Mint, 725 S. Locust St., Denton John Rainey and Kimberly Hall, Zach's Shaved Ice, 550 Fort Worth Drive, Suite 500, Denton Jye Boerne LLC, Eagle & Wheeler, 733 Fort Worth Drive, Denton Larry E. Cummings, LSC Enterprises, 2500 Hinkle Drive, Denton Mandy Denise Neu, The Neu Boutique, 2000 Denison St., Suite 104, Denton Margarita Lopez Cantu, Myriam's Salon, 420 S. Carroll Blvd., Suite C, Denton
76205 Adnan Jebbeh, AJ Group, 1230 Duncan St., Denton Madden Portable Buildings Inc., Madden Portable Building Inc., 3310 Fort Worth Drive, Denton Monzer N. Investment Group LLC, 7-Eleven Convenience Store No. 37084-A, 915 Fort Worth Drive, Denton Orthobionics Inc., Orthobionics Inc., 1800 S. Loop 288, Suite 396-123, Denton
76207 Bradley Vaughn, Denton Knife Works, 203 Goodson Way, Denton Brisket Burger LLP, Brisket Burger, 4005 N. Interstate 35, Denton
76208 Andrea Emily Gorham, Tree Folk, 2570 Whiterock Road, Denton Brenna Rose Vanderstelt, Cupcake Cantina, 3575 Hudsonwood Drive, Apt. 9303, Denton Carolyn Ann Urdiales, Curlys French Bulldogs, 3654 Corinth Parkway, Corinth Gayrita R Harris, New 2 U New & Used, 4200 E. University Drive, Denton Joey Pruitt and Richard Vickers, Down Home Pest Defense, 215 Oakwood Circle, Shady Shores Lake Cities Technology Services LLC, Lake Cities Technology Services LLC, 7105 Desert Willow Drive, Denton Lena Marie Crawford, Lena's Fun Totes, 3750 Pockrus Paige Road, Trailer 35, Denton Lone Star Hockey LLC, Lone Star Hockey LLC, 222 S. Mayhill Road, Denton Rachel Crescezo, Rachel Crescezo, 3904 Whitetail Drive, Denton Richard J. Pinson, Mr. Mom Made It, 23 Terra Evergreen Drive, Shady Shores Sandra L. Phillips, Sandra L. Phillips, 5200 Lake Shore Lane, Lot 50, Denton Stenson Landscaping Inc., Stenson Landscaping Inc., 222 W. Shady Shores Road, Shady Shores
76209 Arn's Construction LLC, Arn's Construction, 3077 Olympia Drive, Denton Bonfield Group LLC, The Backyard On Bell, 410 N. Bell Ave., Denton Brady Black, Amber Black Serious Creatures, 2008 Brown Drive, Denton Charles Greg Warford, Wolf Cycle Gear, 111 E. University Drive, Suite 105, Denton Cwl Services LLC, Brown Box Movers, 3839 Market St., Suite 107, Denton Keep Exploring LLC, Keep Exploring LLC, 3841 Market St., Unit 115, Denton Monte Denard Jackson, Sans Mortis, 404 Audra Lane, Apt. C, Denton Sandra Gonzalez and Teresita Guerra Antojitos, El Rey De La McKinney, 805 E. McKinney St., Denton
76210 Anita N. Humphreys, Innovative Tactical Solutions Group, 7404 Chaucer Drive, Denton Blake Yutuc and Jennifer Murer, Best Southern Threads, 3112 Meadowview Drive, Corinth Brandy Elizabeth Ramirez, Brandy Elizabeth Ramirez, 2411 S. Interstate 35E, Apt. 437, Denton
Christi Weems, Prism Signs And Designs, 3616 Clydesdale Drive, Denton CVS Pharmacy Inc., CVS Pharmacy No. 10642, 1101 FM2181, Corinth Megan Pound Megan's, Crafty Musings, 8205 Mirror Rock Lane, Denton Silver Bear Creative LLC, Silver Bear Creative LLC, 3510 Longview Drive, Corinth Tarah L. Rys, Personalize Chic, 2612 Stone Creek Lane, Corinth Top Shelf Hydration LLC, Top Shelf Hydration LLC, 2405 Mallory Drive, Corinth
76226 308 Construction LLC, 308 Construction LLC, 2126 Hamilton Drive, Suite 360, Argyle Adage Creative LLC, Jones House Designs, 804 E. Harpole Road, Argyle Amyvan Inc., Amyvan Inc., 3400 E. FM407, Bartonville Brenna Kelli Holt, Decor Inspirations, 3404 Hornbeam St., Denton
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Vital Statistics LIENS
VEHICLE SALES
The following liens were posted in February at the Denton County Clerk’s office.
DOMESTIC CARS TYPE Limited sales excise and use tax
AMOUNT $3,653.25
REC. DATE 02/26/2016
TYPE Limited Sales, Excise and Use Tax
AMOUNT $1,101.78
REC. DATE 02/22/2016
TYPE 1120, 941 941 941 1040
AMOUNT $63,525.31 $37,939.92 $68,219.67 $40,391.07
REC. DATE 02/04/2016 02/04/2016 02/19/2016 02/22/2016
TYPE 1040 1040
AMOUNT $65,559.56 $9,609.32
REC. DATE 02/04/2016 02/04/2016
CONTRACTOR BCI Mechanical Inc. Stonecrest Custom Builders
AMOUNT $25,000 $352,842.30
REC. DATE 02/01/2016 02/01/2016
RELEASE OF STATE TAX LIENS NAME/ADDRESS Randy S. Hyman, 3000 Santa Monica Drive, Denton
FEDERAL TAX LIENS NAME/ADDRESS Decarlo Noble M.D. P.A., 2435 W. Oak St., Suite 101, Denton Jeter Excavation LLC, 7701 Stallion St., Denton Daniel W. Caldwell M.D. P.A., 3319 Colorado Blvd., Denton Gaylon N. Cox II, 1101 Guadalupe Place, Denton
RELEASE OF FEDERAL TAX LIENS NAME/ADDRESS James C. Montgomery, 2317 Creekdale Drive, Denton Kevin A. Thompson, 2713 N. Locust St., Denton
MECHANICS LIENS NAME/ADDRESS William and Kathleen Barnett, 607 Pearl St., Denton Joe and Marsha Crawford, 3656 Swisher Road, Denton
SALES TAX
The following sales permits were issued by the state comptroller’s office for February. The list includes the owner, name of business and address within ZIP codes 76226, 76227, 76234, 76249, 76258, 76259 and 76266.
SALES | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 Frenotec LLC, North Texas Superbikes, 11901 Hilltop Road, Suite 1, Argyle Shea Nailling, Hair By Shea, 2652 E. FM407, Suite 135, Bartonville Sophia Golden Tree LLC, Coffee Tree Café, 144 N. Old Town Blvd. No. 1, Argyle
76227 Clyde E. Govan Jr., Got It Gear, 8841 Stewart St., Cross Roads Mehdi Kalafchi, Starwood, 26735 E. U.S. Highway 380, Little Elm Shawn Anderson, S&B Fence Co., 8732 Tumbleweed Drive, Cross Roads Shores Veterinary Services LLC, Village Veterinary Center, 11930 U.S. Highway 380, Cross Roads
76234 Brenden Michael Horton, Brenden Michael Horton, 382 Private Road 3248, Decatur D. W. Adams Inc., D. W. Adams Inc., 198 County Road 4471, Decatur Dana Chancellor, Middle Daughter Designs, 120 Vista Drive, Decatur Dsaa Inc., Cell World, 1208 S. FM51, Suite 1, Decatur Duty's Dirt Inc., Duty's Dirt Inc., 5222 S. FM51, Decatur Gregory Roberts, AWL Enterprises, 197 Private Road 1106, Decatur Harvey Glenn Walker, Wise Defense Training, 600 W. Walnut St., Suite B, Decatur John Arcangel Inc., John Arcangel Inc., 113 Bluebonnet Drive, Decatur Manasseh Truck & Equipment Inc., Manasseh Truck & Equipment Inc., 2201 S. FM51, Suite 500, Decatur Primitivo Sierra, Primos Taqueria, 312 E. Walnut St., Decatur Russell Feed Inc., Russell Feed And Supply, 1817 N. U.S. Highway 287, Decatur
BUILDING PERMITS
The following building permits were issued by the Denton Planning and Development department in February. Commericial alterations and commercial permits reflect the owner or tenant and the address of the business.
CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPATION 4A Properties Ltd., 802 N. Bonnie Brae St., No. 108 Adami Prop., 310 Dallas Drive Campo San Antonio LLC, 3541 Teasley Lane, No. 200 FEEMA Corp., 2824 N. Locust St. Joan Cohagen, 316 E. Oak St., Suite 101, Denton Joel Swanstrom, 2836 Geesling Road LOMA 160 LLC, 517 Loop 288 Masch Branch Realty, 2321 N. Masch Branch Road, No. 326 North Texas Annual, 633 Hobson Lane Press Only Properties, 109 Ave. A RREC Denton Truckport, 2401 Worthington Drive, No. 151, No. 148, No. 118 Scriptures Doctors Park, 1614 Scripture, No. 9, No. 100 Shell Building, 2817 S. Mayhill Road The Village Church Denton, 1106 W. Oak St., Denton William Trantham, 1710 W. University Drive, No. 110 Yutaka Commercial, 2900 Wind River Lane, No. 130
COMMERCIAL ALTERATION ACGP, 3923 Morse St., No. 112 American Tower Co., 2429 N. Interstate 35W, 995 S. I-35 American Tower Mangement, 500 Thomas St. ARCP ID Denton TX LLC, 3100 Jim Christal Road AT&T Mobility, 2119 Sadau Court Beth Maries, 2900 Wind River Lane, No. 146 Braums Inc., 529 S. Interstate 35E City of Denton, 608 E. Hickory St., No. 128 Crown Communications, 903 S. Mayhill Road DCTA, 1101 Teasley Lane Eli Mulholland, 2834 Geesling Road First Baptist Church of Denton, 1106 W. Oak St. First United Bank & Trust Co., 1517 Centre Place Drive Highland Baptist Church, 600 Thomas St. Joe Northern, 410 N. Bell Ave. Kohls Illinois Inc., 2620 W. University Drive Melinda McBride, 114 W. Oak St.
March 2016
The following sales information for Denton County was issued in the Freeman Autoplex Recap by Freeman Publishers.
STATE TAX LIENS NAME/ADDRESS Ace Tech Motors Inc., 3232 N. Locust St., Apt. 1321, Denton
Denton Business Chronicle
Wise Regional Health System Auxiliary, Wise Regional Health System Auxiliary, 609 Medical Center Drive, Decatur
76249 Abd-USA Enterprises Inc., Abd USA Enterprises Inc., 2348 S. Branch Road, Krum Texas Banners, Signs & Designs LLC, Texas Banners, Signs & Designs LLC, 8333 Jackson Road, Krum Texas Banners, Signs & Designs LLC, Texas Banners, Signs & Designs LLC, 7849 Plainview Road, Krum
76258 Shanaa Convenience Inc., 377 Convenience, 1293 S. U.S. Highway 377, No. 100, Pilot Point Staley Steel Inc., Staley Steel Inc., 9620 Saint John Road, Pilot Point
76259 Meghan L. Stevens, The Pink Pinto, 14601 FM2449, Ponder
76266 Dunne Construction Inc., Dunne Construction Inc., 7630 FM2450, Sanger Forum US Inc., Forum Oilfield Technologies US, 403 Acker St., Sanger Justice Business Services Inc., Double Portion Ranch, 10902 W. Clear Creek Road, Sanger
Racetrac, 3600 E. University Drive Robson Ranch Denton, 9979 Ed Robson Blvd. Sally Beauty, 3900 Morse St. Vacant, 113 Cedar Lane WOW Holdings LLC, 1800 Shady Oaks Drive
COMMERCIAL Kasey Hester, 3413 Wavecrest Lane Loyd Smith, 5070 Jim Christal Road PACCAR Inc., 3200 Airport Road Wilson McLain Plumbing, 4025 Teasley Lane
RESIDENTIAL Beazer Homes 7348 Sweetgate Lane 301 Hawks View Lane 7344 Sweetgate Lane Bloomfield Homes LP 6017 Eagle Mountain Drive 9101 Athens Drive 9001 Wichita Drive 9105 Wichita Drive DR Horton 4609 Hidden Meadows Trail
Make Acura BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Fiat Ford GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Jeep Kia Lexus Lincoln Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mitsubishi Nissan Ram Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen Others Total
Jan. sales 0 1 13 19 153 19 63 0 312 27 221 25 0 98 32 0 0 9 1 17 248 0 23 7 243 59 1 1,591
IMPORTED CARS Year to date 0 1 13 19 153 19 63 0 312 27 221 25 0 98 32 0 0 9 1 17 248 0 23 7 243 59 1 1,591
DOMESTIC TRUCKS Make BMW Chevrolet Dodge Ford Freightliner GMC Hino International Isuzu Kenworth Lincoln Mack Nissan Peterbilt Ram Toyota Volvo Western Star Others Total
Forestar Real Estate Group 7813 Apple Valley Lane HMH Lifestyles LP 5221 Sea Cove Lane 3100 Camino Real Trail Innovation Builders 3001 Bella Lago Drive 3521 Tuscan Hills Circle 3517 Tuscan Hills Circle Joe Crawford, 3656 Swisher Lennar Homes 1904 Pavilion Lane 4201 Roxbury St. 1920 Sapphire St. 1900 Pavilion Lane LGI Homes 2412 Summer Trail Drive
Jan. sales 0 147 0 313 1 76 0 0 1 3 0 0 25 6 90 46 0 0 2 710
Year to date 0 147 0 313 1 76 0 0 1 3 0 0 25 6 90 46 0 0 2 710
Make Acura Alfa Romeo Aston Martin Audi BMW Bentley Buick Chevrolet Ferrari Fiat Ford Freightliner Honda Hyundai Infiniti Jaguar Jeep Kia Lamborghini Land Rover Lexus Maserati Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz Mini Mitsubishi Nissan Porsche Ram Rolls-Royce Smart Subaru Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Total Total cars
Jan. sales 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 0 0 6 0 2 23 0 1 13 70 0 0 1 1 51 0 2 0 34 77 0 0 0 0 54 71 20 0 439 2,030
Year to date 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 0 0 6 0 2 23 0 1 13 70 0 0 1 1 51 0 2 0 34 77 0 0 0 0 54 71 20 0 439 2,030
IMPORTED TRUCKS Make Ford Freightliner Hino Isuzu Mercedes-Benz Ram Toyota Total Total trucks Total vehicle sales
Jan. sales 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 10 720 2,750
Robson Denton Dev. LP 9500 Crestview Drive 9616 Rivercrest Drive 9504 Crestview Drive 12004 Pepperidge Ave. 9804 Blackwood Drive 9400 Crestview Drive 9705 Blackwood Drive 9400 Parkview St. 9716 Rivercrest Drive 10013 Obsidian Drive 10313 Obsidian Drive 9809 Lindenwood Trail Ronald Carlock, 1801 Lakeview Blvd. Wyndham Custom Homes 3712 Meadowtrail Lane 3709 Ann Arbor Lane 3612 Meadowtrail Lane 3600 Meadowtrail Lane
Year to date 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 10 720 2,750
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