Thursday 22 October 2009 at 5:06 pm
The Keller Williams dallas city center had their monthly social this past Tuesday, October 20. The agents, staff, family and friends met at Glencoe Park for a grill-out and softball game, and appropriately titled the event "Timeout Tuesday!" It was a great afternoon of friends, family and fun and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. If you're interested in attending our next event, check out the office training calendar and by all means, please join us!!
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Monday 19 October 2009 at 1:30 pm
Rogers Healy stopped by our weekly office team meeting to share information on his new website AgentAmigo.com!! AgentAmigo.com offers a FREE and simple way for real estate agents to track and search area "Hip Pocket Listings," buyer wants/needs, listing price changes and agent events. The service is offered to licensed agents at no cost, making it simple for agents to offer the best possible listings to their clients. For more information, visit agentamigo.com. WE ARE very excited about this!!
Friday 16 October 2009 at 3:37 pm
When: Sept. 25 - Oct. 18
Where: Fair Park, a 277-acre entertainment and recreation complex owned by the City of Dallas, is located two miles east of downtown. The park is the year-round home of the Music Hall, Cotton Bowl and eight museums. Fair Park is a National Historic Landmark and boasts the largest collection of art deco exposition buildings in the United States.
Hours: During the 24-day State Fair of Texas, the exhibit buildings are open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday - Monday. Buildings close at 9 p.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Midway opening and closing times vary.
More:
- Fair's economic impact on Dallas: approx. $350 million annually.
- Exhibit space: approx. 370,000 sq. ft. in six buildings.
- Amusement rides: 70-75.
- Texas Star Ferris Wheel is 212-ft. .
- Livestock entries: approximately 8,000.
- Creative Arts entries: approximately 7,000.
- Food service locations: approximately 200.
- Ride & food revenues: $28.6 million (2008).
- The Texas-OU football game has been played during the Fair every year since 1929.
- Big Tex made his first State Fair appearance in 1952.
- Corny dogs were invented in 1942 by State Fair concessionaires Carl and Neil Fletcher.
- Since 1992, the State Fair of Texas Scholarship program has awarded more than $1.8 million in new and renewed college grants to eligible students.
HISTORY: The first State Fair to be held in Dallas was presented at this location in 1886. Fair Park was the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition which ran for six months and attracted 6 million people. An extended 31-day Fair in 1986 celebrated the Texas Sesquicentennial and drew almost 4 million visitors.
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