The famous “In-N-Out Burgers” are coming soon to Rockwall and across the DFW Metroplex from California!
The Rockwall City Council approved a 50′ pole sign last night after their Dallas architect and property manager unsuccessfully argued for a 60′ pole sign, which they said they need because their location next to the Toyota dealership requires a tall freeway sign.
More details coming soon at TheRockwallNews.com.
At last week’s Rockwall City Council meeting, Planning & Zoning committee member Mark Stubbs presented a proposal to build a massive youth sports complex here.
Council members Matt Scott and Cliff Sevier appear to be strong supporters of the idea, based upon comments they’ve made.
According to Cliff, the many youth sports teams in the Rockwall area have to travel to sports parks to play because their aren’t any high-quality facilities here which they can use to host tournaments.
He said that visiting teams and parents spend thousands of dollars annually to travel with and support their teams. He said that he and Matt have concluded that having a youth sports complex in Rockwall would therefore be good for local businesses and the City’s sales tax revenues.
More info to come. Watch for a video news report soon here and at TheRockwallNews.com with details.
Wow! Rockwall now has another beautiful , virtually brand-new hotel!
After undergoing a major $450,000 renovation, the new Best Western Plus Rockwall Inn and Suites – formerly the Holiday Inn Express – now offers 60 all-new guest rooms with contemporary furniture, including 15 mini and one-bedroom suites.
Located at 996 E. I-30, just east of Rockwall Ford, the very modern hotel is owned and managed by the hotel ownership group JAGH Hotels, LLP, which owns several properties nationwide.
The property is located at 996 E. I-30, just east of Rockwall Ford, and was previously a Holiday Inn Express.
I was invited for a tour of the new hotel last week and below are some photos of what it actually looks like:
Each standard room is elegantly-decorated and offers either a king-sized bed or two double beds, a 32” flat-screen TV, microwave, and refrigerator, plus coffee/tea maker, hair dryer, AM/FM alarm clock, iron and ironing board.
Each suite and mini-suite features a whirlpool hot tub, 42” LCD TV and in-room sofa-sleeper.
In addition, there is a meeting/banquet room with 1,050 square feet which accommodates 75 people.
Plus there’s a beautiful indoor pool and whirlpool tub.
Daily, weekly and monthly rates – available for local, vacation and business travelers – start at $89.99 per night for one bed, $99.99 per night for two beds, $109.99 for mini-suites and $129.99 for one-bedroom suites.
For more details, see the feature news story at TheRockwallNews.com.
For reservations, ask for “Grand Opening” specials for a limited time at 972-722-3265.
Just learned yesterday that the former Rockwall Holiday Inn will officially become a Best Western Hotel next week.
It recently became the Rockwall Inn, after a brand new Holiday Inn Express opened in Royse City.
The new owner told me yesterday that renovations will be completed by early July at the hotel, located at 996 I-30 East, between Whataburger and Rockwall Ford.
Watch for a more detailed story soon in TheRockwallNews.com.
If you need a boat house, boat lift, bulkhead, retaining wall or any equipment for your boat dock and pier needs, I’d highly recommend you call or visit Texas Marine Technology in Heath, owned by Rockwall Women’s League member Kendra Jones and her husband, Eric. They’re great people!
They just put up a billboard on I-30 in Rowlett to get your attention.
Kendra was last year’s RWL Gala Chairperson and she did a fabulous job! She helped me, as well, to meet some advertisers and important people in Rockwall County which has helped us to build our news website business at TheRockwallNews.com.
Contact them today for a free quote at 214-681-1381, or email to: info@texas-marine.com.
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Just learned from the City of Rockwall that the new Tom Thumb store is scheduled to open May 5 in the Shoppes at Stone Creek, a brand new 15,000 square-foot strip shopping center north of Rockwall on SH 205 & SH552.
According to the City’s news release, their new “Lifestyle” format store will feature a “one-stop shopping” concept, more prepared foods and specialty items with the focus on customer service.
For more details, read the article at TheRockwallNews.com.
Half-Price Books will begin buying books, music, movies and games for cash at its new Rockwall store this Monday through Saturday from 9 am-5 pm, and will start selling books and be open for business on a regular basis beginning March 22.
The new store will open where Circuit City previously was located, in the Rockwall Crossing Shopping Center south of I-30, between the freeway and Ralph Hall Parkway, at 959 E. I-30, suite 101, 75087.
According to their website, the first 100 people through the door daily during their Great Opening celebration from Monday, March 22 through Sunday, March 28 will receive a free tote bag and $5 Half Price Books gift card (limit one per person, 16 years of age and up).
Each day, one lucky shopper will win a $100 gift card!
For more info, call 214-771-4295.
The company which developed and owns the lakeside entertainment and shopping district in Rockwall called The Harbor
has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code.
According to a City of Rockwall news release issued late Tuesday afternoon, the City has been notified that Mariah Bay Leasing Corporation, owned by Rockwall-area residents Rob and Sarah Whittle, filed for reorganization so the company could address their financing issues and “come out of this in a stronger and better position.”
Rob Whittle says that business is actually “off the charts” and never been better at the restaurants, movie theater and hotel, but that he’s trying to get the debt reorganized and interest rates reduced “so retailers can get the rent concessions we need to give them.”
Twelve businesses have gone out of business since The Harbor opened in November, 2006. Seventeen businesses are currently open there.
For more details about the reorganization, read the more complete story at TheRockwallNews.com.
Still another business closed last week at The Harbor in Rockwall.
Add the “Rija Boutique” clothing store to the list of businesses that have closed there:
Have I forgotten any? Seems like there was at least one more.
Amazing is that The Harbor’s very own out-of-date website still shows photos of the closed Fashion Focus, Harbor Girl, L’Egantz and Savoy stores on their website, and lists L’Egantz as one of their existing businesses on its Shops page and Cote d-Azur on its Dining page.
Guess even their webmaster can’t keep up!
Plus the outdated “About” page doesn’t even tell viewers when the facility opened, and includes not a current but an old video produced before the Harbor was built showing what it’s going to look like from an architect’s view.
Compare the list above to the businesses still open:
So at least 12 have closed out of about 29 (41%) businesses which have opened there since it opened (as best as I can remember).
Watch for a more complete story soon at TheRockwallNews.com explaining what’s going on at The Harbor, plus what its owners, City officials and store owners have to say about the future of this private/public enterprise.
Any comments from readers are also invited to help us with the story!
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Positions are extremely flexible and representatives can work from home or wherever they want. All that’s needed is an up-to-date computer for emailing and a cell phone for calls.
TheRockwallNews.com now attracts over 25,000 readers per month and is growing fast. It is Rockwall County’s leading online news and information source and we expect to double our readership by year’s end.
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