Office – The Office will close on Wednesday, December 23rd at Noon and will reopen at 8AM on Monday, December 28th.
Office will be closed on New Years Day
Trash – We will be picking up trash on Thursday, December 24th.
We will pick up trash on Monday, the 28th and Thursday, the 31st, as usual.
We are still replacing sections of sidewalk due to ground shifting, the worst sidewalks first. This one is located near West Townhouse Lane; we will continue to replace sections of sidewalk as the Budget allows.
The Office will be closed tomorrow, December 4th. We will reopen on Monday, December 7th.
Just a reminder for those interested in running for a position on the Board of Directors that we will begin taking applications in the form of a resume starting January 2, 2016.
We have two director positions which will be on the Ballot.
Open Board Meeting, December 3rd, at 7 PM in the Association Office.
As most of you have noticed, there are a lot of kids wandering around the complex this week due to Thanksgiving vacation. We had a car get hit by rocks thrown by two young boys, another boy purposely damaged Association property, and there is lots of trash tossed about.
Folks with kids need to keep an eye on them and what they are doing. Damaging the property of others in not constructive nor will it be tolerated. If you see kids damaging property just to have something to do, please contact the Police.
Despite our many efforts to curtail the practice of our residents putting broken glass panes, broken bottles, busted mirrors and glass shards into plastic trash bags, we STILL have residents who do this. This is not just careless, it is negligent. We have sent out Notices which ask our residents to put broken glass of any sort into a box and tape it securely. This includes 12 or 24 packs of beer bottles, as the bottles always fall out of the open cardboard container and end up shattering in the trailer or on the ground, and at the compactor. Boxes must be taped closed or we will not pick them up.
We have already had one of our maintenance guys get cut on the leg from a shard of glass poking out of a trash bag and in the most recent 3 or 4 trash days, we had at least 6 plastic trash bags with broken glass in them. We are not talking a broken drinking glass; we are talking fairly large window glass or mirror pieces. We will be checking bags for broken glass each time we pick up trash and will be noting the addresses of any broken glass in trash bags or not properly contained in a securely closed box. Each time we find broken glass in a trash bag there will be fines issued to the owner(s).
This is a health and safety issue and must be taken seriously.
We drove the property several times following the last storm, and on Thursday picking up trash, and we would certainly have seen this before now. It seems that sometime last night, a few individuals decided to vandalize a home located at the end of East MC Court and E. MC Drive.
These ne’er-do-wells ripped a piece of material off the property; they then casually broke it into pieces over a parking stop. If any of our residents who frequently use E. Mtn Creek Drive to get to Belt Line Road saw who did this, please let us know. We cannot have people destroying property here without some form of consequences.
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Pipeline Monthly Newsletter
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The Pipeline water bill newsletter mails out monthly to residents who receive paper water bills. The newsletter is filled with city news and events. To view the Pipeline water bill newsletter online go to: gptx.org/pipeline
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Prairie Lights Sneek-A-Peek
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 Be the first to see all new displays at Prairie Lights powered by Breeze Energy as you run, jog, walk, stroll or bike through the lighted park.
Sneak-a-Peek Run Saturday, November 21: Run, Jog, Fast Walk Chip Times Race Day Registration: 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Race Start Time: 7:00 p.m. Registration and Information: Sneak-a-Peek Walk Sunday, November 22: Walk, Stroll, Team Festive Costume and Decorative Strollers Race Day Registration: 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Race Start Time: 7:00 p.m. Registration and Information: |
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New Development
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Swedish home furnishings retailer, IKEA, will open a 293,000-square-foot store east of SH 161 at Mayfield Road, north of Interstate 20. Pending approvals, construction is scheduled to begin in summer 2016, with an opening in 2017.
Raising Cane’s will begin construction in 2016 on a new restaurant at Camp Wisdom and Magna Carta.
Dairy Queen plans to build a new restaurant west of SH 360 and north of Green Oaks in 2016.
iHop is building a restaurant on SH 360 and Camp Wisdom in front of the On the Border restaurant.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2016 on a newWalMart west of SH 161 between Arkansas Lane and Pioneer Parkway. It will include a grocery store, retail and an automotive center. The city expects restaurant development in the near future on the 11 out lots near the store.
Aldi is planning a new grocery store at Great Southwest Parkway and Bardin Road beginning in 2016. QT is set to begin construction soon on a store on the southeast corner of Lake Ridge and Interstate 20. CST will build a Corner Store in 2016 on the northeast corner of Lake Ridge and Camp Wisdom. The store will feature seven gasoline pump service islands with a covered canopy and a single bay automatic car wash. |
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Prairie Lights Glow Nov. 26-Jan. 3
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 The city’s popular drive-thru holiday light park, Prairie Lights, opens Thursday, Nov. 26, for another season of holiday fun and will remain open until Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. This year, the park will have brand-new displays in lands such as “Prehistoric Christmas” and others. Free carnival rides will be back, as well as the walk-thru and an all-new show in the Holiday Magic Theater.
Thursday, Nov. 26-Sunday, Jan. 3
Sunday-Thursday (non-holidays) 6-9 p.m. For more information, visit PrairieLights.org or call 972-237-GLOW. |
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Grand Prairie Tree Lighting
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 Thursday, Dec. 36-7 p.m. City Hall, 317 College St. Have a very Prairie Christmas in downtown Grand Prairie. The annual tree lighting ceremony will take place at City Hall, and will include choral entertainment from students in the Grand Prairie Independent School District. The festivities will include the ever-so-excellent GPISD elementary school ensemble, middle school carolers and high school choirs.
The students will raise their voices to ring in the season and light the tree at City Hall starting at 6 p.m.
For more information, call the Parks, Arts and Recreation Department at 972-237-8100.
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Free Electronics Recycling
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Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m.-noon
Development Center Parking Lot 206 W. Church St. Items accepted include computers, laptops, printers, VCRs, DVD players and TVs. |
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Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
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Saturday, Dec. 5, 9-11 a.m.
Development Center Parking Lot, 206 W. Church St. Household cleaning chemicals, cooking oil or used paint, we will take it all! |
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Santa Cop/Santa Spot
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 The Santa Cop and Santa Spot programs are collecting new, unwrapped toys and non-perishable food items for Grand Prairie families in need during the holidays.Donation locations |
Our 2015 Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule is as follows:
