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Homebuilding boom continues
1976 housing starts already double 1975 record
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Tuesday, November 23, 1976
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discussed.
In the regular session, the council
held a public hearing on annexation
Elementary School near Hillside Village. This new school will be located on an 8-acre site bounded
by Jupiter Road on the east and Bethany Road on the north. It is immediately north of the
Windridge (Fox and Jacobs) addition.
snappy meeting Thursday night with
an unusually light agenda.
The 25-minute session was ad-
“Everyone should have a good
time on parade day - and take part in
the parade itself if they want to,” he
said.
The Allen Jaycees will be working
with the Chamber in this year’s
parade, Allen’s 7th annual.
Already confirmed to be on hand
for the parade is Santa Claus, who
will remain after the event to chat
with youngsters and pass out candy
in downtown Allen.
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Entries are still being accepted for
the annual Allen Christmas Parade,
scheduled Saturday, December 4 at 2
p.m.
“Christmas Country Style” is the
parade theme and prizes will be
given in several divisions. Entries
will be divided into riding clubs,
bicycles and floats with first and
second place trophies being given in
these categories.
Trophies also will be given for best
entry, best theme, most original
entry and special entries.
Carolyn Smith of Collin County
Savings & Loan Association (for-
merly Exchange) is in charge of this
year’s parade. Her office phone
number is 727-3302. Jack Linebarger
of Easter Supply (727-3374) is
heading up local entries and Damon
Griffin of Damon Griffin Real Estate
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permits worth $1,831,086.
In contrast, April and August were
the slowest building periods. Only 5
permits were issued in each of those
months.
From all indications, 1977 could be
another record year even though it
appears highly unlikely that 1976
figures will be doubled.
Fox and Jacobs, which contributed
over 200 of the 341 homes so far this
year, has another project in the final
stages of pre-development.
This phase of Windridge probably
will add another 300 homes to Alien’s
totals in 1977.
The company also is expected to
A $1 million addition to the Allen Independent School Distric has been approved by the school
board and bids will open on the facility in December. If all goes well, the school should be open
for classes by mid-term in 1978. The school is similar in many ways to the D.L. Rountree
Zenford Jones (32) of Allen goes up high for a rebound in opening
night action of the varsity basketball season. The Eagles fell far
behind at the beginning, but caught Rockwall and won in
overtime. Also shown is Allen’s Jackie Cardwell.
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Flower and Gift Shop, there were
only 2 major additins to the business
sections. Those were H.L. Cain’s car
wash near Royal Drive In and Allen
Texaco and Roger Chaney’s Drive In
grocery, which is being built between
Allen High School and Hillside
Village.
There is talk of several business
additions for 1977.
Biggest of these is the proposed
Allenwood Square shopping center.
But this development—planned on
Highway 5 about 2 blocks south of the
traffic signal—is definitely in the
“iffy” stage.
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investor would have to be secured
and leases and finances finalized
before construction could begin.
Allen could see a major industrial
development in 1977. Zoning is
expected to be approved December 2
of an industrial area near Allen
Animal Clinic on FM 2170 and the
warehouses could concievably be
completed in 1977. With the exception
of All-Spec Packaging Company,
industry is almost nil in Allen.
And unless major shopping or
industrial areas are approved, it
appears Fox and Jacobs will account
for the major portion of Allen’s 1977
growth.
Construction in Allen for the year
has already doubled the record set in
1975.
City files show 341 permits totalling
$8,754,112 were issued for the first 10
months of the year.
1975 was the previous record with
158 residential permits—an average
of 13 per month. The 1976 average is
34 per month.
March, February and January
were the 3 biggest months of the year
for permits with March heading the
totals. The record March figure was
121 homes valued at $2,731,550.
February had 81 permits worth
$1,835,950 and January had 76
of 68 acres just south of the
Municipal Building and east of
Central Expressway. The land is
managed by Hank Dickerson and is
expected to be purchased by Fox and
Jacobs.
No one was present to speak either
for or against the annexation. It was
approved by unanimous vote.
Another public hearing was set for
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the December 2 meeting. This
hearing pertains to rezoning of 9.5
acres on FM 2170 near Allen Animal
Clinic. The zoning request is from
Agricultural to Industrial.
Appointment of Derwin Maberry to
the Planning and Zoning Commission
was made by the council. Maberry
will replace Tom Loutherback on the
board. Other members of the
commission are Jeanne Nance, Bill
Kolander, Roger Powell, Richard
Chumbley, Joe Perks and Jon
Michaels.
Though no official action was
taken, Mayor Frank Dugger said he
had spoken with Police Chief
Anthony Hancock about the need to
strongly enforce the so-called “junk
car” ordinance.
Mayor Dugger said it is obvious
the ordinance is not being enforced,
particularly in the downtown area.
The law requires that all vehicles in
the city have current license tags
and inspection stickers and be
driveable.
To what extent have Collin County
families moved ahead on the income
ladder in recent years by virtue of
their increased earning capacity?
Where do they stand, as a result, in
relation to families in other areas?
According to a nationwide survey
of income distribution, a greater
proportion of them are now to be
found in the middle and upper
brackets and a smaller proportion in
the low brackets than ever before.
There has been a progressive shift
upward, from group to group.
The changes are detailed in a
report covering the entire country,
issued by the Standard Rate and
Data Service. It lists the percentages
of households in each income
category.
The survey was designed to give a
better understanding of each com-
munity’s purchasing power than
could be determined from its
average income alone.
It shows whether that average
represents earnings that are well
distributed or whether it is un-
balanced by a few families with
large incomes compensating for
many more with small incomes.
In Collin County, it appears, the
average is high and the distribution
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submit plans for another develop-
ment just south of McDermott Drive
and east of Central Expressway. But
whether the zoning can be approved,
finals plans okayed and construction
started in 1977 is doubtful.
No other major development is
expected to be ready with new
streets in 1977.
3 other areas where numerous
custom homes have been built the
past 2 years are nearing saturation.
Lots for builders are quickly
becoming non-existent in Rolling Hill
Estates, Fountain Park and Walden
Park.
Browning Homes apparently has
Allen and other Collin County
residents can expect to receive their
tax statements in this weeks mail.
Though normally sent out in
September numerous problems have
caused a delay of some 45 to 60 days
in delivering the tax statements.
Foremost error was the “computer
blunder’which led to an overevalua-
tion of the county tax roll.
The Commissioners Court set the
county’s tax rate at 93 cents, which
will be added to a 12 cent state tax,
to bring the county’s total tax rate to
$1.05 per $100 valuation, based on 30
percent of true market value.
Current value of all property in
Collin County is $438,872,836, or 30
percent of actual fair market value,
tax appraiser Jimmie Honea says.
Mrs. Helen Lawson, county tax
assessor-collector, said she contacted
State Comptroller Bob Bullock about
extending the tax deadline because of
the delay in getting the statements
out. But Bullock said the deadline for
late payment must remain at
January 31.
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Sales tax shows
another hike
If the sales tax is a good barometer
of the local economy, Allen
businesses are continuing to grow.
The city’s monthly portion of the
sales tax totaled $2,727 for the
previous month, fourth highest in
Collin County. This is approximately
$700 higher than the average monthly
rebate in 1975.
Plano, as usual, led the county with
a rebate of $32,070 and McKinney
was second with $21,292. Wylie—
which usually ties with Allen for the
third spot—had a rebate of $3,533.
Next came Farmersville with
$2,267, Princeton with $1,333 and
Renner with $958. All other cities had
less than $500 coming so they did not
get a check this month.
The county refunds represented
money received as of November 2 by
the state comptroller’s office.
Bullock said the state total of $13.2
million raises to $252.2 million the
amount the cities have received in
rebates this calendar year, an
increase of $28.5 million or nearly 13
percent over the same period a year
ago.
“This increase in consumer spend-
ing is a good sign that the Texas
economy is on the right track,”
Bullock said.
The city sales tax is collected along
with the state sales tax by retailers.
For every $1 spent in Allen, a penny
comes directly back to the city for
use as they see fit.
(727-5721) is heading up the
out-of-town entries.
Frank Herring, president of the
Allen Chamber of Commerce, which
is sponsoring the event, says any
individual or group is invited to
participate and that “community
participation” is the key to the
parade’s success.
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continued plans to develop High
Meadows but no addition of new
roads in planned in the area.
Fountain Park 3 is ready for
development but as of yet no
timetable has been announced
regarding paving of streets and
laying of utilities.
Hillside Village has other lots
approved and the streets and utilities
are in. But no plans for building
more homes in the addition has been
announced.
Commercial building activity was
not a major item in 1976. With the
exception of expansion programs
such as C&M Food Mart and Allen
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relatively good.
Locally, during the past year, some
73.3 percent of all households had
$8,000 or more remaining to them in
disposable cash after taking care of
their personal taxes.
It was a greater proportion than
was reported for many parts of the
country. In the West South Central
States as a whole, it was 67.1 percent
and, in the State of Texas, 70.3
percent.
Because the survey refers solely to
cash income, it does not do full-
justice to farm families, as no
adjustments are made for their lower
living costs and the home-grown
products available to them.
As for the various income
groupings in Collin County, the
breakdown lists 12.3 percent of the
households with $5,000 to $8,000 net
earnings, 9.9 percent at the $8,000 to
$10,000 level, 25.5 percent with $10,000
to $15,000 and 37.9 percent with
incomes higher than that. The
remainder have $5,000 or less left
after taxes.
Although incomes have been rising,
so has the cost of living. The net
effect, for the average American
family, was a loss of three percent in
purchasing power in the past year.
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Camper, Buddy & Camper, Pat. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1976, newspaper, November 23, 1976; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1416367/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.