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The Colony CVB takes
first place at Idea Fair
Staff REPORT
For the third time in four
years, The Colony Convention
and Visitors Bureau has won a
first-place People’s Choice
award at the Texas Associa-
tion of Convention & Visitors
Bureaus’ (TACVB) annual
conference and Idea Fair. This
year’s event was held Aug. 6-8
in El Paso.
The Colony’s award was in
the category of Tourism Pro-
motion for budgets under
$350,000. The entry featured
the same marketing video
which also won a first-place
award earlier this year during
the annual awards conference
hosted by the Texas Associa-
tion of Municipal Officers As-
sociation.
Diane Baxter, director of
Communications and Tourism
for The Colony, said it’s grati-
fying to see the hard work of
producing the video continue
to pay off with recognition
from industry peers.
“Obviously we’re very
proud of how our film has
been received, and we hope
our residents are proud, too,”
Baxter said. “But more than
awards, we hope it also draws
more and more visitors to our
community eager to see and
experience the many attrac-
Awareness Campaigns, Coop- and unifying public relations
erative Marketing, National activities and by providing ed-
Tourism Week, Tourism Pro- ucational opportunities. The
motion and Sports Marketing. TACVB website is
In 2011, The Colony CVB http://www.tacvb. org/.
won a first-place People’s
Choice award and an overall
tions The Colony has to offer." Judges Choice award in the
The TACVB annual confer-
ence allows employees from
convention and visitors bu-
reaus throughout the state to
come together for the purpose
of education, networking, pro-
motional idea inspiration and
The Colony Convention and
Visitors Bureau, comprised of
two full-time staff members, is
category of Sports Marketing, a department of the City of The
In 2010, The Colony CVB won Colony funded by the hotel oc-
a first-place award for its web-
site.
The Texas Association of
Convention & Visitor Bureaus
is the largest association of
other important travel and CVBs in the nation and was or-
convention related topics.
In addition, attendees take
part in an “Idea Fair” competi-
tion where each city presents
idea boards displaying the dif-
ferent programs and cam-
paigns they have created over
the past year to promote their
city to leisure travelers and
ganized in 1972 for the pur-
cupancy tax. The mission of
The Colony CVB is to positively
impact the local economy by
marketing The Colony as an ex-
ceptional destination for meet-
ings, sporting events and
leisure travel. Visitors and res-
pose of providing cooperative idents may stop by the office at
action to enhance and encour-
age the growth of the conven-
tion and visitor industry in
Texas. Specifically, this is pur-
sued by encouraging coopera-
tion among Texas CVBs and
the Texas travel industry, by
meeting planners. Members maintaining standards of pro-
6900 Main St. from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday
and pick up tourism brochures,
maps, coupons and attraction
information.
For information on The
Colony CVB, contact Baxter at
972-624-3104 or via email at
then vote on a winning entry fessionalism; by cooperating dbaxter@thecolonytx.gov. For
for each of the eight cate- in the exchange of informa- information about the TACVB,
gories including: Advertising, tion between TACVB mem- contact executive director
Convention Promotion, Mobile bers; by developing an Bridgette Snyder at 361-749-
Site/App. Web Site, Local awareness of legislative action 0467 or bridgette@ tacvb.org.
Community notes
* Canyon Road, Glenview For information contact boards and the application
Atmos TO Lane, Big River Drive, Norris David Swain with the Parks form is available on the
roniano ninolino Drive, Green Hollow Lane
replace pipuillic and Worley Drive.
Atmos Energy Corpora-
tion has begun replacing an n
18-inch natural gas pipeline Original Kids
that runs through The Colony nhotos
Colony, Texas with a 20-inch pilULUO
pipeline. wanted
Atmos Energy is replacing The Colony Community
this pipeline in order to keep Development Corp. is cur-
up with increased demand rently working on putting to-
for natural gas in North gether a series of
Texas. . interpretative signs to be
The project is expected to displayed permanently at
take-on two phases with con- the Kids Colony 2 play-
struction of the first phase ground. These signs will
lasting approximately two give a historical overview of Tuesday, August 20, withses. Luau set
chare the nmi the area and explain how sions at 6 p.m. and 7 for done
The first phase of the proj- various elements of the new n _ Renictiot i limited TOT UOQS
ect will begin north of playground relate to the his- The Bow-Wow Luau will
Lebanon Road in Frisco and tory of the community. City accenting be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sun-
end north of the water park One of the signs will gjve . 9P9 day, Sept. 8 at Hawaiian
in The Colony. The second a history of the Kids Colony board member Falls Waterpark, 4400 Paige
phase will begin at the water playground and describe aonlinotinne Road. The cost is $20 per
park in The (olony and con- how the community came apPICOUORS person for non-residents,
I tinue south through Carroll- together to build the origi- The city of The Colony is $15 per person for residents
» ton. nal playground, and how currently accepting applica- and for $10 each additional
During construction of the Kids Colony 2 has become tions for vacancies on city person; limit 2 dogs per per-
first phase, the traffic could what it is today. If you were boards. At present there are son.
be impacted for short dura- one of the original volun- openings on the library and Aportion of the proceeds
tions on the following teers who helped to con- community image boards, will benefit The Colony Ani-
streets: Squire Drive, North struct the Kids Colony There are also alternate va- mal Shelter Injured Animal
Colony Boulevard, Baker playground and have photos cancies on the board of ad’ Fund.
Street, Overland Drive, Buck- of the communitv build days justment. Members are For information contact
skin Drive, South Colony in 1993 or the early days of appointed by the City Coun- The Colony Parks and Recre-
Boulevard, Rockwood Drive, the playground, we would cil ^ serve in avolunteer ation Department at 972-
Mountain Valley Drive, Rock love to hear from you. capacity. Information on the 625-1106.
and Recreation Department city’s website at www.the-
at 972-624-3959 or via email colonytx.gov. Applications
at david@tcpard.com.
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Registration for The
Colony residents for the
Back 2 School Bash is avail-
able at The Colony Recre-
ation Center, 5151 North
Colony Boulevard. Registra-
tion is free for residents of
The Colony. The Back 2
School Bash will be held on
Tuesday, August 20, with ses-
sions at 5p.m., 6 p.m. and 7
p.m. Registration is limited.
should be submitted to the
city secretary at City Hall,
6800 Main St.
Movie night set
The next Movies In The
Park event will be at 7:45
p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at The
Colony Five Star Complex,
4100 Blair Oaks Drive. The
featured movie will be “Es-
cape from Planet Earth.”
Rank:
CITY ALSO ON AFFORDABLE LIST
will only get better as we
continue to grow,” Mayor
Joe McCourry stated in a
press release.
According to the 2012 an-
nual report, crime in The
Colony decreased about 5
percent.
“There’s no definite way
to know what exactly the
low crime rate is attributed
to, but I think it’s a combi-
nation of demographics, lo-
cation, economy, police
efforts and our partnership
with citizens,” said Joe
Clark, police chief. “Our
overlying theme is to treat
our department and city like
family. Most of my officers
live here. This is their home
that they’re protecting, and
they’re tied to the commu-
nity."
In addition, The Colony
was also ranked No. 10 on
CNN’s Money Magazine list
of “Where Homes are Afford-
able.” City officials said The
Colony has a median home
price of $135,863.
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