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 The City of Plano, Texas Official Website
Concurrent with the development of the DART Downtown Plano Station and Eastside Village complexes, was the spirit and initiative of the downtown merchants and adjacent neighborhood associations in revitalizing and strengthening residential and business standards to attract additional new housing and business infill and renovation into the downtown core.
The end result is apparent to anyone who has experienced Downtown Plano!
Plano’s downtown revitalization has garnered national attention for its unique partnering between the City of Plano, developers and DART Rail, serving as a role model for other communities with aged downtown centers displaced by metropolitan expansion.
http://www.planocitynews.com/newsbriefs/2003/eastside_village.html

  
 The City of Plano, Texas Official Website
Conveniently located near a variety of hotels and restaurants; shopping malls; historic downtown Plano with its antique shops and beautiful park settings; PLANO STATION ; and only minutes from the world famous Southfork Ranch and all Metroplex attractions.
Plano Centre is perfect for conventions; corporate functions and parties; retreats; trade shows; employee outings; and board meetings.
Comfortably accommodating up to 5,000 people in 86,400 square feet, Plano Centre offers the most modern audio-visual equipment, high-speed internet, and state-of-the-art lighting and sound.
http://www.planocentre.com

  
 Inside Collin County Business - Front Page Story
The Downtown Plano Station is located at Avenue J between 15th Place and 16th Street and is called a “Kiss and Ride” with pick-up and drop-off areas with no parking spaces.
Downtown Plano Station serves downtown Plano, the Plano Municipal Center, Plano’s courthouse, several churches, and many special events – including Plano Arts Council productions and the annual Dickens in Historic Downtown Plano.
The station is surrounded by a wide range of offices and businesses north and south of Parker Road, and will serve as a commuter center for surrounding communities.
http://www.insidetxbiz.com/1fp/fp120201.htm   (1377 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Downtown Plano Station
Downtown Plano Station is a DART light rail station located in Plano, Texas at the intersection of 15th Street and Avenue J. It opened on December 9, 2002 and is a station on the Red Line, serving the area around downtown Plano including Plano City Hall.
World War 1 and 2 - Downtown Plano Station
http://www.worldwardiary.com/history/Downtown_Plano_Station   (66 words)

  
 ==> All about Downtown station
The Downtown Plano Station is served by the North Central segment of the DART
It is located in the downtown section of Anaheim at 500 E. downtown station.
Downtown Station 2065 Main Street Fort Myers, Florida 33901 : 239-461-0733 downtown station.
http://cri.ch/about/downtown_station.html   (225 words)

  
 The City of Plano, Texas Official Website
Plano’s downtown revitalization has garnered national attention for its unique partnering between the City of Plano, developers and DART Rail, serving as a role model for other communities with aged downtown centers displaced by metropolitan expansion.
DART would purchase the targeted properties and transfer ownership of any surplus property to Plano in exchange for the City reconstructing the streets, drainage and utilities needed to serve the station, a cost normally borne by DART.
And, despite Plano’s tremendous growth in the coming years, this downtown core remained largely unchanged, with small business slowly falling prey to the lure of new malls and commercial centers to the west.
http://www.planocitynews.com/newsbriefs/2003/eastside_village.html   (1320 words)

  
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Downtown Plano Station provides access to the city's municipal center, courthouse, and business district, reflecting its downtown historic neighborhood with turn-of-the-century architectural designs atop columns and vintage flower beds near entrances.
Complementing the adjacent East Plano Transit Center, this station serves a variety of retail and commercial destinations and is the last station on the North Central corridor; the design celebrates the work commute with stone columns carved with figures of people working in various industries.
This aerial station, serving nearby residential areas and employment centers, utilizes flagstone to blend with the surroundings where the station hangs over Floyd Branch, a curving creek with heavily landscaped banks.
http://www.dart.org/inmotion/spring00/4.HTM   (1184 words)

  
 City of Dallas Air Pollution Control News Item
The downtown Plano station is at 15th Street and Avenue J, and the Parker Road station, near Parker and I-75, is the last station on the North Central Corridor.
In Plano, the Bush Turnpike station (shown above) is located near I-75 and the 190 George Bush Turnpike.
Garland has a station at Forest and Jupiter, and downtown Garland located at 5th and Walnut.
http://www.dallasair.org/item007.html   (150 words)

  
 DFW Trafiic
The downtown Plano station was one of five opened near the end of 2002, extending the overall light-rail system to 44 miles.
Red Line – Parker Road in Plano to Westmoreland Station in South Dallas, including stops at Cityplace, downtown (the West End Historic District, Union Station and Dallas Convention Center) and the Dallas Zoo.
The transit agency also provides express routes between downtown and major locations in Dallas and the suburbs; suburban local routes between locations such as transit centers outside downtown; crosstown routes between locations such as high-employment areas; and service to rail stations.
http://www.discoverdfw.com/transit.htm   (800 words)

  
 City of Dallas Air Pollution Control News Item
The downtown Plano station is at 15th Street and Avenue J, and the Parker Road station, near Parker and I-75, is the last station on the North Central Corridor.
In Plano, the Bush Turnpike station (shown above) is located near I-75 and the 190 George Bush Turnpike.
Garland has a station at Forest and Jupiter, and downtown Garland located at 5th and Walnut.
http://www.dallasair.org/item007.html   (150 words)

  
 City of Dallas Air Pollution Control News Item
The downtown Plano station is at 15th Street and Avenue J, and the Parker Road station, near Parker and I-75, is the last station on the North Central Corridor.
In Plano, the Bush Turnpike station (shown above) is located near I-75 and the 190 George Bush Turnpike.
Garland has a station at Forest and Jupiter, and downtown Garland located at 5th and Walnut.
http://www.dallasair.org/item007.html   (150 words)

  
 Dallas Area Rapid Transit InMotion - Summer 2001 - Index
The first phase of the Plano Transit Village, adjoining the city's historic downtown and 60 feet from the future Downtown Plano Station, will start leasing shops and apartments in September.
Mockingbird Station is a ''square block of New York excitement'' just across a pedestrian bridge from its namesake station, and South Side on Lamar is a lively neighborhood housed in a giant converted warehouse near Cedars Station.
On a barren tract flanking the subway station's entrance on the North Central Expressway frontage road between Blackburn and Lemmon Avenue, Cityplace West will soon spring to life in a flurry of residential and commercial development.
http://www.dart.org/inmotion/summer01/5.htm   (150 words)

  
 Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Business
PLANO – The concrete foundation for a group of townhouses in downtown Plano has been dry barely a week, yet developer Richard Howe has already sold five units.
Carrollton city leaders want its downtown station, one of three, to be a North Texas hub for mass transit to include four lines: DART's line to downtown Dallas, and separate lines to Denton County, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and downtown Fort Worth.
Plano's model may be studied by other cities, but it's hardly the lone blueprint for successful transit-oriented development.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/081004dnbusplanodart.67fb1.html   (2223 words)

  
 DFW Trafiic
The downtown Plano station was one of five opened near the end of 2002, extending the overall light-rail system to 44 miles.
Dallas: Local trolley buses or "circulator" trolleys, some designed in early 20th-century streetcar motif, operate in and around areas such as Southern Methodist University, NorthPark Center, Galatyn Park to Arapaho Road in Richardson, downtown to Parker Road and Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Addison to the Galleria, and Dallas' Cityplace, Arts District and West End.
The transit agency also provides express routes between downtown and major locations in Dallas and the suburbs; suburban local routes between locations such as transit centers outside downtown; crosstown routes between locations such as high-employment areas; and service to rail stations.
http://www.discoverdfw.com/transit.htm   (800 words)

  
 Dallas Area Rapid Transit InMotion - Summer 2001 - Index
The first phase of the Plano Transit Village, adjoining the city's historic downtown and 60 feet from the future Downtown Plano Station, will start leasing shops and apartments in September.
Cityplace Company is planning an exciting new development at the west portal entrance of DART's underground Cityplace Station.
Mockingbird Station is a ''square block of New York excitement'' just across a pedestrian bridge from its namesake station, and South Side on Lamar is a lively neighborhood housed in a giant converted warehouse near Cedars Station.
http://www.dart.org/inmotion/summer01/5.htm   (800 words)

  
 United States Minor Outlying Islands bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon
Downtown Plano Station is a DART light rail station located in Plano, Texas at the intersection of 15th Street and Avenue J. It opened on December 9, 2002 and is a station on the Red Line, serving
Downtown Garland Station is a DART light rail station located in Garland, Texas at Walnut and Fifth Streets.
Downtown Disney is a outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment area located in both Anaheim, California at the Disneyland Resort and at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
http://www.elexi.de/en/u/un/united_states_minor_outlying_islands.html   (330 words)

  
 Star Community Newspapers - Allen American - 11/29/2004 - DART quietly marks two years of capturing Plano's imagination, developing
Considered a "kiss and ride" stop, Plano's downtown station's rider ship has increased from 414 when it opened in December 2002 to September's 639 riders.
Lifestyles are expected to continue to change near Plano's downtown station.
Parker Road's activity climbed from 1,398 in 2002 to 2,823, while ridership from the Bush Turnpike station rose exponentially from 285 to 1,001.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13454573&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=525682&rfi=6   (836 words)

  
 Dallas - Fort Worth Urban Forum - DART getting mixed reviews from downtown Plano merchants
Downtown Garland has restaurants, city gov, a real Opry for the country music lovers, a gym and many other things within walking distance of their station.
Downtown Plano merchants are giving DART light rail mixed reviews so far.
DART officials told News 8 it will take time to make downtown Plano a destination of choice.
http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/printthread.php?t=455   (1136 words)

  
 Plano Parks & Recreation Events & Tournaments
Located in downtown Plano, the Texas Electric Railway Station served as an early form of the Internet bringing people, goods, newspapers with worldwide coverage, and traveling salesmen together in a timely fashion.
Located in downtown Plano, the Interurban Railway Museum is housed in a building that served as a primary stop on the Texas Electric Railway that ran from Denison to Dallas beginning in 1908.
The station remained closed until early 1990 when a complete restoration of the building was completed and the building was converted into a museum by the City of Plano.
http://www.planoparks.org/sub_downtown/interurban_museum.htm   (653 words)

  
 Next Stop: Suburbia
At night, the downtown Plano station and the surrounding area is bustling with residents and visitors who've come to grab a bite to eat at one of several restaurants or to see a show at the Plano Arts Centre.
Downtown Plano's TOD has 500 residential units and 40,000 square feet of retail and commercial space in two projects: 15th Street Village, a townhome and condo development, and Eastside Village, a development featuring rental housing above street-level stores, boutiques and cafes.
In Denver, Lincoln Station Investors is working with the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the Colorado Department of Transportation to create a light rail station and the city's first TOD along the Southeast Corridor Light Rail project, dubbed T-REX.
http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_next_stop_suburbia   (2399 words)

  
 Star Community Newspapers - Plano Star Courier - 07/25/2005 - DART station carjacking an isolated incident
But Olarte said she feels safe at the Parker Road station, one of two Plano DART stations, and doesn't feel any less safe after a Garland woman's car and child were almost taken from her outside of DART's Downtown Garland station at 11 a.m.
In April and May, Garibay said that there was only one reported crime against a person and no crime against property at the Downtown Plano station; Parker Road had one reported crime against a person and three reported crimes to property.
Plano stations are patrolled by Plano and DART police, said DART spokeswoman Claudia Garibay, who believes the work of about 237 members of the DART police force - including 149 officers -- coupled with observant passengers have helped keep crime down inside and outside of DART transportation.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14915307&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=528208&rfi=6   (600 words)

  
 Downtown Plano Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Downtown Plano Station is a DART light rail station located in Plano, Texas at the intersection of 15th Street and Avenue J. It opened on December 9, 2002 and is a station on the Red Line, serving the area around downtown Plano including Plano City Hall.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Plano_Station   (90 words)

  
 City of Dallas Air Pollution Control News Item
The downtown Plano station is at 15th Street and Avenue J, and the Parker Road station, near Parker and I-75, is the last station on the North Central Corridor.
Garland has a station at Forest and Jupiter, and downtown Garland located at 5th and Walnut.
Now it's easier than ever to get to Plano and Garland with DART's expansion of light rail service and the opening of three new stations next month in Plano (opening December 9, 2002) and two stations in Garland which opened November 18, 2002.
http://www.dallasair.org/item007.html   (150 words)

  
 Simpson Property Group Dwell in Satisfaction
What we are seeing are the suburbs as destinations." The Plano DART station will make east Plano an easy commute from downtown Dallas, Mockingbird Station, NorthPark Center, Cityplace, or White Rock Lake.
Mockingbird Station Jack Wierzenski, DART's senior manager for planning studies and economic development, said the Mockingbird Station project in East Dallas is an example of what can happen in Plano.
The Galatyn Park station, scheduled to open in June, is almost at the doors of the 5-month-old Renaissance Hotel, and the city's performing arts center is going up next door.
http://www.simpsonpropertygroup.com/content/index.cfm/fuseaction/showPressRelease/id/22/navID/23   (890 words)

  
 The City of Plano, Texas Official Website
Plano’s Downtown Station, located adjacent the Eastside Village Complex near Avenue K and 15th Street, has no commuter parking available for DART Rail.
Plano’s Parker Road Station, DART’s northern-most station, is located at Park and Archerwood adjacent DART’s East Plano Transit (Bus) Center.
Ridership from the Parker Road Station has already exceeded DART’s anticipated ridership projected for the year 2010 and DART officials advise a parking lot expansion will not be far off.
http://www.planocitynews.com/newsbriefs/2003/dart_parking.html   (596 words)

  
 Inside Collin County Business - Front Page Story
The Downtown Plano Station is located at Avenue J between 15th Place and 16th Street and is called a “Kiss and Ride” with pick-up and drop-off areas with no parking spaces.
The Parker Road Station is located at Park Boulevard and Parker Road adjacent to the East Plano Transit Center and will have 1,385 free parking spaces with destinations including Collin County Community College, Plano Centre and Texas Instruments Spring Creek Campus.
The station is surrounded by a wide range of offices and businesses north and south of Parker Road, and will serve as a commuter center for surrounding communities.
http://www.insidetxbiz.com/1fp/fp120201.htm   (1377 words)

  
 Inside Collin County Business - Front Page Story
The Downtown Plano Station is located at Avenue J between 15th Place and 16th Street and is called a “Kiss and Ride” with pick-up and drop-off areas with no parking spaces.
In his city, the Arapaho station is focused more on entertainment, the Main Street station has more of an international flavor and the Spring Valley station will be mixed use with more office and big users.
The station is surrounded by a wide range of offices and businesses north and south of Parker Road, and will serve as a commuter center for surrounding communities.
http://www.insidetxbiz.com/1fp/fp120201.htm   (1377 words)

  
 Dallas - Fort Worth Urban Forum - DART getting mixed reviews from downtown Plano merchants
Downtown Garland has restaurants, city gov, a real Opry for the country music lovers, a gym and many other things within walking distance of their station.
DART officials told News 8 it will take time to make downtown Plano a destination of choice.
Garland could easily appeal to the country and western crowd that is left out of deep ellum and much of downtown.
http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php?t=455   (1192 words)

  
 DFW Trafiic
The downtown Plano station was one of five opened near the end of 2002, extending the overall light-rail system to 44 miles.
The transit agency also provides express routes between downtown and major locations in Dallas and the suburbs; suburban local routes between locations such as transit centers outside downtown; crosstown routes between locations such as high-employment areas; and service to rail stations.
The commuter train travels between Union Station in Dallas and the Texas and Pacific Station in Fort Worth, with stops at the Medical/Market Center, South Irving, West Irving, CentrePort, Hurst/Bell, Richland Hills and the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center.
http://www.discoverdfw.com/transit.htm   (800 words)

  
 Climate Change Forum - View topic - Clean trains or not?
The Blue line goes from Downtown Garland Station to Ledbetter Station in Oak Cliff.
The Red line goes from Parker Road Station in Plano to Westmoreland Station in South Dallas.
The Trinity Railway Express goes from Downtown Dallas to Downtown Ft. Worth, and yes, it serves my hometown.
http://www.climatechange.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?p=82   (726 words)

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