Lorrie Semler, Addison Real Estate Specialist

Addison Semi-Annual Garage Sale: October 3, 2009

It's time for my favorite Addison event: the community garage sale!

Under the big tent in the Sam's Club parking lot is where you will find hundreds of shoppers making purchases and finding bargains from dozens of Addison residents selling their unwanted items. Although the event officially opens at 8:00 am to the public, savvy shoppers arrive at dawn when the locals set up and unload their boxes and trunks.

Addison, Texas residents can also recycle old computers and peripheral devices in the parking lot. Hard drives will be sanitized accoring to the standards of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. There will also be a company doing document shredding. The recycling and shredding are FREE to Addison residents.

Sam's Club is located at 4150 Belt Line Road, Addison TX, 75001. The hours of the sale are 8-2. There are no booths available - all have been sold out!

Banking on Addison, Texas

If you live, work, or play in Addison Texas, you might want to bank here, too. This is a list of the banks with branches in Addison:

Don't live here, but would like to? Call me to find your Addison home, condo, townhouse or duplex!

Lorrie Semler, e-PRO, GRI
Keller Williams - Dallas North
972-416-3417

Addison Green

Addison, Texas is such a forward-thinking town. Addison's leaders are committed to reducing the city's ecological footprint. To share relevant and informative initiatives happening here, the town has launched a new website, Addison Green, to spotlight green efforts throughout the community, educate the residents and businesses about emerging trends and provide valuable information that will aid the Addison community in living greener.

A few of the things you can find on the website - information about:

• water restrictions
• ozone levels
• ecycling (electronicsr ecycling)
• self-cleaning drains
• the new "green" schools being built in Addison
• creating a butterfly garden
• .... and so much more!

Check it out at www.addisongreen.info

Addison Jogging Trail Dedication: You Are Invited!

On Tuesday, October 13, rescheduled for October 20, 2009 at 6:00 p.m., the Town of Addison will dedicate the Les Lacs/Midway Meadows jogging trail in honor of former Mayor Jerry Redding. Jerry Redding was Mayor of Addison from 1975 to 1988 and was a visionary leader who guided the development of Addison in its early years as a city. His passions were customer service, community beautification, and attention to detail. Mayor Redding instilled those goals in the entire Addison organization, and they are still known as "the Addison Way."

A plaque honoring Mayor Redding will be installed at the bend in the jogging trail, and smaller markers will be placed at all entrances to the Trail. The ceremony dedicating the plaque will be open to all Addison residents and light refreshments will be served. The event should last about 15 minutes. Join us in the park area behind Sherlock Dr. Then, stay for the Midway Meadows National Night Out, scheduled to begin at 6:30 in Dome Park at the corner of Sherlock and Dome in Addison Texas.

Addison's WaterTower Theatre: 2009 Season

The 2009 season of Addison's WaterTower Theatre kicks off on October 1st with Grey Gardens the Musical. Book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel; lyrics by Michael Korie.

Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter "Little Edie" - the eccentric relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis live behind the closed doors of a dilapidated mansion, alongside fifty cats and piles of rubbish.

Two shockingly different worlds are depicted inside the mansion walls: the resplendent Grey Gardens of 1941 and the Grey Gardens of 1973 - a crumbling shadow of its former self.

Based upon the groundbreaking documentary film by David and Albert Maysles, Grey Gardens is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of two women whose combative and codependent relationship is the one pillar in a constantly eroding house.

WaterTower Theatre is located at 15650 Addison Road, Addison TX 75001. Phone the box office for tickets at 972-450-6232, or purchase tickets online at www.watertowertheatre.org. Grey Gardens the Musical runs October 1st through October 25th.