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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEconomic Development News-City Publications-9/13/2013 Economic Development News From The City of Colleyville, Texas September 13, 2013 Links Economic Development Contacts Economic Development Overview Opening a Business Incentives Incentives 2 Certificate of Occupancy Home Based Businesses Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Property Search New investment in Colleyville from several major medical projects is bringing quality health care and development to the community. Read about it in this Medical Special Edition of our Economic Development News. Medical Special Edition Colleyville To Get First Hospital With Baylor - Emerus Emergency Medical Center A partnership between Dallas-based Baylor Healthcare and Emerus, The Woodlands, Texas operator of emergency facilities, is bringing Colleyville its first hospital. Construction is underway on the Baylor-Emerus Emergency Medical Center located at the southwest corner of Colleyville Boulevard (SH26) and Church St. The hospital, scheduled to open in August, 2014, is a 16,719 square foot facility with seven exam room beds and eight inpatient beds. The facility will provide high quality emergency room care with on-site X-ray, CT scan and ultrasound capabilities Elevation rendering of the new Baylor-Emerus Emergency Medical Center under construction in Colleyville. U.S. Memory Care Launches "Next Generation" Memory Care At New Colleyville Facility Dallas-based U.S. Memory Care thought long and hard about where to build the first center to introduce their "next generation" memory care. Colleyville with its excellent, central location in North Texas and the city's strong demographics made it an easy decision according to Chris Sykes, Regional Director for U.S. Memory Care. The $15 million dollar, 58,000 square foot flagship facility opened in the Spring and is located in Colleyville at Precinct Line Rd. and Lavaca Trail. There are 60 employees at the center with a ratio of six residents to one caregiver. The "Main Street" and "neighborhood" areas at the Colleyville facility. U.S. Memory Care has created an upscale and unique alternative unlike any other memory care facility. New First Choice ER Opening In September First Choice Emergency Room, the leadingfreestanding emergency room system in the United States, is opening its sixth D/FW facility in Colleyville on Sept. 27. First Choice is redeveloping a former 6,000 square foot Blockbuster store at 5000 SH 121 and Glade Rd. into a state-of-the-art emergency room. The facility will employ 40, which includes four full time board-certified emergency physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. The Medical Director at the new Colleyville ER is Dr. Nick Musso. All First Choice Emergency Room facilities are open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. The facility is equipped with high tech diagnostic technology (CT Scanners, Ultrasound, Digital X-ray) and on-site COLA and CLIA accredited laboratories to handle emergency needs on the spot. The First Choice Colleyville ER is equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment. Medical Practice Relocates To Colleyville The Endocrine & Thyroid Center, formerly known as Endocrinology & Reproductive Medicine of Tarrant County, has moved the practice from Grapevine to Colleyville. "Hwy. 26 through Colleyvile is an emerging medical corridor," - Dr. Henry Prost The Center, led by physicians Dr. Henry Prost, Dr. Roopa Sathyaprakash and Certified Physician Assistant Trang Truong, has investd in Colleyville with the construction of their new 4,696 square foot medical building at 7141 Colleyville Blvd. in the Longwood Plaza Office Park. (left to right) Dr. Roopa, Dr.Prost and P.A. Truong Healthy Living Colleyville Style Colleyville Named "Healthiest Neighborhood" In Follow us Economic Development Department 100 Main Street Colleyville, TX 76034 817.503.1060 direct 817.503.1159 fax North Texas In Report by The Dallas Morning News A trademark of the Colleyville brand is that it is a health conscious community. This healthy lifestyle was brought to light in a recent "Best Neighborhoods" profile in The Dallas Morning News. In a study of the Healthiest Neighborhoods in North Texas by The Dallas Morning News, Colleyville not only took the number one spot as North Texas' Healthiest Neighborhood, it took #2 as well, as the study split the community up into sections, Western Colleyville and Eastern Colleyville. The Dallas Morning News identified these areas as part of a 12 month study of neighborhood livability in Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall and sections of Tarrant counties. The paper rated each census tract on 11 issues affecting quality of life. How much significance to give to each issue was determined by a poll of North Texas participants. In The Dallas Morning News' report, the 10 healthiest neighborhoods in North Texas are: 1.Western Colleyville 2.Eastern Colleyville 3.West Plano 4.Southlake 5.Lakewood 6.Spring Creek Preserve area 7.Turtle Creek 8.Allen (west of U.S. 75) 9.Oak Lawn 10.Lake Ray Roberts/Aubrey To read the complete story by The Dallas Morning News staff writer Leslie Barker, Google "The Dallas Morning News Colleyville healthiest cities". A resident exercising in one of Colleyville's 13 parks. Colleyville Farmers Market Expands Healthy Eating Leadership In The Community At festivals and outdoor events in Colleyville and Northeast Tarrant County, there is now the option of choosing fruit over funnel cakes. That's because Colleyville Farmers Market (CFM) is bringing fresh fruit, snacks and other food items to the people with their Portable Units of Produce, or PUPs. Since purchasing the Colleyville Farmers Market a little over a year ago, owners Robert Sonnen and Jim Gardetto have been going about the business in a non-traditional manner. The Colleyville Farmers Market PUP, a wooden building on wheels with pop up doors, is now a common site at events and at locations throughout Colleyville offering healthy alternatives to typical food truck or festival foods.