PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release Phyllis Jarrell

Phil Dyer Aug. 31, 2010 Director of Planning
Mayor
Ph. (972) 941-7435

Lee Dunlap

City Conducts Workshop to Explore

Mayor Pro Tem

12th Street DART Rail Station

Pat Miner
Deputy Mayor Pro Tem

Ben Harris
Place 2 The City of Plano will host a workshop to discuss a proposed new DART rail station

André Davidson
on the future Cotton Belt line. The workshop begins at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8,
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2010 in the Courtyard Theater, 1509 H Avenue. The station would be located south
Lissa Smith
Place 4 of Downtown Plano at the junction of the DART Red Line and the Cotton Belt line at

Harry LaRosiliere
12th Street and K Avenue. The workshop discussion is open to area residents,
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business owners and public officials. Together they will discuss strategies to increase
Jean Callison
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ridership on both rail lines, preserve and enhance surrounding neighborhoods, and
increase real estate investment and property values.

The workshop will be conducted as a team effort of the North Texas District Council
Thomas H. Muehlenbeck
City Manager of the Urban Land Institute, Space Between Design Studio and the City of Plano.

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P.O. Box 860358

Plano, Texas 75086-0358
972-941-7000
www.plano.gov