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02/07/2012

The Denton City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to impose a moratorium on new gas drilling and production permits, giving the city some breathing room to finish an ongoing ordinance overhaul. The moratorium will last for 120 days, although the council could extend it if necessary. During that time, city staff members are supposed to complete their review of current drilling regulations and offer recommended changes.

02/04/2012

A new place to play

DRC/David Minton

A basketball team practices on one of the floors at Swisher Courts, an indoor basketball and volleyball court facility in Lake Dallas.

Although Alan and Jodi Bieke had to wait until the Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge opened before they could begin building Swisher Courts, the indoor sports facility is now open. The facility, which opened in November, has indoor basketball and volleyball courts as well as a restaurant and banquet hall for anything from birthday parties to fundraisers. “It’s a big space,” Alan Bieke said. “We can pretty much do anything if they want to set it up.”

Karina Ramírez: Bar to preserve 1886 house’s vintage ambience
John Williams wants future customers at his new business to feel like they’re walking into their grandmother’s home. Unlike Grandma’s house, though, Oak St. Drafthouse will have some 50 beers on tap. Williams, the owner and general manager, is planning to open his new bar in early March in one of Denton’s oldest houses, at the corner of Oak and Oakland streets.

Personal profile: Laura Brewer
If you know of someone in the business field who would make an interesting profile, call Karina Ramírez at 940-566-6879 or e-mail her at kramirez@dentonrc.com.

Eddie Baggs: Be neighborly by managing horse manure
With more than 25,000 horses in Denton County, proper manure handling and disposal are important management tools — especially since associated issues include odor control, fly breeding and environmental impact. Keep in mind the fact that suburban horse facilities have limited acreage for land to dispose of manure.

Scott Burns: Sloth’s power goes unheralded
In November we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Couch Potato investing, the power of sloth and the opportunities gained by undiluted investment ignorance. If you missed the celebration, you are not alone. Our friends in major investment centers also failed to take notice. So did the talking heads on TV.

02/03/2012

Robo shops
A Denton apartment complex is among three multifamily properties in the region that are bringing mini-marts within a few steps of residents’ doors. The Timberlinks at Denton, a garden-style golf course community in southeast Denton managed by Lynd Living, has contracted with an Ohio firm to install a robotic convenience store that can dispense anything from a carton of milk to motor oil by the end of February. Shop24 Global’s kiosk-style vending station is the latest in a string of amenities that apartment complexes are offering in a booming rental market to entice new residents and keep others.

01/29/2012

On the safe side
When companies think of building new data security centers, the city of Denton might not be on top of their list. But that could soon change. A recent report lists Denton among the 10 best data security cities in the U.S. Cities were chosen based on their “robust bandwidth, telecommunications, power infrastructures, and favorable operating cost structures and secure location insulated from natural disasters,” the study says.

Karina Ramírez: Sally ranked in gender diversity directory
Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. is among the companies listed in 2020 Women on Boards’ Gender Diversity Directory, ranking in the “V” category for companies with an 11 percent to 19 percent female-populated board. The highest category, “W” — for “winning” — denotes companies with at least 20 percent women on their board. Below “V” — for “very good” — is “T” for “token,” with one woman, and “Z” for “zero,” for boards with no women.

Personal profile: Bear Cahill
If you know of someone in the business field who would make an interesting profile, call Karina Ramírez at 940-566-6879 or e-mail her at kramirez@dentonrc.com.

01/28/2012

Eddie Baggs: Sizing up the importance of our trees
Trees serve many purposes that improve our quality of life, environment and even the air we breathe. Among the most significant contributions of trees to the environment is the conservation of soil, water, energy and wildlife.

Scott Burns: The ‘good life’ is, sadly for some, also a long one
SARASOTA, Fla. — There are, roughly, three kinds of elderly people in America. There are the people who have already run out of money; they live on their Social Security checks. Then there are the people who are likely to run out of money and worry about it. If reader mail is any indication, they worry about it more each day.

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