City of Addison
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Interesting facts about Addison

• Addison covers a 4.35 square mile area just north of Dallas

• With more than 170 restaurants, every resident in Addison could go out to eat and be seated at the same time

• Addison has 22 hotels with over 4000 rooms

• Addison's 118 acres of parks are some of the finest in Texas

• Every winter, the Addison landscaping crew plants 75,000 tulip bulbs.  The bulbs come straight from Holland, world famous for tulips.   Every spring, the Town of Addison is one of the most beautiful gardens in the entire Dallas-Fort Worth area!

• Addison has a population of only 15,830 residents, but its business and daytime population typically reaches up to 100,000 a day

• About 55% of all Addison residents age 25+ have an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree or a graduate degree

• Addison Airport is now the third largest general aviation airport in the country and boasts a runway of 7,200 feet. With 774 based aircraft, the airport averages 366 operations per day.

• Addison has been used as a setting for numerous commercials and for at least one feature film (Dr. T and the Women starring Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, and Farah Fawcett.)

• Addison has one of the lowest tax rates in Texas

• There are special events in Addison 29 weekends of every year!

• Addison is one of the few municipalities in the nation to have a franchise agreement with a WISP to offer an affordable WiFi services to its residents and businesses.

• The Town of Addison is located in an area once called Peters Colony. It was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house on White Rock Creek. The area was not known as Addison until 1902. Addison was named after Addison Robertson, who served as the community's second postmaster from 1908-1916. In 1902, the first industry was introduced to Addison when a cotton gin was built on Addison Road, near the railroad, by the Pistole brothers. It became the Plano Cotton Oil Mill in 1904 and the Farmers Gin of Addison in 1919.

Source:  Town of Addison Website

Recent & Upcoming Events

Monday, May 14, 2012

• Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting

8:00am Addison Town Hall - Council Chambers
5300 Belt Line Road, Dallas, TX 75254

All meetings are open to the public. Come join the P&Z Commissioners as they discuss new development projects in Addison.

The Planning and Zoning Commission consists of 7 citizens appointed by the City Council to review and make recommendations on all amendments to the Town's Comprehensive Plan, amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, changes in zoning, and Subdivision Plats.

• Global Business Connection: Her Majesty's Consul General Andrew Miller
  Special Event

11:30am - 1:00pm Please join the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce in welcoming Andrew Miller, Her Majesty's Consul General, for a highly engaging lunch conversation, "2012--A Great Year for Britain."

Tickets are $35. Email Fran Murray, info@metrocrestchamber.com for more information, or call 469-587-0420 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            469-587-0420     end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Sponsorships are available.

 Global Business Connection: Presented by Addison WorldFest and the World  Affairs Council

Thursday, May 17, 2012

• Coffee with the Mayor

  6:00pm Astoria Cafe
  15701 Quorum Drive, Addison, TX 75001

Join Mayor Todd Meier for engaging conversation, discussion about Addison happenings, and hear updates on economic development activities

Friday, May 18, 2012

• Taste Addison: We've Got Flavor
  
  Special Event

  6:00pm - 11:59pm Addison Circle Park We've Got Flavor!  Do your tastebuds a flavor and come out to the 20th annual Taste Addison--a tasty weekend of food, music and family fun! This rock your socks off, three-day food festival features over 60 Addison restaurants serving generous samplings of their food at great prices. Festivities include awesome musical entertainment with national headliners, celebrity chef demonstrations, wine seminars and tastings, carnival rides, midway games, children’s entertainment, arts and crafts, and more.

  Also, scope out the roster of celebrity chefs in Albertsons Cookin’ with the Gridiron Greats featuring Randy White, DeMarco Murray, Drew Pearson and Jason Witten.

  You can't miss a second of our 20th anniversary event so make plans to Spend the Night in Addison and let Addison hotels treat you to Taste! Enjoy the fantastic specialty foods and great entertainers, Spend the Night in Addison, then come back out and take it all in again the next day!

Addison School News

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