October 9, 2013 | No Comments | Category: Lake Ridge | Tags:
The best Texas lake property is now priced from $39,900
What’s better than a lake-view property? How about the best Texas lake property from $39,900 at Lake Ridge!
Lake Ridge, Dallas-Fort Worth’s premier master-planned lake community just released brand-new lake-view properties, and if recent interest and construction at the community is any indication, you better hurry.
Five new custom homes are being built in The Sanctuary, Lake Ridge’s final neighborhood development on the shores of Joe Pool Lake, echoing reports that Dallas-Fort Worth has some of the most in-demand real estate in the nation. One of the five new custom homes being built is for wounded veteran Ken Kalish in partnership with Operation FINALLY HOME, Lake Ridge developer SouthStar Communities, the Former NFL Players Association, the Dallas Builders Association, and Victory Custom Homes. Lake Ridge and SouthStar Communities are proud to be part of the Operation FINALLY HOME program and to welcome Sgt. Kalish home to Lake Ridge.
A recent Homes.com report on the Top 100 markets in the nation stated that “six of the top 10 rebounding markets can be found in the Lone Star State,” with Dallas-Fort Worth occupying the #4 spot on the list.
The Dallas News recently reported that the “Dallas-area housing market hit an all-time high in the first half of 2013,” and conditions are expected to remain the same for the rest of the year. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to buy Texas lake property, make your move now! You just can’t pass up the opportunity to live the life you have imagined, on or near the water with all of the activities available at Joe Pool Lake and the incredible location the community offers sandwiched between Dallas and Fort Worth and an easy commute to both.
This incredible community on Joe Pool Lake offers an incomparable lifestyle that is equal parts relaxation and recreational haven, with great value per acre and unsurpassed natural beauty. Located at one the highest elevations in North Texas, Lake Ridge at Joe Pool Lake is Hill Country North, with rolling hills and towering trees unlike anything else in the area, plus incredible water views that make living at Lake Ridge even more desirable.
For more information about buying the best Texas lake property from $39,900 visit Lake Ridge.
October 8, 2013 | No Comments | Category: Activities, Lake Ridge | Tags: Fair,Lake Ridge,Texas State Fair
The Texas State Fair is going on now.
Round up the family and bring your appetite, because the 127th Texas State Fair is underway. It’s Time for the Texas State Fair, just 30 minutes from Lake Ridge, giving Lake Ridge residents a short ride to the fairgrounds and those who are looking to tour the community an easy way to fit everything in during one weekend. You have until Oct. 20 to experience all the fun, flavors, and frenetic energy of the Fair.
You’ll have a hard time missing Big Tex on your way in. The newly rebuilt iconic mascot of the Fair (the previous incarnation, which had stood since 1952, was lost in an electrical fire last year) is bigger and heavier. He’s now three feet taller at 55 feet tall, weighs 25,000 pounds, can withstand 100 mph winds, and is fire-retardant. His, which have become one of many Big Tex conversation pieces since his unveiling the day before the Fair opened, feature the Texas state flower and bird, the Texas and U.S. flags, and the Texas Capitol. (You can buy a real pair of the Lucchese boots for $10,000, if you’re so inclined.)
The Dallas Morning News has a great account of the engineering feats and spy-style secrecy involved in building the new Big Tex and keeping him under wraps until the official reveal.
May people come to the Fair for the food, and this year the noted choices include the Deep-fried Cuban Roll, award-winner for best taste, and the fFried Thanksgiving dinner, the winner of most creative.
The Cuban roll is filled with chopped ham, pork shoulder, cheese and pickles, while the Thanksgiving dinner includes stuffing, turkey and cream corn . Consult the Fair’s food map so you don’t miss out on your favorite fried delicacy.
Also at the fair this year are the auto show, the Maytag Celebrity Kitchen, the garden show, the Midway and rides, and daily entertainment including music from Kelly Rowland and Kacey Musgraves.
You can get all the details on the Fair’s main page.
The Texas State Fair, just 30 minutes from Lake Ridge, is a Dallas staple. So to is this incredible community on Joe Pool Lake, offering an incomparable lifestyle that is equal parts relaxing and recreational haven. The final neighborhood development in Lake Ridge on the shores of Joe Pool Lake, The Sanctuary offers pond-front sites and coveted shoreline-close properties from one-half to 1 acre in a gated environment featuring panoramic lake and skyline vistas. Five homes will soon be built in The Sanctuary, including one for wounded veteran Ken Kalish in partnership with Operation FINALLY HOME, Lake Ridge developer SouthStar Communities, the Former NFL Players Association, the Dallas Builders Association, and Victory Custom Homes. For more information on living at The Sanctuary, and for current homesite specials, click here.
September 29, 2013 | No Comments | Category: Lake Ridge, Lakeside Living | Tags: Hill Country. Texas Hill Country,Lake Ridge,lakeside living,sanctuary lake ridge,The Sanctuary
Lake Ridge is Hill Country North
The rolling hills, the gentle curves of the road, the towering trees, the breathtaking scenery. There’s nothing like the Texas Hill Country. Or is there? If this is the majestic landscape you envision, you don’t have to drive three hours to find it. Just head to Lake Ridge and discover Hill Country North.
Lake Ridge is located on the highest point in North Texas—800 feet above sea level—affording residents and landowners in this premier community some of the most spectacular views imaginable. Plus, Lake Ridge has something the Hill Country does not: Joe Pool Lake, where water-close living is more than just a dream.
Lake Ridge, or Hill Country North, offers an incomparable lifestyle that is equal parts relaxing and recreational haven just 20 miles south of Downtown Dallas and 28 miles from Downtown Ft. Worth. Living at a community like The Sanctuary, the newest neighborhood in the Lake Ridge development on the shores of Joe Pool Lake, can mean just stepping outside your door to take advantage of life on the lake. The 7,500-acre Joe Pool Lake offers fishing, boating, boat rentals, wakeboarding, its own marina, and a restaurant and bar. Plus, 15 miles of mountain biking and hiking trails and six city parks are nearby.
The final neighborhood development in Lake Ridge on the shores of Joe Pool Lake, The Sanctuary offers pond-front sites and coveted shoreline-close properties from one-half to 1 acre in a gated environment with panoramic lake and skyline vistas. Five homes will soon be built in The Sanctuary, including one for wounded veteran Ken Kalish in partnership with Operation FINALLY HOME, Lake Ridge developer SouthStar Communities, the Former NFL Players Association, the Dallas Builders Association, and Victory Custom Homes.
Lake Ridge offers homeowners and land owners a truly unique experience to enjoy Hill Country topography right in the middle of the Metroplex. If you thought you had to move to Austin to get away from the flat landscapes of North Texas, head to Lake Ridge and discover Hill Country North.
For more information on living at Lake Ridge and for current homesite specials, click here.
September 19, 2013 | No Comments | Category: Charity, Golf, Lake Ridge, Operation Finally Home, The Sanctuary | Tags: charity,charity golf tournament,Dan Wallrath,Lake Ridge,Lake Ridge Patriot Cup,Operation FINALLY HOME,Tangle Ridge Golf Club,wounded veterans
Dignitaries and community leaders including SouthStar Communities’ executives break ground on the new home for a wounded warrior at Lake Ridge.
Want to have some fun and do some good at the same time?
Take part in the Lake Ridge Patriot Cup on September 11 at Tangle Ridge Golf Club in Grand Prairie, TX benefitting Operation FINALLY HOME to build a home for a wounded veteran at Lake Ridge.
The Golf Tournament
The Lake Ridge Patriot Cup is a charity golf tournament with all proceeds going toward the building of a custom, mortgage-free home for a wounded veteran. The veteran chosen to receive this home became an amputee while serving in the military in Afghanistan.
The Lake Ridge Patriot Cup at Tangle Ridge Golf Club:
• September 11
• Registration: 7:30 a.m.
• Shotgun start: 8:30 a.m.
• Four-man scramble
• Lunch provided
• $100 per player
• Deadline to sign up: September 6
Building a Mortgage-Free Home at Lake Ridge
The Lake Ridge Patriot Cup directly benefits Operation FINALLY HOME, who has partnered with Lake Ridge, SouthStar Communities, the Dallas Builders Association, Former NFL Players Association and Victory Custom Homes to build this home in Lake Ridge.
The new custom home is under construction on a one-acre, treed property in The Sanctuary at Lake Ridge, an exclusive gated community on the shores of Joe Pool Lake, one of the area’s most coveted spots for relaxation and recreation.
Participation and sponsorship in the Lake Ridge Patriot Cup event will help an American hero regain his life.
About Operation FINALLY HOME
Operation FINALLY HOME provides mortgage-free homes to wounded and disabled veterans and their families. Founded by CNN Top 10 Hero for 2010 Dan Wallrath, Operation FINALLY HOME has provided more than 40 homes to veterans throughout the country, including two that are currently being built in the SouthStar Communities of Vintage Oaks in the Texas Hill Country and King Oaks in Bryan-College Station.
CNN is documenting the building of this mortgage-free home at Lake Ridge for a new special.
Interesting in sponsoring or participating? Download a sponsorship packet or a player/registration form. The deadline for registration is September 6.
For more information about the Lake Ridge Patriot Cup, call (800) 984-4028 or email [email protected].
September 19, 2013 | No Comments | Category: Lake Ridge, Operation Finally Home | Tags: dallas builders association,former nfl players association,Operation FINALLY HOME,veterans
Sweet Surprise for a Hero
Marine Sgt. Ken Kalish, a triple amputee veteran of combat in Afghanistan, thought he was coming for an interview on Sept. 10 when he and his parents travelled two hours from their home in Live Oak to a hilltop lot in The Sanctuary at Lake Ridge near Joe Pool Lake.
“When I found out why we were really here,” he said, “it just blew my mind.”
He was the guest of honor at a surprise party at 3103 Koscher Lane where his mortgage-free custom home will be built in a collaborative project with the Dallas Builders Association, Lake Ridge Estates, Wounded Warriors Association, Victory Custom Homes and the Dallas chapter of the Retired NFLPA.
Oh, he was interviewed, all right – about two dozen times. Plenty of regional media was there as well as CNN, which filmed the event for a special to air in December – about when Ken will be moving into his new home. He’ll be settling in around the time of his 25th birthday on Dec. 11.
“I love this locations,” he said. “It’s a beautiful place in the country near a lake, but close to the Dallas-Fort Worth area with all of its attractions.”
Ken was born in Independence, Mo., and his family later moved to Hutchinson, Kan. By the time he was a freshman in high school, he wanted to be a Marine.
He felt called to the service, coming from a military family. His grandfather was an Army Ranger and his dad served in the Navy. After graduation, Ken enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 2007 and reported to Camp Pendleton, Calif. Once he completed boot camp, he served a tour of duty in Iraq with a combat engineering battalion, then returned stateside to North Carolina and trained to be a dog handler. He was assigned to a black Labrador retriever named Flynn, and they were sent to Afghanistan in October 2010 to seek out IED (improvised explosive devices). Only one month before they were to return home, Ken stepped on an IED just moments after loading Flynn into an accompanying vehicle. Ken was severely wounded by the explosions, losing both legs and his left arm.
As we talked at his surprise party, I marveled at his positive attitude.
“There’s no point in being sad or depressed,” he said of his war experience. “I focus on what I have to do next.”
And soon the next big thing will be moving into a beautiful new home made possible through the efforts and generosity of dozens of admiring volunteers. The Retired NFLPA has gathered $100,000 worth of building supplies and furnishings and the Lake Ridge Patriot Cup on Sept. 11 drew 104 golfers and more than $17,000 in proceeds. Everyone is delighted to contribute.
“When we consider what heroes like Ken have done for this country,” said old Cowboy Bill Bates, a partner with Alan Dulworth in Victory Custom Homes, “we realize how lucky we are to have this opportunity.”
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This article originally appeared in The Dallas Cowboys Star Magazine. It was written by Sam Blair, for questions or comments, please email him at [email protected].
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