City by City: Arlington, Northeast Tarrant
ARLINGTON
Celebrate water at River Legacy festival
Families are invited to learn about water awareness and conservation this month at the River Legacy Living Science Center’s free WATER Festival.
The Water Awareness Through Education & Recreation Festival, set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, includes nature walks, animal exploration, games, experiments and crafts. Family-friendly activities include an up-close look at land and water turtles at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and nature hikes at 10:30 a.m and 1:30 p.m. An extended nature hike through River Legacy Parks is set for 10 a.m., organizers say.
The center is at 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd. in north Arlington. For more info, call 817-860-6752 or visit www.riverlegacy.org.
— Susan Schrock
Council to vote on hospital tax breaks
City leaders are considering a property tax abatement for a planned $16 million rehabilitation hospital in south Arlington.
The 40,000-square-foot Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington would be located on a 3.37-acre site at 900 W. Arbrook Blvd., near Matlock Road. The facility, expected to employ about 120 people, will serve patients recovering from strokes and other brain or spinal cord injuries, amputations and other complex injuries.
The hospital would be the latest addition to a growing medical district in the Interstate 20 and Matlock area, which includes USMD Hospital at Arlington.
“It seems to be this natural location between Fort Worth and Dallas for a concentration of various medical services,” said Economic Development Manager Bruce Payne, adding that a similar medical district has developed around the Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital near Cooper Street and Randol Mill Road. “We are doing our best to cultivate both of those centers.”
On Tuesday, the City Council gave initial approval to the creation of a reinvestment zone for the proposed rehabilitation hospital site, which would allow Arlington to offer the developers a tax abatement. Details on the proposed incentive have not been released, but Payne said the deal is expected to provide the hospital with savings on its city property tax bill for seven years.
The City Council is scheduled to vote on the tax abatement at its Sept. 16 meeting.
The hospital is expected to cost an estimated $16 million to build, but the project could bring up to $30 million in taxable value to the city once fully equipped, Payne said.
“It’s a significant investment on their part,” Payne said.
— Susan Schrock
BEDFORD
Fire stations taking food donations
You can help restock community food pantries during the months of November and December.
Visit one of the three fire stations to drop off canned good and nonperishable food items. Donations will help the food cupboards of the Northeast Emergency Distribution for the HEB area and will help feed many local families during the holiday season.
Drop-off locations: Central Fire Station, 1816 Bedford Road; Fire Station 2: 3950 Martin Drive; Fire Station 3: 541 Bedford Road.
— Yamil Berard
Fundraiser today
to help Ebola victims
The Liberian Community Association and the DFW Pastoral Fellowship are hosting a prayer service and fundraiser focused on the West Africa Ebola outbreak.
The service will be held today from 3 to 5 p.m. at The House of Prayer Tabernacle Ministries, Suite 1, 1305 Brown Trail in Bedford.
The event will include fundraising for emergency supplies to be sent to Liberia.
For more information, call 817-681-4882 or 817-504-8252.
— Diane Smith
COLLEYVILLE
Lions Club to host annual Hole-In-One
It’s tee time in Colleyville, as the local Lions Club hosts its annual Sight First Charity Hole in One Shoot Out.
The three-day event begins Sept. 19 and ends Sept. 21 at Bob Moore’s Sports Center, 6113 Colleyville Blvd. Each day will have three qualifiers, the ones who shoots closest to the hole, who will compete for a chance to win a grand prize of $75,000.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Lions Club’s Charities, including a major portion to fund college scholarships and the Texas Lions Camp for disabled and diabetic children. Event chairman Chuck Mogged said the event usually raises $10,000.
Clubs will be provided. Those interested should contact Mogged at 817- 851-6408.
— Dustin L. Dangli
EULESS
Free blues concert
at Euless Library
Kansas City musician Bone Doggie, known for his “whiskey voice and lightning fingers,” will put on a free show as part of the MasterWorks Series of Arts Council Northeast.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. Monday at the Mary Lib Saleh Euless Public Library, 201 N. Ector Drive.
During the past 25 years, Bone Doggie has played classic rock and jazz, but found his niche playing Delta Blues and American roots music.
— Elizabeth Campbell
Party music under the stars on Saturday
Catch the sounds of the Graceland Ninjaz.
Graceland Ninjaz, touted as the kings of party music, will put on a show at the Texas Star Outdoor Pavilion, 1400 Texas Star Parkway, at 7 p.m. Saturday. The band plays a wide variety of music, from Jimmie Hendrix to Justin Timberlake.
Fruitcake Superbeing will be the opening act.
— Elizabeth Campbell
This story was originally published September 6, 2014 at 9:41 PM with the headline "City by City: Arlington, Northeast Tarrant."