Economic Development Board - Regular Meeting

Executive session, today, but, before we adjourn into that, we'll, have a presentation on what we're gonna be, discussing, and, then we'll, adjourn into executive session, answer whatever questions and discussions that the the board might have, and then we'll reopen it and have a decision at that point. So I'm going to are you gonna do this presentation, or do

we want? Me? Yeah. Yes.

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we want to adjourn into the diocese? Can

do that. Yeah.

Okay. Alright. We're gonna adjourn into the diocese. The minutes from the December meeting. Do I have a motion? Are there any corrections, questions, otherwise? Motion. Second. Second. And third. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Minister approved. Work session. Receive a presentation of key development sites of opportunities in KELLER.

Thank you. So at our last board meeting, we had a lot of conversations about what's coming to Keller, our process, and one of the requests was to go through our key development sites. So I wanted y'all to see when we go out and meet with people like Stacy and brokers through our brokers luncheon and have those meetings, the sites that we're talking about. K. First, I wanted to give you all an updated recent openings and coming soon because there's a lot coming down the pipe that we're really excited about.

If you have any questions about any of them, let me know.

I'm just real presumptive about this Keller House collective on.

You know, I've had this presentation for a few weeks. But yes, I'm a I'm a hopeful person. Anyway. Okay. So once again, what do we look like or what do we look at with high priority projects, high quality full full service restaurants, experiential retail, family friendly. We wanna attract visitors and we also wanna keep our residents spending time here in Keller, small employers with high paying jobs that will increase our daytime population. We love Keller. We wanna keep it beautiful. So businesses that have a limited impact on the natural environment. And as you all know, and one of the reasons you're here, high sales tax generators.

And again, these are coming straight from what our citizen survey say and our city council's strategic goals. That's where our economic development goals come from. Okay. So we're gonna go kinda through sections of the city. And I'm gonna go through these kinda just high level. If you guys have any questions about them, feel free to chime in, but I'm also happy to follow-up and give you more details. So the first one we're gonna talk about, Samantha Springs Commerce Park. This is a working name. This is Joe McCombs property in, on the North Side of town. This is where Shannon Brewery used to be, if you guys are remember that or familiar with it.

He has a conceptual development. I got permission to show it to you, but remember this is a conceptual rendering. We are, in the early stages of planning. He has hired a design firm, a development group to kinda help him ideate. What he really wants to see here is a community gathering place where there can be restaurants and retail, but really with an emphasis on people coming out spending lots of hours.

Kids can kinda run around have fun. You can have high quality wine and beer. And so this is definitely in the early stages and we're really trying to pump this up because it could really make a huge difference for North Keller. And one of Joe's dreams is if y'all can visualize that where the church used to be, it's still there, it's on the frontage. He would love to have some kind of like Marty Beast type concept.

Mhmm. If anybody has any connections to Marty, have him call me. And so this is kind of the idea. Just again, just a a gathering place where people can spend quite a bit of time and really kinda put Keller on the map as far as entertainment for the neighboring cities. Right next door is the Perrigo Tract.

This could be anywhere from six to 15 acres. It's commercial zoned. This is where, you know, if Wayne were able to develop help Joe develop his site, this one right next door, there could be a lot of momentum between them. So this could also be additional entertainment, the kind of things that our residents keep asking us for.

And that's north of the Samantha Springs? Mhmm.

Yeah. We're traveling north on 377 right now. And then many of you are familiar with Center Stage. Some of the the things that we are out there assisting this developer with are, these two pad sites that you see highlighted, the 1.17 acres and the Point eight one five. Ideal for here, you know, would be a coffee shop. I know that we have lots of coffee shops in the area, but North Keller, a little bit of a coffee coffee shop dessert. And you got Milestone, you got all these new multifamily, lots of residential. So a coffee shop we think would do really well especially one with a drive through, something kinda unique.

This might be a sore subject. Where are those three restaurants gonna go that they originally planned?

Oh, I'll get to it. I'll get to it. And then the another of the paths could be a a quick service restaurant too. That would be ideal to have there. Yeah.

I think the coffee shop wasn't

there also another coffee shop going in there that was from, like Shake Shack. Oregon or Washington state or something? I think oh, is that PJ's?

It was down at the North end. It was

So you know

They wouldn't have a drive through.

This was, like, two years ago.

I think you might be thinking about Black Rifle. Yeah.

Because that

was about two years ago

with Black Rifle.

Yeah. I'll never go there.

That's too bad. So

Steve, the the story with the three restaurants, the developer still has plans to bring them. Basically, they need to fulfill the medical building first, because there's gonna be some shared parking there. And so the person, that was going to open the medical facility, had to back out for some reason. And so they're actively looking for a new medical professional to open that, and then they'll be able to put the free restaurants.

Is it still the same company trying to do it?

Yes. Yeah. What what we're actively helping them with right now is those two pad sites because they've been able to develop all the retail right there that you see. You know, they brought a couple of restaurants, a convenience store, a couple of, you know, great everyday use type things like the nail salon and the dentist. So for us, actively trying to activate sorry. That's, like, actively activating, the two pad sites there and then just kinda letting them figure out the restaurant part.

And what are y'all thinking on the 1.17 Acre?

I mean, something that we'd love to see is something like a Chipotle. Something that families can quickly go through. There's not a lot of that kind of restaurant up there, and there's quite a bit of residents and traffic and commuters going through there. So something like that. Most of what's over there

is only open for breakfast and lunch too. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. There's definitely a need. Okay. Moving into Kelly Parkway. Raise your hand if you've heard me talk about Big Lots. So here we go. So Big Lots is still available. It's a big, big box. A little bit of a challenging box. You know, people always say we wanna see really great retail. I agree. There's definitely a challenge there just because of the visibility and the traffic counts. That's not to say that we're not trying because we definitely are. Something else that would be ideal, some other form of entertainment to be complimentary to Monster Mini Golf would also be great.

They have exclusivity though for video games?

They have exclusivity for anything that Monster Mini Golf does. But if you have an idea, let's talk later and I can talk to them. Yeah.

Okay? Oh, question. Yes. Scooter is building.

What's the

is there any

They're still actively looking for someone there. Okay. Yeah. That's an interesting one because it's so small that something very unique has to

go there.

Something like caribou might be like the one thing that fits there. Something kinda like really really small. Yeah. Mhmm. Okay. So now we are at Keller Town Center, the former Petco. So this one is also very unique space because this is not ideal for the square footage is not ideal for retail. I can't think of very many stores that have this kind of footprint. Now we've had a lot of interest from restaurants, but this is very very timely for our conversation tonight. It it would cost a tenant about a million dollars to put in a kitchen into Petco and they wouldn't even own the space.

So people get really excited about it and then they realize what it's gonna cost. And then they're like, do

you have anything else that's second gen somewhere

else? Yes. So this is definitely a challenge for us, the Petco site. It's a great location. I mean, people wanna be there. It's just a really unique size. Okay. Now down Keller Parkway at 1637. This is a new a new building. Glow Tanning will be relocating here. They're they were the first tenant to commit here. And then Gairo three sixty, this is or Giro. I don't know how you pronounce it. Giro. Everybody does it differently.

Right? So Giro is Mediterranean food. They've committed to it. And Derek Anthony is the one leasing this. And they're looking for something that won't have a ton of impact on parking because you got the restaurant, the tanning. So something that's a little bit, you know, retail medical office

would be Where is that at in Cal Parkway?

It's if you're looking at Big Lots across the street to the right.

It's nice to have a car wash.

Something that's where You know the fence. Yeah.

Yeah. It's under construction. Yeah. Yeah. That's the

fence around it.

36 base rent.

Glow Tanning was is already in color. Right? They're over by Kroger?

Yeah. They're at the Kroger's shopping center.

Do they already know where they're going to? They haven't yet.

The owner of Glow Tanning actually built this building. Oh. It's his building. Oh, okay. Nice.

Okay. I'm sure if you've been watching some of our recent meetings, you've heard about First Watch. McAllister's coming. This building and it's not built yet. It's just laying right now. They're looking for a small user, ideally, a dessert shop that would be really complimentary to, McAllister's, maybe even First Watch. There's a dentist going in. What's what would be really great for a dessert shop is this kind of square footage is ideal for something like a nothing fun cakes or a cookie place.

I know the guy who owns those.

What? Come on, David.

Okay.

The Nothing Munchies or the

yeah. He owns about 40 of them, I think. He owns the one in Southlake.

Bring him on.

He's a

friend of

mine. Yeah.

Love it.

Well, he bought my building.

Well, perfect. Okay. Now, this is where Baja used to be. So I'm now taking out to the other end of Pillar Parkway. You know, this is behind Saksbee's and Sonic. The the one space that I'm really focusing on for the shopping center is the former funky baja. That one, they had just done a renovation of it, so it looks really nice. It's second gen, so ideal. I would say I think something ideal for this space would be a destination type restaurant and then something that'd be really good for the neighborhoods around it because

Weren't they gonna change it to just

like a Taco place? They they decided to. They couldn't do it. After they remodeled? Well, they had already remodeled it for Baja. Yeah. And then they were gonna switch to one of their concepts that they have in Grapevine, and then they decided it just wasn't gonna work out. But they had they had invested quite a bit, the shopping center and the tenant.

Was it the revenue just not there for them in that corner spot? Mhmm.

Yeah. So this is where a destination restaurant could do great. And then edible arrangements also closed in the summer, so there's a space there. Be great to have another dessert or something exciting to kinda fill that. And then office and medical space as well.

You've also heard me talk about the former Las Palafas. It's the same story right now. You know, the Las Palapas the owner of Las Palapas is still looking for another franchisee, and that's where we're at with that.

That rent is 17 k per month for 4,200 square feet.

Mhmm. Yeah. He knows. Knows.

Make sense now? Yeah. Yeah.

Well, his franchise fees are.

The what? I don't know what his franchise fees are. Yeah. But probably the 9%. Yeah. I mean, that's why Dickies left because that amount was charged 11,000.

Yeah. He's aware that it's a high ask. Talk to him about that.

So he'll just take the rent off instead of getting a tenant? Yeah.

We've discussed it. So there's I think there there's plans. It. Yeah. It's all what goes in.

Okay. Here's another really great space, the current Manny G's. It is for sale. The building is for sale. It's a little bit of a smaller restaurant, but could be something really I mean, the inside is really really quaint. Could be a really great experiential, something really unique.

It's not a bad price if that's if it doesn't have a lot that has to be done on the inside.

Yeah. And it's come down. So

was really the whole space.

It's the relocation. Yeah.

He's selling the whole space for wow.

And the business as well or just the building?

I think just the building.

The inside is actually actually very nice. Like I Yeah. Done pretty well. Yeah. It's really like all huge.

Won't hold

on the wall but it's

actually Sale leaseback.

It's done a really good job on the inside.

He's wanting to a sale leaseback?

As far as I'm aware, it's they're just selling the building. So many

And closing the business? Yeah.

Closing the business.

When you said

that they've

been for years now.

Yeah. They're ready to move on. It's I think they've been in business like decades.

That's why

I did a small boutique Italian restaurant.

Yeah. It's really, really charming in there. So someone really great. Be very lucky to get that.

Yeah. I'll talk to

someone then. Okay. Let's go down South Main. Don't understand. Okay. So what's really unique about this one is we really don't have a ton of land left in Keller. So the fact that here's another 15 acre opportunity, it's rare. It is commercial zoning. They would be willing to subdivide. The challenge with this one is it does back to a neighborhood. So it would need to be something that wouldn't impact that neighborhood with tons of traffic or sound, and, you know, the goal and

Something besides political signs?

Oh god. God. What are we

gonna do? Where are gonna put them?

I gotta go a lot further to the south.

So the the vision is, you know, long term vision is redeveloping 377 into having more entertainment. We found that Keller residents want more family entertainment. They wanna stay in Keller. They don't wanna keep leaving for entertainment.

So We looked at a couple places. We reached out a couple like, we were I reached out to Slick City and a couple other places to try to get them in here. Some family type family fun center type places with a restaurant to keep them there longer.

Mhmm.

Like pizza and stuff like that. That's the thing we talked about. There's no place for our sports teams to go

Yes.

And have parties afterwards. So some place that they have rooms and tables.

Yeah.

Where they can go and book parties after the games, soccer, baseball, whatever.

Absolutely. There's no

place big enough for us. Everyone leaves and goes across the tracks, goes to alliance, and we we keep losing that revenue.

Yeah. So this this a concept like that would be ideal. And just, you know, Slick City was really interested in Big Lots, but it wasn't high enough.

Now they need for their slides, they have to

So it'd be great to get them somewhere else, but, obviously, building many building would be tough.

Is volleyball a big deal here? Sand volleyball? Does Bear Creek get filled up with that?

Mhmm. I

mean, I see people out there playing, but I don't know.

I don't

know if it's a big deal, but there's some activity.

Some people play. Yeah. Feel like the bigger deal here is, like, baseball and

Well, what yeah. I'm thinking, again, of my original thought from KYI fifteen years ago of kind of a supper club, the Minnesota supper clubs they have in summer, volleyball, and, you know, in this case, maybe pickleball courts because they can put a lot on an acre for those kind of things. Draw people in with the, you know, a sports bar, restaurant, you know, a nicer restaurant, and maybe a quick restaurant kind of a thing. And then in the back, you've got, you know, your sports stuff, you know, whether it's, you know, a couple of t ball fields or volleyball or, you know, pickleball. Yeah.

There's hospitals with within walking distance on both sides.

Go ahead and press the street. We can rehab

before the game.

That's right.

This one, it's over next to ASI gymnastics. Just for context, it's just down the road from the other one, and it's same story, different property.

And again, backs up to that that same

Yeah.

Almost that same residential neighborhood.

Uh-huh. Yeah. So there's

Might be a little more of a better candidate for the proposal you had, but you still have that that neighborhood is vocal. So

Yeah. And the concern too is cut through traffic. You know, that could so there's there's a few things to keep in mind there. And then kind of tucked away on the other side also south, and I'm sure you've all have you all driven over by Penguin Patch?

Yeah. Mhmm.

You know, really really impressive facility. So on one side, there will be four buildings. No. Wait. One side of yeah. One side is four buildings. The other side is two buildings. Oh, it's right in front of me. And so this is flexed. This also has an incentive. They are incentivized. Their incentive incentivize them more if they bring sales tax producing businesses. So that is the primary thing that we're helping them recruit. And then to, you know, flex space right now is so popular. We're curious to see how this one's gonna go.

Obviously, we're hoping it's gonna be really successful. And the the thing I'm most excited about for this one is the daytime population that it will bring from people working there all day supporting our restaurants during lunch and afterwards.

So this is a done

deal? Mhmm. Yeah.

It's currently under construction. Okay. Yeah. It's a total of, gosh, 160,000 plus for a fee. Yeah.

When Yeah. Did they plan to open? Or

They're still under construction. I don't know that we have like a estimated date.

It's gonna take about a year plus to construct since

it's gonna be

We can

Yeah. I'll check on that.

We got a

place back. But they're definitely working working at it right now. And then this brings us to Old Town which is, you know, obviously a huge priority for us. You all know that, you know, we have the Festival Street now, the pedestrian hybrid beacon, the Bay Street Spark, obviously, the Elm Street reconstruction. And the focus here is to really make it a hub for shopping, dining, and entertainment.

So one of the things that in in talking with TAG the last few months that we wanted to bring to you and it's it goes along with this presentation is really kind of what is the vision for redevelopment in Old Town. What are the kind of businesses that you guys wanna see here as we continue to kind of ideate who we're gonna go after, who we're gonna recruit? And then can will you explain this, Aaron? You're so excited about this one.

You were part of this before I

It's just that we had purchased land. Yes. Yeah. So we negotiated with the church. So that initially was or was Keller Church of Christ parking lot and or there about we were able to purchase that with them, and we'll turn that into a 145 parking stall parking lot that will tie in the just to kinda make a full circle conversation, we'll have a phase three power transformer installed on the left hand side just under I think that's two thirteen.

So that actually will be able to feed the other properties along there as well. Again, they'll have to do their own transformer to connect it, but

But that's lot switch box.

Go ahead. Switch box. Yeah. So we'll have that we'll have that built in there and help the other side. But that that's part of that investment in that area is to add that additional parking. That's one of the big things we hear a lot of is we need more parking. So Mhmm. Allow for that, especially on the East Side of the Coltown area.

Yes. As you're out talking to people and maybe you run into a business and you want them to expand to Old Town and they say, well, there's no parking, you can tell them we're working on a 145 more spaces right now.

And then you'll have all the parking on Elm as well, like, the other side

The parallel spots.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So more parking is coming. That's probably one of the biggest things we hear.

What's the projected timeline again? Where are we at in that?

Is it

two more years? Probably two more years at least. Yes. I mean, it's a three year project.

Yeah. So Yeah.

So yeah. They're they're supposed to be taking down the Right now,

we're using that staging for the destruction. I have

to say, mean, I I drive down it every single day going to my building, and they're I mean, it's incredible how quickly, like we did some drone pictures as well and how quickly, like, they're moving on to the next thing and the next thing and the next thing. So I will say there's, like, a lot of movement happening just from my perspective going

I actually really appreciate that. We we hear a lot of people that don't that say the opposite of, like because it's all been utility work right now.

It seemed like it at first

Yeah. That, like, what's going on? And there's, like, four guys here. Like, what's happening? And then I will say over the past couple months, we've noticed a big uptick. And then just like I said, we've done some aerial shots just to document the process. And it's been very visible and actually really fascinating how much there's a salon on the corner of Olive where we are and actually right across from where the brewery wants to be. And there was this huge ditch that was just unusable. And it's like one day we just all of a sudden were like, oh my gosh, that whole thing is filled and just looks great. And so just to give feedback to the to the city, I think they're doing a great job. I'm right now. It's moving along. Awesome. Pretty well.

You will relay the message. Yeah. Do this.

And do you know what's going on

with the is it

Shanden Shanden Harbors or what? It's

the Shanden Harbors.

So that is the Kyla events now.

Okay. So Don sold it.

Yes. Well, yes.

Okay. Alright.

Did they Don's this is not opening? Knew he was trying

to They're open now.

Oh, they

are. Yeah.

They're booking events. Okay. Alright. So Oh, wait. Wait. Hang on. Hang on. What is your vision? What do you wanna see? Tell us. What do you wanna see in Old Town? What kind of businesses? Other than Justin's business.

No. Justin's business.

Just we do. Or restaurants.

I think the the walkable aspect of restaurants, honestly, would be fantastic. I have a lot of meetings at my building and, like, I love Cafe Medi, but it is the most convenient to walk to. There's not a whole lot else. And same thing with coffee shops on our side. I've I've definitely walked down and walked across. The crosswalk is great. Yeah. But, again, being on our side, it would be really convenient if we had more stuff happening that we could walk to because I know that that's been a request even with people that we have in our building when we have like businesses that rent our space. Yeah. More walkable stuff on our side for food for sure. And a coffee shop.

Yeah. Same. So I I office on the West Side Of Maine for six months, and it was awesome being able to walk to the different restaurants and stuff there. And I was so irritated that Grotogi opened after

I moved to the other side of street. And I

could see it from my street and I have to go down the baits and across the crosswalk and back up to get to it. So Like and I was serious. I'm I'm looking forward to the Killer House Collective because it's right down the street for me. And it's kind of

the only thing we

have on corner of my street. Outside.

You should have recused yourself from the vote. I

was honest.

What else?

You're wanting ideas from this group?

Yeah. Well, like, as we're thinking I mean, it's not, you know, council's gonna kinda talk more through their vision for Old Town. I but just curious what y'all what y'all's feedback

question because I know that, like, even looking at all the different properties that are available, have you guys I know we've kind of talked about this privately and separately, but just to bring it to the table, on Bate Street, those two pieces of property, is there any anything happening from the city perspective to talk with the sellers to see about what they envisioned to be there or what could be or finding some the right person to take that space because I feel like it is such prime space. Yeah. And like in full transparency, I try to take a stab at buying it myself, and it's it's very I don't know what they want. So I don't know if the city can open more communication because I'm I'm concerned, like, what might potentially end up there because of I'm not really clear what they want to do with that property.

All we know is that because the sellers are not in Keller. So there's so this the story with this one is there are six heirs to this property, five or six of them. Five. And and they want very specific terms. They want the exact price that they want, and they're gonna hang on to it until they get exactly what they want. So that's all we know. We've definitely tried asking them, you know, but about what they want, what but what they really want is just their terms that and you went through the the process with them. Is that what they're telling you as well?

The terms and they still didn't accept it. So that's why I'm kind of like, I'm just curious what they want to happen there or what or maybe they're not ready to sell. But I think just like from the perspective of like, it is such a highly invested area by the city Yeah. That I think it would kind of behoove us as a city to kind of see what they want because maybe there's an opportunity for economic to work with them and get them whatever it is that they're looking for. Because I think it's really important to be honest and that's why I wanted to buy it. But I think it's really important for this It's

on Bates Street. There's the there's two property side by side. It's 128

126. 126 and 130 Just retired. 132. Yeah. Yes.

Are they houses?

Yeah. They're both, but I I I'm pretty sure they're both potentially teardowns. Sure.

Yeah. That's what we've heard.

It's Yeah. And one of them might be salvageable. The the other one is a smaller historic 19 o 2 building. Okay. That's a potential teardown. And then the other one, I think, I mean, I think it's salvageable, but it has a lot of potential for the type of businesses we wanna see in Old Town as far as like the location, the property, and all of those things. So if, like, if there's any way that economic in some kind of

way Well, that's part of why we're bringing up this conversation. Right? Because we wanna be able to take them prospects that they would say yes to. Right. Exactly. And so definitely wanna hear from you guys. Like, what would get you to go to this property? What would get you to go to Bay Street? What would

get you excited? What would get your friends and family that maybe don't live here to come to Keller to go to this? Would it be a restaurant? Would it be a coffee shop? Would it be something else? Like, what would get you really really excited that then we can go chase after for them? I did some pretty extensive market research in the area, for that reason because of my interest there. And coffee shop, hands down, bar none. And even people that own coffee shops want to come into Old Town Keller. So it's just finding the right space.

Right? Yeah. And so I think there is a very good potential for that just based on conversations that I had. And so, yeah, I think it's just seeing what they truly want and seeing how the city can partner with them to try to find like be in alignment so that Yeah. The way the right things end up there because that that is a big concern I think because of what's been invested in Bethpage Street. Yeah.

No. We're definitely just as interested as you are in making sure that the right the right thing goes there because it's key. I mean, you know, the city has invested so much already on Main Street and making it Festival Street that we're not you and I have talked about this property. Yeah. So with that, here's the challenge. The property is priced pretty high. Mhmm. And it's going to most likely be a complete teardown. So we gotta find someone that is willing to buy the property at what is like $6.50? Yeah. $6.50 for both for 2

For both?

For 2 yeah. For both. For both.

How big is it?

It's like not even

an acre. No. Yeah. It's just shy of an acre.

Are both side by side?

So they're both side by side.

Them as one.

Yeah. They're selling them as one. There it's two plots. One is, like, a third of an acre, and then the other one is about point 17. And so then whoever

That's what's happening. Purchases

it, then he's gonna have to build it.

Up. They have a Google or whatever.

So it's a it's a huge if if y'all want, I can y'all wanna see it?

Or

No. We need to.

Okay. Yeah.

We need

to wrap up. So

we're actually

is Yes. Yes. Right up there. Yep. So anyway, just wanted to get y'all's feedback on what you would wanna see there so we can but again, it's gonna be a huge endeavor for anybody to purchase it and then build and then and then and then and then.

Which I mean, be perfectly honest, that's the rub with old town in general. Yeah. The the property values are high because it's a selective area, But the type of businesses that we want can't necessarily afford to operate on that level of

Probably, you've got to balance people businesses versus restaurants and destinations because you gotta have some density to be able to support the restaurants and everything. That's the concern. Maybe Line Elm with the shops and the and the restaurants, and then the interior of it is the office and multi use kind of stuff that goes two stories, three stories, whatever it is.

And I was hoping that Alton Horns, the more concert venue would help start bringing people that way. I would love to see a dry dry bar comedy club type thing. I think it's something that would be very unique for the area that would I'm always thinking about what's gonna draw people that are fed up with trying to fight traffic in Southlake to get into a restaurant or don't wanna go all the way to Alliance, what would bring people to that area so that we keep alive the things that we we wanna see there and but they're that are not restaurants.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And Entertainment. Okay. So if y'all have any ideas, you think about middle of the night, just shoot me a text. Okay. 1661 South Main Street. So this was kinda tricky. This used to be an auto Yes. Pipes. Sorry. Pipes.

So tricky one because it's huge and we're looking for what would be a good backfill that fills the vision. Parking would be tricky for a restaurant to go back here especially with just the way that the business is laid out, but that's something that has been brought up. It would have to be a national brand. Interesting one. And then down roof snow.

This is a potential carve out for Lowe's. So Lowe's would be willing to carve out a piece of their parking lot for ideally a single tenant QSR. And they told me they would be extremely selective which I love to hear that. It should be someone great. So they would only go to someone, consider someone really great. And then here next to the, new h t o, there's another pad site over by the Walmart. Could be another QSR or something along those lines that would be complementary to HTL.

HTL has been open how long now?

Like, has it been six months?

Gosh. Time

is fine.

What is time?

Yeah. I'm just saying, dude. I didn't mean to get philosophical. I'm trying to figure out how well are we doing. Yeah.

I'll check on them.

I'll see.

Thanks. Yeah.

Random question, but tropical smoothie Mhmm. I think was has anybody talked to them about getting another my understanding is whoever owned that franchise died, and they just closed it and went away. Oh, I didn't

know that. So they closed before I came on board, so I didn't realize it was

That was just that's what

I heard. I don't know how but maybe, like, finding them another spot.

Or just another sample smoothie franchise to backfill that same because

That space is going to be pickle mints.

Oh, so they've already leased it.

What is what is that?

So contrary to to what some people think, it's not pickleball related. It's, like sandwiches with lots of different pickles and Oh, mac and cheese and yeah. Lots of different kind of fast casual.

It's got a cult following.

Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. We are becoming the foodie. We're that foodie town. So

anyway, so I didn't give you nearly as many details as I have, but I just wanted to get through this. I I'm sure y'all, have questions. So just know you can reach me anytime. And I still like to give you an update. Oh my goodness.

Yes. Sorry. It's fine, dad. Rapid fire. Okay. Do you wanna call that one and then

I'll pass these and And

then h two was up here, c o in September. So it may open in maybe like October or something. It's just felt like a like, six months since October.

Are we out? Are we short?

I think they're gone. We're good.

We're We're good.

Okay. Yeah. Talks heard this one already. Yeah. Alright. So we had five new CEOs in December. Great Electronics LLC at 220 North Main Street, Stay Social, which is the stay and play if you've seen the promotion for it recently at 8849 Deersch Boulevard. Always There Always There Air LLC at 2000 Whitley Road, Earn Foundation Wellness Center at 140 Pecan Street, and the House for Orc Church at 1711 Keller Parkway. So far through well, not so far. Through the December, we had a 126 c o's that were issued.

And then as far as permit applications coming soon, things of interest, I'm sure many of you have already visited especially Sweet Gourmet Boutique. Their grand opening was on January 17, and y'all they turned the space around so quick, and it is so cute. So please go visit. Fresh Monkey Smoothie Shop at 242 Rusnow Drive, they are aiming for an April 1 opening. Pickleman Squirming Cafe Keller, the former Tropical Smoothie will be opening this spring.

And then Aquario Pasta Pizza Bar going into the Old Maple Street Biscuit Company. They're aiming to open after Valentine's Day. Okay. So open rewards, we have eleven weeks of data. We have a lot more users than we did the first go around.

We have over we have 2,200 users so far. We've distributed a little over 20,000. And then when asked if the app is influencing their purchases, 78% have said yes. I highlighted for you the top businesses as far as total highest total transaction amount claimed through the twenty ninth. And what I wanted to show you here is that kinda what we thought would happen happened, and that the highest transactions are for the grocery stores.

And and but there are still quite a bit of local businesses that are getting some love in the top 30. So I wanna show you Houghton Horns, Jabo's, Ellis and Outdoor, Power, Bear Creek, Running Go. I have to read it for you. Something that Melanie pointed out to me that I thought was interesting is that we are watching these numbers every few weeks. I'm asking them for some reporting.

During the holidays, Melanie brought up to me, it was actually a little bit more like retail. So, like, tater tot was higher. And so it's just I think it's gonna be kind of seasonal. We are still trying to figure out where do we go from here. It's February, and we haven't given out half, almost almost half. So it's gonna be a question for council tomorrow when I when I give y'all your new update tomorrow of when do we stop, and do we just keep it going? Southlake is launching their third go around

of it this week. Well, and we're

talking Northwestern Hills both started pushing more to

Yes. Yeah. So a lot of our neighbors are doing it.

I don't know if

we had an impact on that, but I just noticed their

Yeah.

Push notifications coming through.

So, anyway, just some some information for you. That's all I have. Do have any questions on

the update? Is this list ranked? Because it's just Yeah. This is the top 22.

So this how

ranked was

the Mhmm.

Highest locally owned Yep.

Score? Yeah.

They,

I mean, they would talk about it.

And they were they asked for more materials and

Yeah. Your horns are very expensive. You can buy one horn and, like, get

that Yes.

Reimbursement. Yeah.

And, you know, different businesses promoted it differently. Like, one I wanna point out, Theater Tot Loutique has has put in a lot of effort to really promote it, so we definitely appreciate that.

Okay. Thank you everybody. Anybody have any other input, question, comments?

Make a motion

to adjourn. Insults.

Have a

motion to adjourn. Second. Alright. We're adjourned. Thank you everybody.