Lewisville Lake is one big reason that Money Magazine ranked Lewisville, Texas, among the top 100 best places to live in their August 2008 list of America's best small cities. Situated at the northern border of Lewisville, the 29,592-acre lake offers water sports, fishing (this is Texas' urban bass fishing capitol), and acres of scenic parks and trails for camping, horseback riding, golfing, hiking and biking. Lewisville's safe neighborhoods, restaurants and diverse business opportunities also figured large in reasons for its high ranking.
Lewisville has always been valued for its close proximity to the Dallas/Forth Worth airport. Due to open August 1, the new Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge (or Lake Lewisville Corridor) creates an east-west connection between Interstate Highway 35E and the Dallas North Tollway, saving 30 minutes drive time for motorists and creating opportunities for developers. Approximately 45,000 cars a day are expected to cross the lake, helping to revitalize the entire area.
If Lewisville city planners have their way, more than a million square feet of lakeside development will eventually comprise a major aquarium, hotels, retail, restaurant and residential space. A big step toward realizing these plans is an A-train rail line expected to be completed December 2010, creating a perfect combination of rail, highway and lake.
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Other Lake Cities and nearby areas are vibrant as well, garnering local and national attention and making their own plans for the future. Flower Mound was recognized as the Nineth Most Technologically Advanced City in the Nation by the Center for Digital Government and ranked fifth in the "Best Places to Raise Your Family," (according to Frommer's in 2006).
Home to Champ d'Or, Hickory Creek was named a "Top Ten Suburb" by D Magazine (July 2006), winning "Best Value for Quality of Life." It is the largest land mass (15 square miles) of the Lake Cities, a pleasing mix of bucolic settings and commercial development.
Phase I of a 115-acre, mixed-use Town Center is currently the making.
Little Elm has enjoyed great population and residential growth within the last seven years. Town leaders are now rectifying that, planning a $100 million, 400,000-square-foot mixed-use project called Town Center, expected to be completed 2013. The time is ripe, they say, because of the Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge and the potential it brings.
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