bigboyz2004

Thanks for posting those renderings. And Chad thanks for those links. Texarkana is definitely growing by leaps and bounds.

I've never been to the Rio Grande Valley before but, I hear that it's growing really fast and that lots of people are moving there. I've been to Houston several times and I love that place. You're very welcome about those sites. I also reccommend www.dallasmetropolis.com . Also, thanks for the info.

Are you a college student?

Oh ok. You should come check us out, that is if you haven't already been here.

Also do you go to the skyscraper city or urban planet sites?

Hey Boris, do you live in the Texarkana area?

Nice pics! There is a new project that is in the development phase. It's to be called Waterman Creek. When finished there will be residential, shopping, offices and more. It will be located on the Texas side near the Nash exit. On the Arkansas side a large shopping complex will be built north of I-30 near the Jefferson Avenue exit.

Will the skylines of Downtown Houston and Texas Medical Center ever connect or at least grow very close to each other?

Anyone have any information available online to back up this claim? I work on projects in the Ark-La-Tex region all the time and have never heard of this project. Thanks.

Do you have any info on any other projects that are coming to the Texarkana area?

Even more development is slated for the Texarkana area. On the Arkansas side 13 acres has been cleared and will be used for restaurants and offices, B. Jaxx, Beehive Shoe Outlet, Alfredo's, CITA nail salon, CATO, 31,000 square-foot urology building, Ironwood Grill, Dot's Rentals, 1,000 new jobs at Red River Army Depot and several apartment and housing developments.

Does anyone here think that TMC and DT Houston will ever grow into each other or connect?

So, the restaurant Chi Chi's might as well be called Titt!es.

I was just wondering but, is Texarkana part of the Dallas Regional Trading Area?

D@mn it! They should of come to Texarkana! LOL.

Downtown is still struggling but, new life is being breathed downtown. An old warehouse is being converted into loft apartments and a few new restaurants and a grocery store has recently opened. Our growth really started to take off in 2000 and most likely won't let up for awhile. The bad thing is that the majority of our growth is congregating around our freeways instead of staying in the central city but, hopefully that will change with all the infrastructure improvements downtown.

Isn't it true that the D/FW metro area population has exceeded 6,000,000. If so that's crazy growth.

Head east.. you'll find alot more along the Louisiana border.

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I definitely agree. I live in Texarkana. In Texarkana race relations are I think good but not so when you go to these small hillbilly towns a few miles on the outskirts. Did you guys hear about what happened to a 41 yr. old mentally challenged black man in Linden, TX. This man was invited to this party and some of the people got drunk and made him dance. Then later on he was physically attacked by one of the partygoers repeatedly being called a monkey and n!gger. He lost consciousness and apparently they panicked so they took him and dumped him in a ditch, where he received numerous ant bites all over his body. The "men" went back and took him to the hospital. They were later acquitted of all charges. That's why I hate small country towns.

Also, a spur of I-69 will be constructed between Marshall, TX and Texarkana. Plus a northern loop will be built around the northern part of town and will be the meeting place of the future I-69 spur, which will run along the extreme western edge of the city, and I-49 North. We've always been a major pit stop between Dallas and Little Rock but, now we're becoming known as a business, transportation and shopping hub for this part of the state. Max Concrete, thanks for the pics and I'm glad you had a good impression of our city. You should come back and really explore.

I always had this question.  Is Texarkana two separate cities with one in each state? Do they have some interlocal agreements to share across the state line?

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To answer your first question, yes. I know that if you're involved in a high speed chase on the Texas side and you go to the Arkansas side, the Texas police officer can arrest you and vice versa.

We used to have a slogan calling us "Twice As Nice" because we're twin cities but now we're known as Western Charm with a Helping of Southern Hospitality. It sounds really corny and silly to me. Sometimes radio dj's call us the Ark-La-Homa-Tex, lol.

Just so no one is confused, I now live in the Texarkana area.

All I know is that there are several multimillion dollar projects going on such as the construction of a new Texas A&M campus, a couple of high end retail complexes and various office projects. In the downtown area they're making an effort to revitalize the run down buildings frequented by drug dealers, prostitutes and the homeless.Legacy Tower will be a mixed use office and retail development due to be completed by 2008. Also, an auditorium and convention center/hotel will be constructed downtown as well.

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Also a 1,000 home project is taking shape on the western side of the city. An 11 story apartment building has just started construction. A massive civic and sports complex is under consruction on the Arkansas side of town. It will have baseball and soccer fields, areas for football and basketball and tennis courts. Also part of the complex will be an arena that will seat up to 6,000 and will be used for concerts, hockey games and more. Taking shape near this facility will be a huge development that will feature hotels, restaurants, retail, apartments and more. Southern Refrigerated Trucking has broken ground on 40 acres for it's new facility that will create more than 1,550 new jobs. Among the many retailers, restaurants and hotels coming to this city include: Ruby Tuesdays, Coldstone Creamery, Talbots Department Store, Travel Inn Plaza Hotels, Goodies, Hooters, Olive Garden, TGIFriday, Ross Dress for Less, Burlington Coat Factory, Gander Mountain, UPS store and 2 new Bank of the Ozarks. The current construction of I-49 from Texarkana down to Shreveport is progressing nicely and is nearly complete to the Louisiana border. The Texarkana Regional Airport is under going a major reconstruction of the terminal and runways with the addition of another airline,Continental , setting up shop. The forecast for Texarkana's boom is that there is no end in sight.

I've got a friend that lives on Kip street ,in Kemah which is right off the boardwalk. We were on his front porch last summer and a huge flock of parrots came into view. They were everywhere, in all the trees. It was pretty cool.

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I don't know if you guys are aware of it or not but, Southern California, Southern Florida, Hawaii and the Rio Grande Valley are now home to dozens of species of free ranging parrot from all over the world.

A good friend of mine just moved there and he says lately the city is growing by leaps and bounds. They're building a new Texas A&M campus, factories, 2 new freeways, countless homes/apartments and scores of new businesses. Has anyone here been there lately, what did you think of it and do you have pics and additional info. Thank you and I appreciate your posts.