City cuts property tax rate for first time in 35 years

FBTX ~ Following approximately six weeks of study, meetings, workshops and a public hearing, Mayor Robert Dye and the City Council unanimously approved the City Manager's proposed $132 million Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget Tuesday night, including the firs...

Farmers Branch Power Switch announces winning rate; registration open thru 9/25

FBTX~ On behalf of Farmers Branch Power Switch, energy broker iChoosr has announced the results of a reverse auction held between electricity providers in an effort to lower rates for local residents using group buying power.

   The winni...

Economic Development Director featured in D CEO

FBTX ~ Realizing the value of relationships and hard work were the lessons learned by Farmers Branch Economic Development Director Allison Cook on her first job, at age 15, working for her father's Houston roofing company.

Ms. Cook's perspective w...

Farmers Branch recognized for performance management

WASHINGTON, DC ~ The International City/County Management Association, or ICMA, has announced that the City of Farmers Branch has been recognized for its data-driven management and reporting efforts with a Certificate of Distinction.

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Mercer Crossing recognized as "Best Real Estate Deal" by Dallas Business Journal

DALLAS ~ Differentiating itself from other master planned communities, the Mercer Crossing mixed-use development on the west side of Farmers Branch was recently recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as the Best Single-Family or Planned Community Real ...

DBJ shows Farmers Branch in Top 10 of 'Fastest Growing N. TX Cities'

FBTX ~ Ranking population growth rates between 2010 and 2015, the Dallas Business Journal shows Farmers Branch to be the ninth-fastest-growing City in North Texas, in a listing published recently.

   The chart shows Farmers Branch with a ...

Enhancements to Demo/Rebuild Program offer sliding scale of benefits

FBTX ~ Since its inception in 2009, the Farmers Branch Demolition/Rebuild program has been responsible for more than 40 homes being demolished and replaced with newer houses in many different neighborhoods of the city.

Now, after several different iteratio...

DEVELOPMENT: New mixed use project to replace big box at Inwood and Alpha

NEW BUDGET: No property tax increase included in new fiscal year budget

FARMERS BRANCH ~ Following the October 1 start to the new fiscal year, Farmers Branch City Manager Charles S. Cox and his staff have embarked on executing the 2016-2017 fiscal year, $97 million City budget. Coming in about 1 percent lower than the previou...

RECYCLING: Numbers show huge results in first nine months of curbside program

TCEQ: State commission orders full review of Farmers Branch Creek water rights case

AUSTIN ~ In what is being described by homeowners along Farmers Branch Creek as a major victory, the three-member Texas Commission on Environmental Quality unanimously remanded a water rights dispute between Farmers Branch and Addison back to their staff ...