Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 57

Sunday April wwwslar tclcj'ranicoin I tJJlili MARKETPLACE BUSINKSS CALENDAR 3 of Kmarts set to close doors NEW STAR-TELEGRAMJEN FRIEDBERG New restaurant in Keller Golden Corral is building a 10500-square-foot restaurant at 1801 Main St in Keller The restau- rant is expected to open in mid-May It will have the traditional buffet-style fare and new offerings such as flame-broiled steak buffets in the evenings and made-to-order chicken breast and ham- burgers during lunch Construction of the restaurant is valued at $599000 according to a permit filed with the city I 7 Monday Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce Networks leads group meeting 11:30 am Logan's Roadhouse 948 NE Loop 820 Hurst (817) 283-1521 Tuesday Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce leads group 5 meeting 7:30 am Courtyard by Marriott 2201 Airport Freeway Bedford (817) 283-1521 Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce Biz Builders leads group meeting 11:30 am Harrigan's Restaurant 1501 Airport Freeway Bedford (817) 283-1521 Wednesday Division of the Greater IrvingLas Colinas Chamber of Commerce luncheon 11:30 am Las Colinas Country Club 4400 O'Connor Road Irving (972)252-8484 Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce leads group 3 meeting 11:30 am Hoffbrau Steaks of Bedford 1833 Airport Freeway Bedford (817) 283-1521 Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce Power Networking leads group meeting 11:30 am Harrigan's Restaurant 1501 Airport Freeway Bedford (817) 283-1521 LeTip International business-leads exchange 7:16 to 8:31 am Mimi's Cafe 1449 Texas 114 Grapevine (817) 410-7270 Thursday Northeast Tarrant Chamber new member orientation and membership luncheon 10:30 am Birdville ISD Fine ArtsAthletics Complex 9200 Mid-Cities Blvd North Richland Hills $13 Terri Nai-ni (817)281-9376 Grapevine Chamber of Commerce after-hours mixer 5:30 to 7 pm Silver Oaks Apartments 3701 Grapevine Mills Parkway (817) 481-1522 North Texas chapter of the Certified Commercial Investment Members luncheon networking and program about saving taxes by preserving open space 11:30 am Park City Club 17th floor 5956 Sherry Lane Dallas $35 (972) 503-3299 Friday Women's Division of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce luncheon noon Stacy Furniture 1900 Mam St Grapevine (817) 481-1522 Greater Keller Chamber of Commerce luncheon 11:30 am Keller Education Center 350 Time to get your blue-light shopping in because today is the last day most Kmarts will be open in Texas That includes the stores at 1405 Pipeline Road in Hurst 3500 Airport Freeway in Irving and 3316 Denton Highway in Haltom City A company spokesman said a few of the 308 stores set to close may still be open after today as they try to sell the rest of their inventory Home suite home Cynthia Martin and Lee store is stocked with furniture from luxury model homes samples from furniture dealers and maybe even your sofa Trading Spaces is a furniture consignment store that opened this month at 8707 Bedford-Euless Road in Hurst near the North East Mall Most of the furniture comes from people who are scaling back their lifestyle or getting rid of their gently-used furnishings to get something new Martin said The 3500-square-foot space is full of armoires folding screens Tiffany-style lamps chaises bedroom suites mirrors and other things People who want to add to the inventory can first bring in pictures of their furniture for a tentative appraisal Home Depot opening June 12 is the opening date set for The Home Depot under construction at 125 Texas 114 in Roanoke The 95000-square-foot store will include a 24000-square-foot garden center The store incorporates some of the Atlanta-based newest concepts such as an expanded appliance area tool rental and DesignPlace where homeowners can plan the details of remodeling The home of the blue-light special turns out the lights tonight at 10 of months as a hamburger restaurant said Reza Rohanni of Arlington who recently purchased the space Rohanni who also runs a dry cleaning business in Arlington said he was interested in the site because of the location and the traffic volume In the pipeline Also on Baker Boulevard is a three-quarter-acre site where Rick and Martha Strain of Strain Plumbing in Flurst want to relocate this fall The Strains plan to break ground on the location at 7301 Baker Blvd by June and finish by October The plumbing business will occupy half of the 9000 square feet in the building They intend to lease the rest out as showroom-warehouse space This will give the Strains 2000 more square feet to expand their service throughout Tarrant County and into retailing The business could increase its staff from five to eight employees Martha Strain said Joe Berry her father is also an owner Strain Plumbing has been at 1265-B Hurst Blvd since 1986 Impressive results Print Central of North Richland Hills gets a new Heidelberg press that will allow it to print larger sheets of paper faster and give it the ability to print on both sides of the paper at the same time Owner Dennis Denson is already seeing a difference in his business Fie said it takes some of the strain off the other presses will help us to be a lot more efficient on long Denson said He said he had to trade in two presses and finance the rest to make the investment you invest this much money into a new piece of machinery certainly taking a he said confident in what this Star-Telegram Keller Parkway Keller (817) 431-2169 Plan ahead Southlake Chamber of Commerce luncheon 11:30 am April 24 Timarron Country Club 1400 Byron Nelson Parkway Southlake (817) 481-8200 Joint chamber mixer 5 to 7 pm April 22 Texas Christian University Global Center Hillwood office building at Alliance Airport 13600 Heritage Parkway Suite 100 Free Women's Division of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce Great Taste of Grapevine 5:30 to 8:30 pm April 24 Grapevine Convention Center 1209 Main St $20 Includes food samples from 26 restaurants and one wine or beer ticket Tickets are available at the chamber office 200 Vine St (817)481-1522 Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce business after-hours mixer 5:30 to 7 pm April 24 Frozen Drinks 4U 120 Wanda Way Suite 106 Hurst Julie Neal (817)283-1521 Northeast Tarrant Chamber Strictly Business networking cinmnw yt breakfast 7:30 to 9 am April 25 Tarrant County College Northeast Campus Student Center Galley Room 828 Harwood Road Hurst $5 Terri Naini (817) 281-9376 North Hills Corporate Challenge annual competition April 26 to May 10 North Richland Hills Recreation Center 6720 NE Loop 820 The 12-event competition for companies and businesses includes tugof war softball horseshoes miniature golf table tennis basketball golf a 5K run bowling billiards volleyball and wacky Olympics Entry fee is $695 per company Bob Hagin (817) 427-6600 Colleyville Area Chamber of Commerce City Slickers live and silent auction 5 to 9 pm April 27 Grapevine Convention Center 1208 Main St Cindy (817) 488-7148 Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce golf classic April 28 Golf Course at Texas Star in Euless (817)283-1521 Northeast Tarrant Chamber Chamber Cities Roundtable and luncheon 11:30 am to 1 pm April 29 chamber boardroom 5001 Denton Highway Haltom City Ter 1 lean and Bill Watson 3209 John Court Hurst TX 7605 1 3 Barbara and Jat Perry 8105 Kenlwcxid Dr North Uuhltnd Hills TX 76180 5 1 halxih and Randy Draper 7 10 1 Iklle Meade Colleyville TX 76031 lour oflwmes Oak Crest Cfuk Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Star-Telegram Call 817-21 5-2240 to book your tour' ri (817) 281-9376 Southlake Chamber of Com- merce leads group meeting nporv May 1 chamber office 1501 Cor)o rate Circle Suite 100 (817) 481-1 8200 RoanokeTrophy ClubWest- -lake Chamber of Commerce 7 7 monthly luncheon 11:30 am 6 Trophy Club Country Club 50Q Trophy Club Drive (817) I American Business Women's Association Holder Charter Chap-? ter dinner meeting 6 pm May 6 Trophy Club Country Club 500 Trophy Club Drive (817) 491-91557 Service Corps of Retired Executives 45-minute business-assis-tance 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