Plano Balloon Festival 2010 – Plano InTouch Credit Union Balloon Fest at Oak Point Park

The 2010 Plano Balloon Festival is an annual Plano Texas event held in September each year, and is one of the city’s largest celebrations for kids and families alike. The Plano Balloon Festival in Plano is celebrating its 31st year in 2010, where approximately 95,000 attendees will experience more local fireworks, fun and excitement of the InTouch Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival scheduled on September 17, 18, & 19, 2010 at Oak Point Park in Plano. Oak Point Park is located at 2801 East Spring Creek Pkwy in Plano TX, 75074.

The Plano Balloon Festival is the largest balloon event in Texas, and has evolved over the thirty plus years of its existence into an important fundraiser for local nonprofit organizations. While the specific festival events vary from year to year, the typical balloon festival schedule includes five hot air balloon launches (weather permitting), a large Kids Fun Zone, two stages showcasing local community acts and live bands on Friday and Saturday night, sky divers, fireworks, food and merchandise vendors, and nighttime balloon glows.
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Plano Apartments for Rent in Plano Texas-FREE Move-Apartments in Plano TX

I’ve been apartment hunting in Plano TX for my eldest son who is in the process of moving to Plano from Chicago within the next month or so. Since I live in Plano myself, I’m at an advantage in helping my son find an apartment in or near Plano that is nice, affordable and in a good location, and where he can live as close to me as possible. Plano Texas is, in my opinion, one of the nicest far north Dallas suburbs to live in, with Frisco Texas coming in at a close second.

In 2005, CNN Money magazine declared Plano Texas as the best place to live in the Western United States. In 2006, CNN Money selected Plano as the 11th best place to live in the entire U.S., with numerous industries and good-quality living, as well as excellent schools that consistently score in the top few of the nation.

As soon as my son told me he was planning to move back to Texas and wanted help in finding an apartment, I was beside myself with excitement and immediately started checking out apartments in Plano and surrounding areas (Richardson, Garland, Allen, McKinney etc) for a one-bedroom apartment that meets his rent criteria and location preferences.

When I agreed to help my son find an apartment that meets his specific criteria, he said the only thing that mattered to him was that I find him a “cheap” one-bedroom apartment that is nice and in a good location. No problem. Plano TX is a large city, with lots of variety when it comes to finding a cheap apartment or a more “expensive” luxury apartment in Plano, or an apartment that falls somewhere between cheap/inexpensive and expensive/luxurious.
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