Melissa-TX covers real-estate, healthcare, education, new business and economic development in the growing city of Melissa of Collin County, Texas.
For those who don’t know, about two weeks back, there was an oil spill in northern Collin County that dumped roughly 15,000 barrels of crude oil on the ground near Blue … Read full article
Collin County had another record-breaking year of home sales in 2016 with more than 14,500 homes sales closed in 2016. That is according to Steve Haid, chief operating officer for … Read full article
During last week’s Melissa Independent School District board of trustees meeting, parents and students got a first glimpse of what the future Melissa High School will look like.  The drawings were … Read full article
This year’s Melissa city’s Christmas Parade, “A Night of Christmas Lights”, is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3 at 6:00 p.m. The parade will travel down Cardinal Drive to Melissa Ridge Intermediate, as … Read full article
At the Collin County Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners voted to drop the tax rate 7 percent to $0.208395 per $100 valuation. This is the largest tax rate cut in 30 … Read full article
The nation’s largest giving day is back for its 8th year on September 22, 2016. North Texas Giving Day has pumped more than $119 million into local nonprofits over the … Read full article
Attom Data Solutions (the new parent company of RealtyTrac) – one of the leading sources for comprehensive housing data – recently released its 2016 Schools and Housing Report, which shows that … Read full article
St. Louis and Dallas based Gardner Capital Development was awarded a $1.3 million reservation of affordable housing tax credits from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to develop … Read full article
The Coast2CoastRx program has been implemented in 12 counties that are members of the Urban Counties and another 8 counties in Texas. The Urban Counties represents 80% of the population … Read full article
Melissa Public Library received a visit from the TAME Trailblazer Mobile Science Exhibit truck (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) on Monday, July 11. Almost 225 kids and parents came and … Read full article