Couples find Allen housing complex supplies all their needs

Couples find Allen housing complex supplies all their needs
By Brittany Edwards / The Dallas Morning News
September 18, 2009

ALLEN – After raising four children in a large five-bedroom house, Jana and Mike Brosin decided to scale back – way back. Last December, the empty nesters moved into a 1,450-square-foot apartment at the Lofts at Watters Creek, a complex inside Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm.

"It's kind of our mini Manhattan," Jana says from her fifth-floor unit overlooking a meandering man-made waterway and the Blue Fish Japanese restaurant. "The greatest benefit in renting is that you don't even have to change an air filter. There's no lawn, no maintenance."

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Allen Community Outreach gearing up to host annual golf classic

Allen Community Outreach gearing up to host annual golf classic
By Kim Nguyen / Allen American
September 11, 2009

The Allen Community Outreach is gearing up to host its fourth annual Golf Classic on Sept. 21 at the Heritage Ranch Golf and Country Club in Fairview.

Driving ranges will open at 11:30 a.m. and the tournament will begin with a shotgun start team scramble at 1 p.m.

The tournament, which has been a sellout event for the past two years, was designed to be fun and enjoyable for players of all skill levels with a chance to win prizes while raising awareness for the needs of the Allen-Fairview-Lucas community at the same time.

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