PLANO INFORMATION PAGE

Real Estate in Plano Texas - Plano Texas is a hotbed of new home development, due to the fact that several large companies have chosen Plano Texas as the site to relocate their operations. This has lead to a slight reduction in the availability of commercial properties, but there are sever commercial lots available in Plano Tx. Located about 20 miles north of Dallas Texas, and with a population of just over 200,000, Plano is Collin Counties largest city. The award winning schools, and the magazine rewards as one of the top places to live in the entire U.S., and economic initiatives have made Plano the place to live in the metro-plex area.

Incorporated in 1873, Home Rule City was granted Plano in 1961, Plano has 72.5 square mile corporate boundary.

4 Major highways add to a transportation system that also includes the bus and rail service(DART)with four airports nearby.

crime rates are of the lowest for all of large cities in Texas (100,000 population and up);

The Parks and Recreation Department has earned its accreditation and is a triple winner of a Gold Medal for Excellence. There are 80 parks with recreational trails that measure over 40 miles. You can play golf on either of the two municipal golf courses.

The 258 million gallon daily pump capacity of the highly rated municipal water system; $1.09 billion in municipal infrastructure assets; Fully automated weekly solid waste and recycling collections with yard waste weekly collection, municipal composting site and household chemical reuse center, Keep Plano Beautiful Commission, multiple winner of Governor's Community Achievement Award.

The total assessed value of property in the Plano area in 2003-04 was $20.4 billion (Collin County Central Appraisal District).