The Northline, Issue #016

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In this Northline Issue…

⛳ A Driving Range Is Pitched for Colleyville Boulevard

🎓 Carroll ISD Will Count Extracurriculars Toward GPA

🚐 Trinity Metro Wants Feedback From NETS Riders

🍸 Local Table: Volstead Is Coming to Oak Street in Roanoke

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⛳ A Driving Range Is Pitched for Colleyville Boulevard

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About 37 acres at Colleyville Boulevard and John McCain Road could one day hold a driving range, restaurants, shops and offices. A rezoning request for a project called Gateway Grove was on the agenda for the Planning and Zoning Commission's work session on Monday evening.

Applicant Wes Hoblit is asking the city to rezone the land at 6900 and 6930 Colleyville Boulevard and 1701 John McCain Road from shopping center and light manufacturing zoning to a planned commercial district. The request covers a golf range, restaurant, retail and office uses.

The concept plan, which runs along the Cotton Belt Trail, lays out four phases: a driving range and pitch-and-putt course first, then a retail and training building, an office building, and finally restaurants with creekside dining. Monday's item was listed for presentation and discussion only, with no vote.

Review the work session agenda → | See the concept plan in the meeting packet →

🎓 Carroll ISD Will Count Extracurriculars Toward GPA

Carroll ISD students who stick with band, sports, theatre or robotics will get something extra on their transcripts. The district's Advanced Academic Credit for Extracurricular Participation, or AACE Credit, starts in fall 2027 and rewards long-term participation with a GPA boost. Here's how it works:

  • Students who finish two consecutive full years in the same qualifying organization earn provisional credit.

  • With credit, 10 points are added to the final grade of each qualifying semester when the district calculates weighted GPA and class rank.

  • Students who complete four consecutive years in good standing keep the credit permanently.

  • Qualifying groups are the Carroll programs that earn points toward the UIL Lone Star Cup, plus the Emerald Belles. That includes UIL athletics, band, cheer, theatre, speech and debate, robotics, choir and dance. Club sports and off-campus PE don't count.

The first graduating class that can benefit is the Class of 2029.

Read how AACE Credit works →

🚐 Trinity Metro Wants Feedback From NETS Riders

If you or someone you care for rides NETS, Trinity Metro wants to hear from you this week. The transit agency will share its plans for overseeing paratransit service from the Northeast Transportation Service (NETS) and Tarrant County Transportation Services, and ask for feedback, at a public meeting Wednesday from noon to 1 PM at North Richland Hills City Hall, in the third-floor Council Work Room at 4301 City Point Drive. A second session is set for Thursday at noon.

NETS offers door-to-door rides for residents of its member cities who are 65 or older or have a disability, for trips like medical appointments, work, shopping and school. Grapevine, Keller and North Richland Hills are members, along with Bedford, Euless, Haltom City and Hurst. Trinity Metro oversees the service under an agreement with those cities and contracts with Catholic Charities to run it.

See Trinity Metro's meeting schedule → | Learn more about NETS →

🍽️ Local Table 🍽️

🔜 Coming Soon: Volstead | 320 S. Oak St., Suite 120, Roanoke

The Prohibition-themed speakeasy from Southlake is bringing a second location to Oak Street. Restaurateur Dave Coussirat took over The Rô on Oak in September and is turning it into Volstead, with plans to open this fall, Community Impact reports.

Coussirat told Community Impact the Roanoke spot will mirror the Southlake menu and serve lunch and dinner every day. In Southlake, that means signature martinis, handcrafted cocktails and classics like the Old Fashioned, in a bar that pays homage to the 1919 law that kicked off Prohibition. Earlier this month, the Roanoke City Council approved a $15,000 façade grant toward about $33,000 in exterior work, including new outdoor seating along Oak Street, decorative lighting, window signage and an illuminated corner sign facing Oak and Crockett streets.

Volstead's website already lists the Roanoke address and hours, but no opening date has been posted, so check before you go.

See the Roanoke location → | Read the full story from Community Impact →

Know about a new spot, a closing, or a hidden gem? Hit reply and tell us.

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