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“Community Cocktails with Kimberly” may have you wondering whether the show is really that entertaining or Kimberly Woodard just knows how to prepare a good cocktail.
While I can’t confirm the latter, her show will surely have you laughing out loud while getting to know your home community better, too. The first community development explored first on the podcast was Legacy West, a 250-acre lush urban destination lined with coveted retail, dining, residential, hotel, and office spaces. Woodard sat down with the director of marketing for Legacy West: Victoria Snee.
"If you haven't heard Legacy West and you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, you need to get out some more because it's been such an exciting development not just for Plano and the Collin County area but really for all of North Texas"
Woodard began the conversation by asking Snee how Legacy West has impacted the community. Snee responded:
“If you haven’t heard Legacy West and you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, you need to get out some more because it’s been such an exciting development not just for Plano and the Collin County area but really for all of North Texas.
You have people that are there on a daily basis to live, work, eat, play, [and] shop. That’s what Legacy West is all about, and it’s really taken it to a whole new level. What’s been so exciting about it is just the support that we’ve received from the community; the interest level has been exceptional. [There are] about 30,000 people on a daily basis coming to the Legacy West area.”
Woodard chimed in marveling her own pleasant experience at Legacy West:
“It’s a beautiful, beautiful facility. I love the shopping, I love going there for restaurants, whether it’s lunch or dinner. I bring my kids, I take clients. It’s just a fun, fun place to just hang out.
“One thing I love about Legacy west is you can go to have dinner and then stroll in the stores. A lot of the stores have later hours, [so] it makes you feel like you’re at a resort.”
Snee then elaborated on a new pull for Legacy West, Legacy Hall:
“What’s been a really huge draw for millennials is the food hall. Legacy Hall is a three-story food hall, 55,000 square feet of 23 different food stalls. Within that 55,000 square feet, [there is] 15,000 square feet of an outdoor entertainment venue. So people are coming all the time for concerts, and they’re mostly free. It’s really a fantastic time for anyone of any age.
The owners, Front Burtner restaurants, are going to take it across the country because it’s been such a huge success. To have the inaugural one at Legacy West has been really cool.”
Woodard then asked Snee what new developments might be in store for 2019. Snee highlighted the opening of Neighborhood Goods, a new type of department store featuring an ever-changing landscape of the world’s most exciting brands, products, and concepts:
“[Neighborhood Goods] is a department store of popups. It’s a great opportunity for brands that might not have a mortar space but want to test the market. They’ll have a pop-up shop there for maybe six weeks, some will be there for six months, some for a year.”
Some names in Neighborhood Goods, however, may be familiar. Serena Williams showcased her apparel line “Serena” at the department store in December of 2018. Neighborhood Goods also includes Reese Witherspoon’s clothing brand, Draper James, which will be in-store until November 14, 2019.
Snee also expressed her enthusiasm for the opening of Read Between the Lines, a stationary store opening its second location at Legacy West, and Amorino, an artisan gelato that recently opened in 2019. The last five acres of Legacy West will include more apartments, restaurants, and retail, which will be completed in 2020-2021.
The launch of Legacy West also marks a historic event in the development of DFW, Snee and Woodard contrasting the new high rise buildings to the farmland that occupied the space just years earlier:
“The only thing in [Plano] was EDS. It was a huge white building in the middle of nowhere, so now it’s so fun to be on the map. [When] you go outside Texas and you used to always say, ‘oh, I’m from Dallas’ because everyone recognizes Dallas. But you can say ‘I’m from Plano,’ and people know it now.”
And with her signature cocktail toast, Kimberly concluded the first episode of her Community Cocktails podcast. To view her full interview with Victoria Snee, visit the Youtube link below. Stay tuned for more content and cocktails on Community Cocktails with Kimberly!
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Kellie Rasberry was born and raised in SC, but moved to the big city to join Kidd Kraddick in the Morning on May 31, 1994.
Kellie had aspirations of becoming an actress, but the owner of a local radio station saw her at a talent convention and thought she had the perfect personality for radio. She began by sitting in with the morning show and got paid only if and when they used her.
After four months of showing up with donuts every day, the news girl quit and Kellie got her old job. She went on to host her own morning show and then, after a friend saw an ad in a trade magazine about working with some guy named Kidd, she auditioned for the job and got it. And thus was the beginning of the Kraddick/Rasberry Chemistry.
Kimberly has the energy and drive that comes from her enthusiasm for the real estate industry. During her 18 years as a Realtor® with Ebby Halliday Realtors®, she has received numerous accolades including Multi-Million Dollar Producer, Quarterly and Annual Company-Wide Honor Roll recognition, VIP Customer Service Award for highest client ratings, D Magazine Best Realtor®, 5-Star Professional Award, and several other recognitions for her success and service to clients.
Raised in the Dallas area, Kimberly comes from a family with deep roots in both the real estate and mortgage industries. Through her affiliation with Ebby Halliday Realtors® and her insatiable drive and determination to provide unparalleled service to her clients, Kimberly has successfully represented hundreds of clients, managing different circumstances with professionalism and client satisfaction as the only acceptable result. Her ability to adapt to each client’s needs and find the best route to achieve a successful result has helped in the sale of over 500 homes and nearly $150M in volume in her career.
Communication is an essential component of Kimberly’s commitment to her clients. She is undaunted in her goal to provide an unrivaled experience, melding industry-leading technology with superb personal skills to bring buyers and sellers together. Her knowledge of market trends both recent and historic coupled with superior negotiating skills allow Kimberly to market her client’s homes in the most discerning way and with one goal in mind, achieve the highest and most advantageous terms for her clients. For her buyer clients, Kimberly’s expertise in diverse markets and demographics benefit her clients in competing in a highly competitive, dynamic real estate market.
Kimberly also has her own Podcast Show, “Community Cocktails with Kimberly” where she interviews individuals in the community who are influencers and making a difference. New episodes air the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. Visit her Facebook Page or Subscribe to her YouTube Channel- Kimberly Woodard to check out her show.
Giving back is a priority for Kimberly and she serves on a variety of community, neighborhood, and church committees. Kimberly embodies the principles of Ebby Halliday Realtors® and none more so than Service to the Community. Her clients frequently refer her to family and friends with the knowing Kimberly will help them achieve the same success.
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