DTX-FHA: Impact 10/20/2025

In September, nearly 180 homes were sold across Flower Mound, Highland Village and Argyle, according to data from the MetroTex Association of Realtors.

Diving deeper: Year-over-year, the number of homes sold, 179, was a 3.24% decrease from 185 sold in September 2024.

Additionally, the number of new listings in September was 248, a nearly 3.77% year-over-year increase from the 239 newly listed for sale in September 2024.

A new Vietnamese restaurant, Kosmik Fusion Bar & Restaurant, is now open in Highland Village.

What's on the menu: Kosmik’s menu includes Vietnamese dishes, such as banh mi, pho, fried rice and a whole fried fish. The restaurant’s drink menu is a selection of wines, beers and cocktails, including a pho martini.

Also of note: The rebranded restaurant opened under the new name Oct. 1.

• 2940 Justin Road, Ste. 100, Highland Village

Meow Wolf in Grapevine is premiering Phenomenomaly, a performance with live actors, dancers, musicians and giant puppets to tell the story of the migrating flickerwerm, a creature created by Meow Wolf, according to a news release from Meow Wolf.

The details: The new exhibition will begin Nov. 15 and will run Fridays-Sundays from 1-6 p.m. inside Meow Wolf’s The Real Unreal exhibit, per the release. The performance series will stop showing after Jan. 4.

Quote of note: “Phenomenomaly invites our guests to become part of a story as it unfolds live,” Meow Wolf Grapevine General Manager Jamie Weaver-Garia said in the release. “You explore, you play, and you meet a cast of strange and friendly characters who bring this place to life."

Learn more about the candidates for at-large Place 6 on the Lewisville ISD board of trustees.

What you need to know: The board approved calling a special election to replace the vacant position at an Aug. 25 meeting in a 5-1 vote. The election comes after trustee Buddy Bonner resigned this summer due to the district’s nepotism guidelines.

The last day to register to vote is Oct. 6. Early voting will take place from Oct. 20-31. Election Day is Nov. 4.

LISD uses Denton County Elections Office locations and Tarrant County Elections Office locations. Specific polling locations and hours can be found on Denton and Tarrant counties’ websites.

The overview: Argyle citizens within town limits will vote for the second time on whether the sales tax in the Harvest commercial district should increase or not during the Nov. 4 election.

The sales tax in the Harvest district would be 8.25% total, which is a 0.75 percentage point increase from what it currently is, per town documents. This is the maximum sales tax that can be collected under state law, according to the Texas Municipal League. Early voting will be Oct. 20-31.

What they're saying: “It’s going to boil down to this,” Argyle Town Manager Mike Sims said. “Should the folks in Harvest pay the same sales tax as everybody else in the town of Argyle?”

The context: The proposition to increase sales tax in the Harvest district, located in Argyle’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, ETJ, was first put before voters during the May 3 election, but failed with 553 voting against and 546 voting for the proposed sales tax rate, according to Denton County’s website.

Early voting in the Nov. 4 election begins Oct. 20 and runs through Oct. 31. During early voting, registered voters can cast ballots at any polling place within their county of residence, according to the secretary of state’s office.

What to bring: Voters must bring one of seven forms of identification to the polls:

• A Texas driver license (issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety)
• A Texas personal ID card (issued by the DPS)
• A Texas handgun license (issued by the DPS)
• A Texas election ID certificate (issued by the DPS)
• A U.S. military ID card with the voter’s photograph
• A U.S. citizenship certificate with the voter’s photograph
• A U.S. passport

As Community Impact enters its third decade, it’s returning to its roots of growth and deeper reader connections. The “Patron” program, which began in 2020 by reader demand, is relaunching as the InCIder this month.

“This relaunch represents our renewed commitment to readers who support our local news,” CEO John Garrett said. “Beyond funding great journalism, we also want to reward our InCIders and build deeper connections with them, creating a true sense of community around the work we do.”

The InCIder program currently gives donors access to a special Saturday email edition across each metro: Austin, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.

Memberships are currently $10 per month or $110 annually. A membership will include the previously mentioned perks, as well as:

• Quarterly discounts at local businesses 
• Invites to in-person events
• Optional naming and “thank you” in our newspaper
• Community Impact swag
• InCIder anniversary gift