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Welcome to Pottsboro, Texas

The small town with the Big Lake!

Welcome to Pottsboro...

Just 75 minutes north of downtown Dallas, Pottsboro is one of the fastest-growing business and resort centers in North Texas! We're a thriving community with an enviable location right next to one of the largest and best inland lakes in North America. It's estimated that the Lake Texoma area attracts between 8-10 million visitors each year! Our community is surrounded by beautiful, rolling landscapes, first-class resorts and some of the finest marinas and golf courses in the southwest. Here you'll find a growing number of upscale housing developments reflecting a high-quality standard of living that is quickly becoming the norm in Grayson County.  

 

The Chamber and the Pottsboro Area Development Alliance are working hard to attract quality economic development while preserving the area’s natural beauty and history.   What an exciting time to establish your business and family in this wonderful part of Texas!

 

COME PLAY. COME STAY.




Pottsboro Schools

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Pottsboro High School Awarded Exemplary Status
October 2011

The Pottsboro High School has been recognized by the State of Texas for the 2011 School Year and awarded the highest status - Exemplary! Please congratulate Dr. Collier, Dr. Matthews and our high school teachers, who consistently work very hard to make sure our kids are prepared for advanced schooling and life. This is a very important honor for our district and community. PHS will hold this rating for the next two years.
Michael Canon, Owner-Installer
State License #8023

    7680 US Highway 377
    Collinsville, TX 76233
    Office:  903-420-3237
    Emergency:  940-367-6631

Pottsboro Library needs volunteers

Can you spare 4 hours a month? Our community library is in great need of

volunteers for the circulation desk Monday through Saturday. Schedules are

flexible. For informtion, contact the Pottsboro Library at

library@cityofpottsboro.com, 903-786-8274, or volunteer coordinator Jeanne

Briggs at randjbriggs@netscape.net or 903-786-8452. Thanks for your help.
Pottsboro Senior Center

The Pottsboro Senior Center is now open at the Pottsboro Library at 104 N. Main St. It is open to all senior's  60+. A free lunch will be provided by Meals on Wheels on Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30 a.m.  There is limited seating, so you need to call for lunch reservations at 903-463-1711. The Center is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday and will also provide programs, games and activities.

Pottsboro  Links

City of Pottsboro
P.O. Box 1089
Pottsboro, TX 75076
Office 903-786-2281
Fax 903-786-6393
www.pottsboro.govoffice2.com

Pottsboro Chamber of Commerce
615 Highway 120 East
P.O. Box 995
Pottsboro, TX 75076
Phone: 903-786-6371
Fax: 903-786-4965
Email: info@pottsborochamber.com
www.pottsborochamber.com

Pottsboro Area Library
104 N Main St
Pottsboro, TX 75076
(903) 786-8274
palib@texoma.net

Pottsboro Public Schools
105 Cardinal Lane 
P.O. Box 555
Pottsboro, TX 75076
(903) 786-3051   
www.pottsboroisd.org

PVES
Preston Volunteer Emergency Services
14691 N SH 289
Pottsboro, Tx 75076
(903) 786-3010
firechief@pves.org
www.pves.org

Lake Texoma Information
www.swt.usace.army.mil
Corps of Engineers  (903) 465-4990
Oklahoma Dept. of Tourism & Recreation 
(903) 465-4990
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. - (903) 465-4990

Hagerman Wildlife Refuge
www.friendsofhagerman.com.
www.friendsofhagermannwr.blogspot.com/


Pottsboro Community Events

PLEASE JOIN US FOR
LASAGNA DINNER AND BAKE SALE
Friday April 13

PROCEEDS BENEFIT
PRESTON VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC. (PVES)
 
Includes Salad, French Bread, Tea, coffee & Dessert

Adults $10.00        Children:  $5.00
5 P.M.
Food prepared by “Nancy’s Fancies”

PRESTON VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC.
85584 N. Hwy 289     POTTSBORO, TX 75076
903-786-3010       www.pves.org

Pottsboro Chamber of Commerce

Pottsboro Chamber of Commerce has launched its new website!  Visit soon to find a vast number of resources for visitors and residents of the area.

Ad reservations for the 2012-2013 Membership Directory are due April 6, 2012.
Pottsboro
"Meet the School Board Candidates"
April 17, 2012

The Rotary Club is hosting a "Meet the Candidates" for the three PISD school board candidates - Cindy Bunch, Scott Galyon and Dewey Griffith. This will be held on Tuesday, April 17, at 6 p.m. at St. John Episcopal Church located at 760 W. FM 120, Pottsboro.
April Networking Meeting - April 19
 This has become an annual event at Sweetwater Farms located at 4400 W. Crawford in Denison. Barb and Dave Palmer always have a fun evening planned for us with a reception, but best of all, you can see all the new plants and flowers along with great "yard art" to start your spring garden. And, as a Pottsboro Chamber member, you will receive at 10% discount. Don't miss this--it will start at 5:30 p.m.

Team ? Trivia - April 28

Friends of Pottsboro Library present Team ? Trivia on Saturday, April 28, from 6-9 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church at 780 West 120 in Pottsboro.

Doors open at 5:45 p.m., game begins at 6:30 p.m. Six rounds of twelve questions--pop culture, sports, tv shows and authors. BYOB, dinner will be available for purchase. Reserve your table now--space is limited and the last three events were sold out. Questions and more information? Call the Library at 903-786-8274.

Tickle Your Ribs - May 12


Plans are underway for another great Tickle Your Ribs to be held at beautiful Sundance Camp on Saturday, May 12 from 4-8 p.m. Fabulous ribs and chicken prepared by Ken Zimmerman, and entertainment by WIllie Kickit.

Frontier Day

 September 22
Friendship Park
Pottsboro, TX







Frontier Day commemorates the Shawnee Trail Riders as they drove their cattle from Dallas through Grayson County where the Preston Trail crossed the Red River. 

Held each year in
September  hundreds of people gather to enjoy typical and sometimes not so typical fair food, shop and greet neighbors.

Food vendors, arts & craft vendors, carnival rides and games fill Friendship Park.  Great fun for the whole family!  2011 was a hit so make plans to join us again in 2012!

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Sep

Boot Scootin Ball


October 20, 2012
K Bar K Ranch
Pottsboro, TX

 


It's time again for the Feinstein Foundation National $1 Million Giveway to Fight Hunger!

The foundation will give Visions Of Sugarplums an additional percentage of the grand total of gifts of money and food products that we can raise between March 1 and April 30. 

The exact amount depends on the number of organizations that apply and the amount of money that they raise during these two months, but with our summer program beginning in only three months, the Feinstein grant could make a real difference to us again this year as it has the past six summers.

So -- if you'd like to make a contribution to VOS during March or April, it will go further than ever before.  We just have to receive the gifts between March 1 and April 30.  

If you'd like to give money:  Please make checks to Visions of Sugarplums and send them to 501 Spur 316, Suite 104, Pottsboro, TX 75076 -- but please do it  BEFORE April 30.  Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent legally permitted.

If you'd like to give food:  Look through your pantry -- maybe you bought something for a recipe you never made or maybe your canned goods are near expiration and need to be replaced -- and bring us a few cans or boxes of food.  These for a dollar each in the Feinstein Challenge.  Call me at 903.786.7611.  I'll be glad to pick them up.

Please call or email if I can tell you more -- virgie.holbrook@hotmail.com or 903.786.7611 -- or check out the Feinstein Foundation website --
feinsteinfoundation.org.

Many, many thanks for all you do for our kids, Virgie

35th Annual Banquet
Pottsboro Chamber of Commerce
Tanglewood Resort and Conference Center
March 22, 2012
5:30 PM
For reservations call the Chamber
903-786-6371

Pottsboro Cardinals Driveway Art Fundraiser
Supporting the Pottsboro Athletic Booster Club
Get a Cardinal Logo painted on your driveway!
ORDER YOURS!
-Send an email to pottsboroABC@gmail.com
-Complete an Order Form at the PABC Table at the next HOME event

Pottsboro Library names new director
Fern Watson of Denison has been named as the new director of the Pottsboro Area Library

Watson has more than 20 years of library experience including wok at the Nicholson Memorial Library in Graland and the Irving Public Library.  She has an associate's degree in journalism and a bachelor of arts degree in speech and English.

Pottsboro area youngsters are encouraged to check out the many new juvenile books that were purchased over the summer.  Efforts were made to coordinate books purchases with reading list from the elementary school.

The library and the Friends of the Pottsboro Library group hold a variety of activities each year promoting the Library. For membership information and schedule of activities, contact the library at 903-786-8274

Pottsboro Links
Pottsboro ISD Mission Statement

The mission of the Pottsboro Independent School District is to provide an educational program characterized by quality, equity, and accountability that will help all students build essential academic skills necessary for lifelong learning. 

By developing the ability to think logically, independently, and creatively, students will achieve a feeling of self-worth and confidence required to deal with the challenges of our ever-changing world environment.

Rated as Recognized by the Texas Education Agency, Pottsboro ISD offers an outstanding instructional program with facilities, equipment and materials that are among the best in the state.

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