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Lake Lewisville, The Colony, Texas
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Lake Lewisville
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FM 423 road construction from 121 to 380 is
currently underway to widen FM 423 from its existing
two-lane (southbound)/one-lane (northbound) facility
to a new eight-lane (southbound)/six-lane
(northbound) thoroughfare. There will be major construction
for
several years so expect heavy, slow traffic, delays,
frequent stops and detours.
Read about FM 423......
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Over 20 parks surround the lake and offer camping,
hiking,
picnicking, horseback riding, boating, and golf.
Click here for more information
Park History:
Hidden Cove Park
is on
Lewisville Lake which used to be called
Lewisville State Park, developed by the
US Army Corps of
Engineers in 1981.
The State of Texas built the roads, shelters, pavilions, RV sites, dining
hall, boat ramp, etc. When the
State of Texas turned Lewisville State Park over to The
Colony, this terminated the status of the park as a state
park. The state then opened
Ray Roberts State Park
- (Directions/Map)
just a few minutes away
with
more RV sites, camping areas, large sandy swim beach, fishing pier
and store.
Since May 1, 1995, The City of The Colony
leases
Hidden Cove Park from the Corps at no charge.
JT's Boat Rentals and park store started operations
in spring of 2002. JT's
Concessionaire contract with
The Colony was for the food, beverage and
boat rentals for the entire park, fulfilling the city's
contract with the
US Army
Corps of Engineers. JT's submitted initial plans for boat slips,
miniature golf, arcade center and enlarging the store,
but our plans were
denied. The Park operations were
privatized by the city in January 2005 and leased from
The Colony by a marina operator with $250,000 due at
signing,
Lease Agreement. The City of
the The Colony (via the Parks & Rec. Director) told
JT's the city and marina operators would honor our contract
when the marina operators started construction. JT's designed the layout of the current ship
store. We were prepared to stock and
operate the ship store/gas docks, have 30 motor boats,
and 4 party boats. We endured vandalism, jet ski theft, mowing
of the lawn late Saturday mornings with our customers
there, gas tanks taken off boats and scattered in the
parking lot, etc. In
the fall of 2008 the new marina operator finally paid
The City of The Colony $250,000 and then
The Colony City Council cancelled JT's Concessionaire
Contract the next week after 7 years with 9 years remaining on
JT's contract. JT's was
then forced to close our park store and boat rentals in
Hidden Cove Park.
JT's Boat Rentals owns the domain
name
www.hiddencovepark.com which was created by JT's in 2001.
After
The City of The Colony cancelled our
contract, JT's offered to sell the domain to the new
operator in Sep. 2008, but they declined stating they would
change the name of the park before paying JT's anything.
After 7 years of advertising and marketing for this park, we
kept the domain for our customers to find JT's new location
at Eagle Point Marina and to deter rumors and or slander of our
company.
JT's is the
First and Only owner of this domain. This domain name is
still for sale.
In 2010,
They are reducing the number of slips below 350 but are going to
get a partial Certificate of Occupancy just so they can
open. The marina operators had a local Frisco company
refinance the project again. The
Colony Council heard a presentation from Frisco City
Council member Scott Johnson, representing not Frisco
but Ascendant Solutions, read
more.......... ,
but in 2011 Ascendant withdrew and is no longer
involved.
Currently, Hidden
Cove Marina is still under construction since 2005 and
is not yet completed.
The project is only a fraction of the
original proposal presented to the city as 850 slips are
now just 350 because 500 slips were never purchased by
the marina operator from the Tribute developers. Hidden Cove Park is not presently a
"resort" as it does not have the floating restaurant,
hotel, pool, beach, etc.
JT's Party Boat Rentals reorganized and is
now located at
Eagle Point Marina,
Lewisville, TX.
In 2009
we customized our business to accommodate larger
groups on Lewisville Lake.
We are open 7 days a week, 9 am - midnight or later,
March - October, By Appointment Only.
Nov-Feb charters are scheduled on vessel/staff
availability and weather permitting.
Mar-Oct: please phone between 9 am - 10 pm
for reservations.
Nov-Feb: emails are answered weekly as office
phone may not be manned in the winter.
Please check our website:
www.JTsBoatRentals.com for information,
pictures, testimonials, etc.
JT's Party
Boat Rentals - Lake Lewisville
Planning a party, company meeting or event, wedding, graduation or family
reunion?
When you need to make a Real Impression,
Don't just
settle for just anything.
Hire the nicest, cleanest, safest, most well equipped Party Boats in North Texas!
JT's Has 3 Custom Party Boats:
26' x 8.5' Tri-pontoon boat high weight capacity 4000lbs or
1 to 20 passengers + driver, 115hp engine.
Great stereo am/fm, i-pod or aux connection, no c/d
player.
40' x 12' motor catamaran
(1 to 40 passenger) weight capacity 9000lbs, 2 x 90hp engines.
This boat is great for groups 10 - 35 people, this gives
you plenty of room to walk around and our
50' x16' trimaran (1 - 50 passenger) weight capacity
12,000lbs, 2 x 225hp engines.
This boat is great for 10 - 50 people and Plenty of room
to even dance!
Our large party boats have twin engines,
great stereos, party lights and clean restrooms, Driver
& Crew.
Stay out after sunset, no worries about getting lost or
being late with our professional driver on board.
Large ice chest, trash can and All required safety gear
will be on board on all our boats.
Available 7 days
a week On Lewisville Lake, Just Minutes from
Dallas, Fort Worth,
Denton,
Grapevine, DFW Metro Areas!
See JT's on YouTube
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