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Excellence in Financial Stability:
- Richardson is one of the few cities in Texas to have a AAA bond rating, the highest rating a municipality can receive.
- Richardson commercial assessed property valuations continue growing in 2009, a year in which many cities are seeing declining valuations
Excellence in City Services:
- Richardson Police Department’s volunteer program received the 2008 International Association of Chiefs of Police outstanding achievement award in Law Enforcement –Volunteer Programs
- A new Huffhines Recreation Center will be completed in 2009.
- Renovated ball fields at Huffhines recreation center and Breckinridge Park will be completed in 2009.
Excellence in Economic Development:
- The one million square foot Blue Cross campus will be completed in 2009 in Galatyn Park
- Major new corporate residents include:
- United Healthcare
- Texas Capital Bank- Bank support operations
- Fujitsu Transaction Solutions
- AT&T U-Verse technical support operations
- Vertex Outsourcing
- Esurance
- Major retailers opened new stores in 2008/9 in Richardson:
- Lowes Home Improvement
- Ross Dress for Less
- Sprouts Farmers Market
- HomeGoods
- Walgreens
- DoubleTree Hotels is now operating the refurbished and upgraded former Radisson Hotel, adding to the list of upscale hotels located in Richardson
- Of ten Richardson shopping centers targeted for redevelopment in 2004, seven have been remodeled or redeveloped and two more are in the process of planning for remodeling.
- The Twin Rivers Senior Living retirement apartment community opened this year, adding to Richardson’s growing number of excellent senior living communities.
- Fifty new restaurants have opened in Richardson since the end of 2007.
- The Brick Row mixed-use $140 million development at Greenville and Spring Valley is progressing, with the first retail and residential units completing in 2009.
- Richardson is home to seven technology companies that have been awarded Texas Emerging Technology Fund grants, since 2006. This is third highest among all Texas cities.
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