They decided to check out the new section of the parkway (technically called Texas State Highway 99) and to chat with some area business owners, residents...dangerous hitchhikers, if necessary...to get a sense of what this latest stretch of the Grand Parkway means for their lives and livelihoods.
Our stops include a mini-strip mall that's opened just off the highway and a gymnastics training center on Birnham Woods Drive where we talk with people who live and work in the area.
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