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Continued from Page #5 store in America. Williams did all of the civil engineer work on property.

"We were also there to help sell them on the land that The Colony was wanting to locate " said Williams

The 1 9 million square feet project was a Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway project which in comparison is larger than the 1 2 million square feet Stonebriar Mall By the way, IKEA is a trifling 200,000 square feet

"They will draw around ten million visitors a year and will become the top tourist attraction here in the metroplex." said Williams.

After a 400 acres purchase, Williams' company put in all of the infrastructre so that it is ready for a future town center and a small community in itself Nebraska Furniture Mart took up 100 acres leaving the 300 acres ready to make The Colony set to become one of the largest tax-toting cities in the country

The Colony, with a premier piece of land, recruited Buffett to invest in their city so that they would have better police, fire and all that comes with a larger tax base

All of those dealings and relationships, Williams found himself in attracting city leaders to recruit him and his expertise to be the front man for Arlington After a successful campaign, he was elected mayor on May 9 and defeated incumbent Robert Cluck 10,161 votes to 7,119.

"We will be becoming very aggressive in going after businesses and bringing in jobs here to Arlington." said Williams. "Also, we want to create more attractions in the entertainment district to once again become 'The Entertainment Capital of Texas ' We have the best geographic location being in the center of the metroplex and right at the entrance to DFW International Airport All of that factors in "

Williams also says that he wants to partner with all of the educational institutions from The University of Texas at Arlington to Tarrant County College to the school districts and private schools

"Great cities have education as their foundation and we have let that slide and I would like that to be back on the front burner" said Williams

Williams also wants to partner with other surrounding cities due to the fact that North Texas is one of the top places for people to live work and play.

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