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Bonton Farms has been transformed from a small garden into two fully functioning farms, a Farmer’s Market, and a Café. chose Bonton Farms as one of 17 nonprofits in DFW to volunteer with this week during National Volunteer Month. Park Place Dealerships was founded in 1987 and has been engaged in the community through its support of the arts, medical research, children’s advocacy, and education. Park Place employs more than 1,400 members and operates nine full-service dealerships representing luxury brands including Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Acura, and Sprinter Vans. Park Place BodyWerks Collision Centers in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Plano and the Park Place Auto Auction, round out the company’s offerings. Park Place was acquired in 2020 by Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Duluth, GA. For more information, visit parkplace.com . Posted on April 26, 2024 Dallas Residents Find Best Viewing Sites For Total Solar Eclipse Atop Of Parking Garage People stopped to view the Total Solar Eclipse from areas with unobstructed views across North Texas on Monday. Nearly 70 people gathered on top of the parking garage at Park Place Porsche near Love Field to watch the moon pass between the sun and Earth. Guests had the perfect view of the eclipse as the sky darkened. There were ooooh and awwwws as guests looked up to see this astronomical wonder. Before the eclipse made its debut, guests received Porsche ballcaps, SunChips, Moon Pies, Eclipse gum, and ice-cold drinks. Park Place Porsche is located at 6107 Lemmon Avenue in Dallas. @porsche_dallas @parkplacetexas @porscheusa Park Place Dealerships was founded in 1987 and has been engaged in the community through its support of the arts, medical research, children’s advocacy, and education. Park Place employs more than 1,400 members and operates nine full-service dealerships representing luxury brands including Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Acura, and Sprinter Vans. Park Place BodyWerks Collision Centers in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Plano and the Park Place Auto Auction, round out the company’s offerings. Park Place was acquired in 2020 by Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Duluth, GA. For more information, visit parkplace.com . Posted on March 15, 2024 MEET KORTINA CHANDLER, SERVICE MANAGER, PARK PLACE ACURA Kortina started at Park Place in 2007 working in Organizational Excellence and has since moved from Service Coordinator to Assistant Service Manager and now Service Manager at Park Place Acura. Technology has come a long way in speeding up our check-in process, more history on our clients’ vehicles, etc., which allows us to spend more time with our clients. I’ve attended management training and learned so much to share with my team. It’s all about giving our clients a better service experience.” Originally from Oklahoma City, Kortina moved to Dallas in 1997 for a bigger city and better life.” She’s married with a 30-year-old daughter and three grandchildren. After work, she loves going home, spending time with her husband and watching her shows.” Don’t be surprised if you catch her crying while watching the news, commercials, or movies. I’m super sensitive and cry very easily,” she confided. Her advice to other Park Place Members: Make sure you are the Park Place Experience. We take great care of our clients who trust us with their vehicle. No matter whose client it is, it’s all of our client!” Bottom line: I’m very passionate about work and providing a great guest experience. I also want to save the whole world!” Park Place Dealerships was founded in 1987 and has been engaged in the community through its support of the arts, medical research, children’s advocacy, and education. Park Place employs more than 1,400 members and operates nine full-service dealerships representing luxury brands including Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Acura, and Sprinter Vans. Park Place BodyWerks Collision Centers in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Plano and the Park Place Auto Auction, round out the company’s offerings. Park Place was acquired in 2020 by Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Duluth, GA. For more information, visit parkplace.com . Posted on March 8, 2024 Porsche Dallas Techs Are Solid Gold Park Place Porsche Dallas Technicians Tony Araguz and Jade Dugurechaff recently earned the prestigious Certified Porsche Technician – Gold (CPT Gold) designation! They join six other Gold techs at Porsche Dallas and approximately 575 Gold techs in the U.S., with less than 2,000 worldwide. ‘We are extremely proud of Tony and Jade for their commitment to this lengthy process and accomplishing their goal,” said Patrick Huston, Porsche Dallas General Manager. Our clients will be the beneficiary of their hard work and we will continue to support each team member in their journey to hone their skills and truly be an expert in the industry.” A Porsche Gold Technician must have a minimum of one year experience before they are eligible to take the Gold test. The candidate must work their way up from Bronze to Silver, then Gold level. It takes an average of six years to obtain all the required training courses. Testing is broken up into two parts: they must first pass a written assessment in order to be eligible to take the hands-on portion, which includes diagnosing and documenting repairs on a bugged car. The Gold test was conducted at Porsche Training HQ in Atlanta. It is a pass or fail test. The same test is conducted worldwide. After achieving the Gold standard, the technician has to maintain certification quarterly and attend at least 40 hours of hands-on training at the Porsche facility in Atlanta every year. I had never so much as changed a car’s oil before becoming a tech at a Honda dealership when I was 23 years old,” said Tony Araguz. I spent 10 years at Honda and have been a tech at Porsche Dallas since 2017. I was absolutely in awe when I started at Park Place! It’s a great shop and everyone was so helpful. It’s really a team effort!” Porsche Dallas is located at 6107 Lemmon Avenue, near Love Field. employs more than 1,400 members and operates nine full-service dealerships representing luxury brands including Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Acura, and Land Rover. Park Place BodyWerks Collision Centers in Fort Worth and Dallas, and the Park Place Auto Auction, round out the company’s offerings. Park Place was acquired in 2020 by Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Duluth, GA. Posted on February 12, 2024 Love at First Sight It was love at first sight. Their eyes locked together. I didn’t go looking to adopt another dog,” said Park Place Lexus Grapevine’s GM Charles Owen. But seeing how sweet Zeke was just made me want him!” A team from recently visited the Apollo SupportRescue in Justin to present the no-kill animal shelter with a...