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Hidden Cove Park & Marina |
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Lake Lewisville, The Colony, Texas 75056 |
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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 720 acre 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 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.
In 2011 JT's has
3 Party Boats on Lake Lewisville to celebrate
our 10th Year Anniversary!
We are open 7 days a week, 8 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 8 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 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 or slander of our
company.
JT's is the
First and Only owner of this domain. The 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, all the uncovered slips are
still bent, twisted and still unusable. 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.
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