elcome to another issue of Denton Live, our official guide to exciting entertainment and year-round fun for everyone.

It is no secret that Denton is an event city. We love to celebrate, and the spring and summer seasons represent the best time to enjoy festivals and events of every genre. Coming this spring 2008, get ready for an exciting line-up that includes the Tejas Storytelling Festival, The Redbud Festival, the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival, and the Dog Days of Denton Festival. Add the fact that we thrive on celebrating our diversity and it should come as no surprise that Denton is home to one of the largest Cinco de Mayo festivals in North Texas. A funfilled weekend of Juneteenth adds more opportunity for celebrating.

Diversity is a key theme threaded throughout this issue of Denton Live, one reason being
a brand new attraction in our downtown historic park. The new African American Museum
will open in conjunction with Black History Month in February 2008. As our historic
park continues to evolve, we are thrilled to have this wonderful museum dedicated to
remembering the important role played by the African American community throughout
our city and county history.

Denton is a unique place, known throughout North Texas and the world as a breeding
ground for artists, musicians, and cutting-edge creativity. In our last issue of Denton Live, we
focused attention on the fact that Denton has become a premier location for environment-friendly
endeavors, highlighting ways the city and the community have teamed together to
make Denton green. Since then, we are very proud that the City of Denton’s Fire Station No. 7
has been awarded a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating
from the United States Green Building Council. The building was designed and built using
LEED standards to provide a state-of-the-art fire station and incorporate the concepts of
sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, environmentally friendly
materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. It is only the second fire station in the
nation to receive this rating, and the City hopes that it serves as an educational tool that can
be used to demonstrate the benefits of LEED and Green Building designs.

We have a lot to be proud of in this city, and we invite you to discover and enjoy Denton.
So, sit back and read all about us in Denton Live. Then visit www.dentonlive.com every day
for the latest, most up-to-date calendar of what is going on and where. Finally, get out and
get into Denton—where something is happening all the time!

See you in Denton!

Dr. Perry R. McNeill, P.E.
Mayor of Denton