Got App?

Do you have the new Visit McKinney Texas smartphone app yet? If so, are you enjoying it? (We sure are!) And if you don’t have it yet, you really need to get it.  To access links to both the Apple App Store and the Android Market, click HERE.

Here’s what you can access with this app:

• Information, web and phone links to all restaurants in town.
• Event listings of everything going on in our city.
• Coupons for goods and services.
• A really cool “augmented reality” feature for finding what’s “Near Me.” (It lets you see what is around you depending on the direction you are pointing the phone, and you can access information, website and phone of any displayed business with a touch of the finger.)
• Access to directions for getting to McKinney.
• Links to city government & community service providers.

A couple tips for using the Visit McKinney Texas smartphone app:

• Please close it out each time you use it. This allows your phone to update the app to the latest version of any new listings or features without having to always go to the App Store. (If you already have the app but don’t have the Augmented Reality tool – it’s under “Near Me” – then please DO go to the app store and get it; it’s a bigger update than just an event listing.)
• If you have an Android phone and encounter any issues, please email us at info@visitmckinney.com so we can report it to our developers. (There are so many types of Android phones out there, they experience little glitches from time to time, something we don’t encounter with the iPhone and iPad.)

After  you download it and use it, please rate it and/or drop us a line (or comment below) to let us know what you think.

As always, if you ever need to learn more about McKinney, you can access our website at VisitMcKinney.com!

Unique by Nature, Unique by Design

Greetings from McKinney, Texas, and welcome to our first VisitMcKinneyTexas blog! We’re a fast-growing community situated 30 miles north of Dallas. We pride ourselves on our unique qualities: a well-preserved and quite large historic district (over 1400 buildings, both commercial and residential), our parks and open spaces, our “green” initiatives, and our Texas hospitality.

A scene from McKinney's Hometown July 4th parade around the historic downtown square.

From the quaint historic downtown square (complete with courthouse in the center, circa 1875) on our east side to the healthy living and athletic-oriented Craig Ranch area on the west side, McKinney truly offers something for everyone.

Through this blog, we’ll be sharing aspects of our community from the people who know it best – shop owners, wedding planners/venue management, “green” experts, arts community members, restaurateurs, historians, and more. Watch for new entries at first every couple of weeks, and building to weekly as our following grows. Look for upcoming information on McKinney as:

• A growing & thriving arts community including our art galleries, stage productions and live music.
• An eclectic shopping & dining center.
• The wedding capital of north Texas.
• A health-conscious community encouraging personal fitness, athletic competition, and healthy living.

We’re also open to suggestions, so if there is a topic you’d like to see covered in our blog that relates to McKinney, to Texas, or any related topic a visitor to our area would find interesting, please submit it to us and we’ll see what we can do to get the topic covered in the near future.

Thank you for stopping by our new blog, and we look forward to providing you with some information that’ll both inform and entertain you… that’ll help you understand why McKinney isn’t only “Unique by Nature,” but also “Unique by Design.”

For more information about McKinney, go to VisitMcKinney.com.

You can also download a free Smartphone app for iPhone, iPad or Droid by clicking this link: http://tinyurl.com/VisitMcKinneyApp.