On Thursday at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Mayor Gary Slagel gave the traditional State of the City address an to assembled crowd of business leaders. He addressed the past year of Richardson as well as future issues.These included Richardson's current economic conditions, as well as recent successes.

News from three Richardson based companies: Nanotech comapny Zyvex is purchased by DCG Systems in Fremont, California. TriQuint Semiconductor is moving some employees to Richardson from Boulder. Sipera Systems Receives Internet Telephony Magazine's Product of the Year Award.

Destiny DeLaRosa brings us a review of two of the local's "favoritist" burger joints in Richardson. This is the first installment of a new series called Echo Picks. In the future we hope to have more residents tell us their Echo Picks.

The Richardson Echo is proud to announce a new section dedicated to the preservation of local Richardson history. The purpose of this section is to preserve and exhibit pieces from local history. The materials on display are all a part of a private collection of printed materials and ephemera. You can contribute to the collection.

The Routh Creek Parkway, Richardson's newest road, opened today with a ribbon cutting. It marked another milestone in the development of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Campus in Galatyn Park.

Eighteen months ago Gerard Ibarra and John Zurawski started BuildWave Technologies, a company to help enterprise IT organizations identify, track, monitor and analyze data. Their work paid off when their company was purchased by iWave Software.

Richardson Regional Medical Center has planned several events in October at its Bush/Renner Campus to commemorate the grand opening of the new cancer center and outpatient hospital. City officials and special guests came together for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 2. The public will have a chance to visit the new facilities during a community open house on Saturday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition, several health screenings are scheduled for the month of October to promote cancer awareness.

Vision Bank of Texas, a local bank in Richardson, has will host a fundraiser for Take Me Home Pet Rescue.(TMHPR) There will be at least nine artists participating in this event and several are from Richardson. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to TMHPR.

Eltek Valere, a leading power system provider for telecommunication and industrial applications, today announced the V- Series HE, a series of rectifiers offering more than 95% efficient power conversion. The V-Series HE debuts as Eltek Valere’s second product line to adopt high-efficiency technology.

It has been widely reported that an investor bought Promenade Shopping Center. Reports of this appeared in the Dallas Morning news, and the Dallas Business Journal. Actually that claim is slightly inaccurate.