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Giving Back, Together: How Park Place is Supporting the Community This Holiday Season

At Park Place Dealerships, supporting the communities we serve is not something we reserve for a single season, it’s a year-round commitment rooted in service, compassion, and connection. Still, the holidays offer a meaningful opportunity to show up in especially tangible ways, and this season, Park Place Members have done just that.

From bringing joy to hospital patients and military families to ensuring local nonprofits have the resources they need, Members across the Park Place family have been actively engaged in spreading kindness throughout North Texas.

In the spirit of gratitude, more than 50 Park Place Members stepped out into the community before Thanksgiving to serve meals at Boys & Girls Clubs in Fort Worth, McKinney, and Dallas. These hands-on volunteer efforts helped ensure families and children could enjoy a warm, welcoming holiday meal.

In December, Lexus Plano Members visited Scottish Rite Hospital in Frisco to decorate a Christmas tree in the hospital lobby. The festive decorations helped create a warm, joyful atmosphere for patients, families, and staff. It is the small touches Park Place Members provide that can make a big difference during the holiday season.

Acura Members teamed up with Lexus Plano to provide toys, puzzles, shoes, clothes, pajamas, gift cards, and funds to cover two months of their mortgage to a family with a child battling cancer in Collin County. Through the nonprofit, Leia’s Kids, Members brought hope to a nine-year-old girl and her family during this difficult time in their lives. 

Members at Lexus Grapevine and Land Rover rallied together to support GRACE Grapevine’s Christmas Cottage. Hosting a holiday toy drive, Members donated and delivered new, unwrapped toys, shelf-stable pantry items, hygiene products, and cleaning supplies helping local families experience a brighter holiday season.

Motorcars Dallas and Porsche Dallas Members supported Operation Homefront by donating gingerbread house kits to local military and veteran families. The kits provided a “sweet” opportunity for families to spend quality time together and create joyful holiday memories.

At Motorcars Fort Worth, Members raised funds to provide holiday gifts for a dozen residents at Evergreen Life Services, a Park Place Season of Giving recipient that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each gift helped ensure residents felt celebrated and remembered during the holidays.

“These moments of service reflect who we are as a company,” said Amber Garrison, Marketing Director at Park Place Dealerships. “Supporting local organizations throughout the year and especially during the holidays, allows our Members to connect more deeply with the communities we serve. It’s about showing up, building relationships, and making a meaningful impact together.”

As the season of giving continues, Park Place remains grateful for its Members, nonprofit partners, and the communities that make this work so meaningful. Giving back isn’t just something we do—it’s part of who we are.

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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.

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Park Place Acura Celebrates First Anniversary in Plano with Donations to Cook Children’s Medical Center Prosper

NSX Owners of Texas Bring Rare Supercars to the Celebration

Children who are patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Prosper are the beneficiaries of Park Place Acura’s first anniversary celebration, held at the exquisite 68,000 square-foot facility just south of Spring Creek off the Dallas North Tollway in Plano. Guests brought new toys and games to donate to the children’s hospital.

During the event, members of the NSX Owners of Texas showcased their many different models of the rare Acura NSX supercar. Tracing its origins back to 1984, the NSX was the world’s first mass produced car with an all-aluminum body. At its peak in 1992, less than 2,000 NSX models were sold in the U.S. Acura discontinued the NSX last year, with only 300 NSX Type S models sold in the U.S in 2022.

NSX Owners of Texas during the first anniversary of Park Place Acura

Guests enjoyed music by DJ Chris with Inkredible Sounds, celebratory sips featuring a bubbly bar, hand-made donuts by Li’l Bits Mini Donuts, and Boba drinks provided by Bobaddiction.

“We’re proud of the relationships we’ve developed over the past year,” said Jason Feuerberg, Park Place Acura General Manager. “We’ve had the opportunity to give back to our community in many ways, including Park Place Members volunteering their time with several non-profit agencies across Collin County. Park Place has established a great reputation over the past 35 years for taking care of our Members, clients and the community.”

Feuerberg began his journey more than 23 years ago as a porter at the original Park Place Lexus dealership on Preston Road while attending college at the University of North Texas. After graduating in 2001, he joined Park Place as a sales consultant. Feuerberg was named General Manager of the Park Place Acura dealership last year.

Located off the Dallas North Tollway, just south of Spring Creek Parkway, Park Place Acura is one of the largest Acura dealerships in the country with a six-car showroom and a 37-bay service center.

Cook Children’s Health Care System has been recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation, earning five rankings in the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” list for 2023-2024. Based in Fort Worth, Cook Children’s 8,000+ dedicated team members care for more than 1.5 million patient encounters each year at its two medical and surgery centers, a physician network, home health services and a health plan.

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 eight full-service dealerships representing luxury brands including Acura, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar, 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. For more information, visit parkplace.com.