At first blush, Gun Barrel City seems like many other small Texas towns. But to appreciate its true potential, you have to see it from the water.
 
Nestled on the shores of Cedar Creek Lake, 55 miles southeast of downtown Dallas, Gun Barrel City is the retail hub for a trade area of more than 75,000 people and features NO city property tax. It's an increasingly upscale water sport playground with prominent retailers such as Super Wal Mart, Lowes Home Improvement, Radio Shack and Chili's. La Quinta, CVS Pharmacy and Fuddruckers are now under construction.
The lake itself is the fourth largest in Texas with 220+ miles of shoreline, making it one of the most popular lakes for boating and fishing.
 
Modest lakefront homes, selling for less than $100,000 five years ago, now easily fetch $200,000 or more. New lakeshore home construction boasts an average price of $566,000 and from 2006 to date, 56 new lakefront homes have been built with a median price of $544,000.
 
All of this activity has swelled the stated population of 5,000+ to more than 10,000 during the boating season, which now starts before Memorial Day and extends well past Labor Day.