Hotel Information for Memorial

From Marissa Alanis:

If you're traveling from out of town and are looking for a hotel to stay, there are several rooms available for a discounted rate at Holiday Inn Express, 2730 Cherry Lane in Fort Worth. It's about six miles away from the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, where the memorial service is being held.

There are several rooms with king-sized beds that are available for $99 a night if you check in on Friday, Oct. 26 and check out on Sunday, Oct. 28. If you decide you only need the room for one day such as Sat., Oct. 27, the hotel will charge its normal rate of $119. Unfortunately, the hotel isn't offering the $99 rate for a one day hotel stay.

When you call the hotel, tell them you'd like to reserve a room as part of the room block under my name - Marissa Alanis. They'll take your name and credit card information. The hotel number is 817-560-4200.

The reservations under the block need to be made by 5 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 18. Please contact me on my cell phone at 214-392-3647 if you have any questions.

Auction! Auction!

Since we will be in the Fort Worth Stockyard area ... and since the stockyards wouldn't be the stockyards without an auction, we'll be holding a silent auction for the JGM Memorial Fund which will benefit a (or maybe several) young journalists. This is one event that we're having that I know John would be totally proud of.

That said, we're still collecting auction items.
We have only a handful of items right now so if you had been thinking about donating something but hadn't let us know yet please do so now. It can be anything. John's family is donating an El Paso goody basket and another friend is doing a bath/lotion collection.

Email cyndisan@gmail.com to let me know. Gracias!

"after the party it's the hotel lobby ...

To give you an idea, here's the distance from the hotel to the community arts center. Below the map are directions. You can also link to customize your directions, like in case you're flying or driving into town:


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From the Holiday Inn Express at 2730 S. Cherry Ln., Fort Worth, Texas 76116:

1. Head north on S Cherry Ln toward W Fwy - 0.2 mi
2. Turn right at W Fwy - 0.2 mi
3. Take the I-30 E/Green Oaks Rd/TX-341-SPUR/TX-183 N ramp on the left to NAS Fort Worth JRB - 0.2 mi
4. Keep left at the fork to continue toward I-30 E - 315 ft
5. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-30 E and merge onto I-30 E - 3.9 mi
6. Take exit 11 toward Montgomery St - 0.2 mi
7. Merge onto W Fwy/W Rosedale St - 0.1 mi
8. Turn left at Montgomery St - 1.0 mi
9. Turn right toward W Lancaster Ave - 131 ft
10. Turn right at W Lancaster Ave - 387 ft
11. Turn right at Gendy St - 7 ft

Arrive at Fort Worth Community Arts Center at 1300 Gendy St Fort Worth, TX 76107

Hotel Information for Memorial

From Marissa Alanis:

The hotel room block at the Holiday Inn is effective starting today. I got a room block for 20 rooms at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites located at 2730 Cherry Lane in Fort Worth. It's located about six miles away from the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, where we're having the memorial service. The block includes 10 rooms with double beds and 10 rooms with king-sized beds. The rate is $99 per night.

When you call the hotel, tell them you'd like to reserve rooms as part of the room block under my name - Marissa Alanis. Then, you can specify which type of rooms you need. They'll take your name and credit card information. The hotel number is 817-560-4200.

DEADLINE: If you want the group rate you need to reserve your room by OCTOBER 15.

For hotel information, email Marissa Alanis at malanis_77@hotmail.com.