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    The Backyard Venue

    4.6 (9 reviews)
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    We had our wedding here this past weekend and everything was absolutely amazing. The staff was wondering and Katy was amazing throughout the whole process from showing us around the venue when we first picked, to helping us with how we should set up, coming up there multiple times to figure out how we want things, helping making sure everything was perfect the day of, and helping making sure we got all of our things loaded up. The perfect venue!

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    Thank you for your kind words, Julia! It was a pleasure serving you!

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    Thank you, Nanci! It was a pleasure working with you!

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    The entire north Texas area was at one time one of the largest cotton producers in the United…read moreStates. This cotton mill manufactured the largest amount of denim material in the world at one time. The structure sat abandoned for years until enterprising entrepreneurs repurposed it as office space and venue. I recommend you visit to inspect the " bones" of the original construction. Artifacts of it's former manufacturing self are strewn about. Check it out!

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