Orange chamber hold ribbon cutting

The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce last week held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for D.R. Horton Homes in the Mallard Lake subdivision off Allie Payne Road. The subdivision is in the city of Orange, which has invested in extending water and sewer lines along Allie Payne in the past few years. The subdivision is in the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD and is west of Little Cypress Intermediate School. D.R. Horton reports it is the "largest homebuilder by volume in the United States" and has cleared land for dozens of new houses in Mallard Lake. The new houses average about $350,000, according to the company.