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Hopes high as latest attractions arrive at The Star in Frisco Anewgame plan BY MATT PAYNE

As the Dallas Cowboys wrap up their latest season, new tenants at the shop- ping and entertainment district sur- rounding its headquarters in Frisco are looking to score. Five new shops and restaurants will soon open at The Star in Frisco, replac- ing a number of now-shuttered busi- nesses. In addition, construction on a new 11-story, 313,000-square-foot oce tower at the corner of Dallas North Toll- way and Cowboys Way is expected to be complete in early 2023. Chad Estis, executive vice president of business operations for the Dallas Cow- boys, said the team at The Star is work- ing to create new ways for residents, commuters and football fans to experi- ence the team—the same motivation he said the Cowboys had when the 91-acre mixed-use project rst opened in 2016. “As we evolve, as we build a new oce building or we add tenants to the dis- trict, we’re just trying to enhance those

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New restaurants and entertainment concepts will join existing restaurants like Tupelo Honey around the main promenade where the Huddle sculpture is located, as pictured. Meanwhile, a new oce tower is being built. (Matt Payne/Community Impact Newspaper)

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FROMVALERIE: In this month’s cover story, Reporter Matt Payne takes a closer look at several new tenants that are planning to open at The Star in Frisco (see Pages 28-29). In addition, a new 11-story oce tower is in the works there with a completion date set for early 2023. This is just one of many developments we are following. Send us your questions at frsnews@communityimpact.com Valerie Wigglesworth, MANAGING EDITOR

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NOWOPEN 1 100% Chiropractic opened Jan. 4 at 4710 Preston Road, Ste. 308, Frisco. Chiropractic care is offered for people of all ages at the facility, from infants to seniors. Conditions that 100% Chiroprac- tic helps address include headaches, mi- graines, neck pain, back pain and various injuries. Appointments can be requested online. 214-407-8223. www.100percentchiropractic.com 2 Highland Noodles opened in December at 9188 Prestmont Place, Ste. 110, Frisco. Entrees offered by the restaurant include hand-pulled beef noodle soup, stir-fried noodles and meat-based dishes that include beef and kung pao chicken, according to the Highland Noodles website. Appetizers include spicy pig ear and beef tripe with 6345 Custer Bridges Road, Frisco. Ame- nities at the club include equipment for cardio, weight training and indoor cycling, alongside a pool and personal training ser- vices. A children’s section is also available at LA Fitness. Tours can be scheduled and memberships can be purchased on the website. 214-272-6831. www.lafitness.com /pages/clubhome.aspx?clubid= 1320&frisco-texas+gym 4 Lake’s Little Scholars Montessori opened in January at 7765 Custer Road, Frisco. Children 6 months old to 6 years old are welcome at the facility just south of The Grove Frisco neighborhood, said Lead Director Lakshimi Yeruva. Lake’s Little Scholars Montessori also has a Pla- no location and has served Collin County since 2013. The school is now accepting enrollment, and parents can contact the sesame sauce. 469-733-1864. www.highlandnoodles.com 3 LA Fitness opened Dec. 30 at

facility at 214-250-2300 or by emailing director.frisco@lakelsm.com. www.lakelsm.com 5 Lone Star H2O To-Go opened Nov. 2 at 8700A Main St., Ste. 120, Frisco. The shop specializes in bulk sale of purified water, and it also offers ice and reusable bottles. Lone Star’s purification process “removes any and all impurities, bacteria and viruses,” according to its website. 214-308-9139. www.lonestarh2o.net 6 Milburn Eye Center opened Dec. 20 at 7932 Preston Road, Ste. 100, Frisco. Drs. Timothy and Annamarie Milburn have more than 20 years of experience, according to the office’s website. Services offered include addressing eye emergen- cies, glaucoma, diabetic eye care, routine eye exams and advanced contact lens fit- ting. Appointments can be made online. 214-494-6000. www.milburneye.com COMING SOON 7 Mango Leaf Foodies Hub plans to open at 5855 Preston Road, Ste. 100, Frisco. The new fusion eatery was going to open Jan. 15, but opening has been delayed. It will feature Indian, Mediterranean and Mexican food alongside other American offerings. Mango Leaf Foodies Hub aims to have dish- es for customers focused both on taste and on their health. 469-777-2421. A website is not yet available. 8 Kitchen United Mix plans to open at 9506 SH 121, Frisco. Customers will be able to pick up food or have deliv- ery arranged from the ghost kitchen, a term used for delivery-only facilities. Meals from multiple restaurants will be available. Kitchen United Mix’s January opening has been delayed as construction continues. www.kitchenunited.com

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A new surgery center at the Medical City Frisco campus opened Nov. 1 at 5500 Frisco Square Blvd., Ste. 100.

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FEATURED IMPACT NOWOPEN A new surgery center at the Medical City Frisco campus opened in November at 5500 Frisco Square Blvd., Ste. 100. The 18,200-square-foot center, called Medical City Surgery Center Frisco , opened in collaboration with 24 physician partners, according to a news release. The facility features four operating rooms and two procedure rooms and provides care for patients of all ages. Specialties include bariatrics,

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work and testing for COVID-19, strep and flu. Dr. Khanum Saleha has over 20 years of experience and is certified with the American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Integrative Medicine, according to the clinic website. Patients can schedule in-person or virtual ap- 11 Relax Myora Massage & Facial Spa moved from Plano to Frisco in late De- cember. The new Frisco location is locat- ed at 5285 Independence Parkway, Ste. 100. Staff at the spa said the move was made due to a need for a larger location. Services at Relax Myora include thera- peutic massage, stretching techniques, facials and waxing. 214-407-7314. www.relaxmyora.com pointments. 972-200-7862. www.healingcarepedstx.com

9 Sunrise Caffé plans to open in late February at 6065 Sports Village Road, Frisco. The upcoming restaurant will offer several breakfast classics, such as French toast, omelets and skillet-based dishes. Lunch options such as burg- ers, sandwiches and empanadas, will be available. Several espresso-based drinks are also listed on the Sunrise Caffé website. 469-895-0205. www.sunrise-caffe.com RELOCATIONS 10 Healing Care Pediatrics relocated to 12530 Lebanon Road, Ste. 203, Frisco, on Dec. 18. The clinic was previously located on Coit Road. Healing Care Pedi- atrics offers traditional medical services for children, including vaccines, blood-

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announcing a 2022 debut. The Glen will feature craft cocktails, a selection of wine and scotch, and seafood special- ties. Monarch Stag will have live music, a cigar lounge and a selection of whis- keys. www.thestardistrict.com/tenants/ coming-soon-the-glen-monarch-stag 8 Plans for Hazelwood , a nearly 158- acre neighborhood on the southeast corner of FM 423 and Rockhill Parkway, were approved by Frisco City Council on Jan. 4. A buildout date has not yet been announced. Hazelwood will include 327 lots for patio homes and townhomes, alongside an amenity center and a 4.4-acre, central swath of open space. No website is available yet. 9 Lombardi Cucina Italiana will open early February at 6655 Winning Drive, Ste. 605, Frisco. Danilo Dinardo, vice president of Lombardi Family Concepts, gave the expected month after a 2022 debut was announced. An exact date will depend upon supplies arriving on time for the restaurant. Food options will include pastas produced daily in an open “pasta laboratorio.” Fresh sh, meats and pro- duce will also be on the menu. A phone

turkey, provolone and avocado. Another Frisco location is open at 1930 Park- wood Blvd. No phone number is avail- able yet. www.jimmyjohns.com 4 Sky Rocket Burger opened Jan. 24 at 6633 John Hickman Parkway, Ste. 100, Frisco, in the SkyHouse Tower at Frisco Station. Patrons can expect fries with an extra-crispy option, burgers, beer and milkshakes. The brand has two locations in Dallas. No phone number is available. www.skyrocketburger.com 5 Waxing the City opened Dec. 20 at 1555 US 380, Ste. 600, Frisco. Body and face waxing is oered for both men and women at the facility. In addition, Waxing the City oers lash and brow tinting. Another Frisco location is on North Dallas Parkway, and Waxing the City has additional locations in McKinney, Dallas and elsewhere in the metroplex. 972-347-9790. www.waxingthecity.com/ locations/w164/us/tx/frisco COMING SOON 6 Bagelology plans to open this summer at 252 W. Stonebrook Parkway, Ste. 600, Frisco. The menu will feature bagels made from scratch daily using a “boil and bake method.” Bagel sand- wiches will be included on the menu. No phone number is currently available. www.facebook.com/Bagelology 7 The Glen and Monarch Stag are expected to open in April at The Star, located at 6655 Winning Drive, Ste. 600, Frisco. Derek and Sheree Simms at Simms Hospitality Group have pinned down a target month after previously

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NOWOPEN 1 Dog Training Elite is now open at 4747 4th Army Drive, Frisco. The center provides various training programs, including obedience, anxiety and ag- gression, and therapy and service dog training. Group classes and personal protection programs are also oered. Dallas native Yuni Alvarez is the owner of the Frisco location. 214-383-3391. www.dogtrainingelite.com 2 Flix Brewhouse Frisco/Little Elm reopened Dec. 9 at 1660 FM 423, Frisco. The movie theater closed in November 2020 along with other Flix Brewhouse locations across the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Flix Brewhouse

is known for its full-service theater experience, which includes the Flix pub and various food menus. The Frisco/Lit- tle Elm location brews up to 12 in-house beers at a time, in addition to dozens of other draft beers and nonalcoholic drinks. The pub is open to the public upon reopening, so no movie ticket is required. Food options include pizza, burgers, wings and desserts. 469-850-1300. www.ixbrewhouse.com /friscolittle-elm/cinema-info 3 Jimmy John’s opened Jan. 24 at 8244 FM 423, Ste. 100, Frisco. The chain restaurant specializes in several hot and cold sandwiches, such as the Spicy East Coast Italian with salami and capicola and the Beach Club with

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10 Bethesda Gardens Frisco plans to expand its campus at 10588 Legacy Drive. The assisted living facility will add a new memory care center and eight single-family duplex cottages with a clubhouse. The facility was built about 15 years ago, and changes to the back half of the 10-acre property have been

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Center for Ovo, a show displaying the biodiversity of insects' ecosystems. Ovo, which means "egg" in Portuguese, is a two-hour, family-friendly performance that features acrobats portraying ants, dragonies, spiders and more. Showtimes vary. Tickets start at $49. 2601 Avenue of the Stars, Frisco. 1-877-924-7783. Frisco Day of Service invites the community to Verona Villa to enjoy a complimentary breakfast while enjoying a presentation called “Progress Through Unity,” which celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 8:30-10 a.m. Free. 6591 Dallas Parkway, Frisco. 972- 837-8034. https://tinyurl.com/jza2c9h4 25 THROUGH 27 WATCHWORLD CLASS GYMNASTS USA Gymnastics’ 2022 season will kick o with its three-day Winter Cup, hosted www.cirquedusoleil.com/ovo 21 CELEBRATE UNITY by the Ford Center at The Star. Men’s and women’s divisions along with the Elite Team Cup and Nastia Liukin Cup will compete. Begins Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. Tickets start at $119. 9 Cowboys Way, Frisco. 972-497-4060. https://seatgeek.com/ usa-gymnastics-tickets

PARTY ON SESAME STREET Feld Entertainment, Inc. presents “Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!” at the Ford Center at The Star. Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Elmo and more will star in this sensory experience that features music, dancing and magic. 3 p.m. (Sat.), 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. (Sun.). Tickets start at $49. 9 Cowboys Way, Frisco. 972-497-4060. https://seatgeek. com/sesame-street-live-tickets 09 ATTENDA BASKETBALL GAME Basketball fans can head to the Comerica Center to watch the Texas Legends face o against the Agua Caliente Clippers in the NBA G League. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $10. 2601 Avenue of the Stars, Frisco. 214-387-5600. www.texlegends.com 11 CHATWITH THEMAYOR Join Frisco Mayor Je Cheney at City Hall for an hour of coee and conversation. 8 a.m. Free. 6101 Frisco Square Blvd., McCallum Room (fourth oor), Frisco. 972-292-5000. https://tinyurl.com/ 5n9925mz 16 THROUGH 20 ENJOY A CIRCUS SHOW Cirque du Soleil is heading to Comerica

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Addison Athletic Club will host a goat yoga session at Addison Circle Park. The club welcomes everyone age 5 and over to enhance their yoga experience with goats. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The event is BYOM: bring your own mat, and towels will be provided on a rst-come, rst-served basis. Goats are not potty-trained animals. There will be a sanitizing station with antibacterial wipes available. 11 a.m.-noon. $20 (ages 5-12); $32 (ages 12 and up). 4970 Addison Circle, Addison. 972-450-7048. https://tinyurl.com/ytbk5jek

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The $3.3 million project includes adding a 5-foot sidewalk along the north side of the roadway. The west side of the intersection of Meadow Hill and Preston Road will also be reconstructed to include new turn lanes and trafic signal modiica- tions. In addition, the new water line will be installed prior to the construction of the north side of the road and sidewalk. Meadow Hill from Rogers to Preston roads is expected to be under construction for 10 months. A November report from Public Works & Engineering Services said the project would start in January, but no new start date has been provided by the city. Legacy Drive Crews are pouring concrete on the east side of Legacy Drive. Intersections and neighborhood entrances are currently being reconstructed, including Town and Country Boulevard, Stonebriar Way, Country Club Drive, Donley Drive, Wendover Drive and Stonebriar Drive. Work on new northbound lanes started near the end of January. As paving is underway, drivers may see southbound delays due to concrete being moved to the work site

Frisco oficials reviewed ive bids to reconstruct Meadow Hill Drive, but ultimately Frisco City Council rejected all bids to allow the city to adjust project plans. City Council members rejected the bids at their Jan. 4 meeting. City staff wanted to incorporate further reinements “to provide trafic calming to induce lower speeds along the roadway,” according to city documents. “This will take speciic design efforts that [are] best done prior to being underway with reconstruc- tion instead of during reconstruc- tion,” a memo stated. “Therefore, the bids are being rejected.”

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EDUCATION Frisco ISD expands course offerings with ethnic studies

also limits how teachers can discuss current events. Because the questions and themes students study in the FISD course are based on TEKS standards, they do not violate the bill. Studentdemand Just twomonths after the state approved TEKS standards for African American Studies, Heritage High School senior Kate Shaw started a peti- tion asking FISD to implement African American Studies into the curriculum. At the time, Shawwas unaware of the TEKS approval or that stawere researching for the course. “As far as Black history goes and any other ethnic history goes, you only get glimpses of that in curricul[a],” Shaw said. “So for me, I was like, let’s try to take this opportunity to take a step forward and hopefully try tomake some change.” Shaw’s petition, which gained 2,134 signatures, circulated for about twomonths before she and Kashish Bastola, another Heritage High School senior, met with district curriculum builders to talk about their vision for the course. Shaw and Bastola presented a slide- show to sta that included the petition and submissions from students who have had racially based interactions in the district. “[The petition is] kind of what made it an easier decision for us that, yes, the timing’s right for this,” Manis said. Coursespecics FISD’s version of African American Studies is question driven and inquiry driven, Manis said. Instead of tradi- tional testing, most teachers across the district measure student understand- ing with projects and reections. Shaw gave an example of a recent project her class at Heritage High School completed that involved assigning groups dierent court cases that have aected African Americans. Each group researched a case and made a presentation that detailed the present-day eects of the ruling. Then the group asked the class questions as if they were teachers. “We have to have these deeper conversations, and they might be

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The 2021-22 school year marked the debut of Frisco ISD’s rst ethnic stud- ies class: African American Studies, an elective available to high school students across the district. MeridithManis, managing director of secondary teaching and learning, said the district had been looking to oer additional social studies courses for a while. The curriculum and instruction teamprefers courses that have Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards, which are adopted by the state, she added. When the State Board of Education approved TEKS standards for African American Studies in April 2020, the district began researching the best way to implement the course, Manis said. Students learn about the history and cultural contributions of African Amer- icans, according to TEKS standards. “This course develops an under- standing of the historical roots of African American culture, especially as it pertains to social, economic and political interactions within the broader context of U.S. history,” the TEKS standards read. “It requires an analysis of important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs and traditions.” The standards outline several primary and secondary materials that teachers should use to support classroom instruction, including auto- biographies, U.S. Supreme Court cases, novels, songs, speeches and artwork. Texas districts could oer African American Studies as an innovative course before the TEKS standards were approved. During the research period, FISD’s curriculum teammet with sur- rounding districts to learn about how they taught the course, Manis said. “We didn’t want it to be another history class,” Manis said. “Some kids don’t like history, and it’s really about studies. It’s about culture and life and not just history.” The course was not aected by the bill banning critical race theory that Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law in June 2021, Assistant Communications Director Meghan Cone said in an email. Critical race theory studies how race and racismhave aected the country’s local and social structures. The bill

Students in Lone Star High School’s AfricanAmerican Studies class sit in a retired train car listening as JohnGarbutt, director of programs and services at theMuseumof the American Railroad, talks about railroad history. (Brooklynn Cooper/Community Impact Newspaper) A SOLID DEBUT Below are the number of students enrolled in Frisco ISD’s African American Studies class during its inaugural semester. District-wide, 265 students are enrolled.

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EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL DID NOT OFFER AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW CAMPUS THAT OPENED WITH ONLY NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS.

WHAT IS ETHNIC STUDIES?

Here is the dierence between ethnic studies and critical race theory.

ETHNIC STUDIES courses are shaped by Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards, which are approved by the State Board of Education. These are project-based courses that focus on the societal contributions of a group, such as African Americans or Mexican Americans. Full standards are available at www.tea.texas.gov.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY studies how race and racism have aected social and local structures in the United States. A bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott limits how teachers can discuss current events. The bill also mandates the teaching of the history of white supremacy and the ways in which it is morally wrong.

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uncomfortable,” Shaw said. “It’s a dierent experience for everybody, but I think that’s what makes it so great.” Mizan Dorsey, a senior at Lone Star High School, said her favorite part of the class is learning about more than slavery and civil rights leaders. “That’s not our only history, so we’ve just been learning dierent types of things besides that,” Dorsey said. “[We learn] about Black excellence and things that we’ve accomplished rather than things that were done against us, so I like that the most.” Agrowingprogram In December, each of the African American Studies classes visited the Museumof the American Railroad in Frisco. Museum sta shared the history of Pullman porters, men hired to work on sleeping train cars in the

late 1800s through the mid 1900s. Students walked through a retired train car that used to run for the Pullman company and explored other historic rail cars at the museum. Patience LeBlanc, an instructional coach at Frisco High School, is plan- ning more eld trips for the African American Studies courses. She is also looking ahead to trips for Mexican American Studies, which the district will debut next school year. Based on how smoothly the rollout of the African American Studies course went, Manis said she expects students to receive the Mexican American Studies class well. “We like the fact that the resources are primary and secondary sources, so it’s not textbook driven,” Manis said. “We want to continue that kind of work.”

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News from Frisco ISD

HIRING UPDATE There are several positions that the district has an ongoing need for, according to the communications department. Job openings that the district is continuously hiring for are listed below. Applications can be submitted at www.friscoisd.org/ employment/current-openings. Building custodian Work year: 220-250 days Base salary: $12/hour Bus driver Work year: 177 days Base salary: $19.50/hour Bus monitor Work year: 173 days Base salary: $12/hour Child nutrition cook Work year: 177 days Base salary: $12/hour Crossing guard Work year: 171 days Base salary: $15/hour Substitute teacher Base salary: Dependent on skill level Work year: 177 days Base salary: $12/hour Child nutrition cashier

FISD’s CTE Center plans expansion, renovations

BY MATT PAYNE

FRISCO ISD Plans for an expansion and renovation to the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center are progressing. The FISD board of trustees on Jan. 11 received a presenta- tion fromKonrad Judd, chief design ocer with architecture rmHuckabee. The presentation shared renderings, oor plans and a construction schedule for the facility at 9889 Wade Blvd. The project is included in the district’s voter-approved 2018 bond program. The cost in 2018 was projected to be $21 million in order to allow about 1,000 additional students per day to take classes at the center and expand programming, the district’s website states. The existing building will be expanded to include a single-story addition on the southwest side. Also included in expansion plans is a two-story tornado shelter on the southeast side surrounded by new single-story space. The southwest addition will feature expanded space for the district’s veterinary medicine program, according to the presentation. It will also add classroom space. In the new southeastern space, a two-story circulation space between the existing building and addition will aim to “provide a smooth transition while maintaining the existing

A mixture of architecture, animation, e-sports and AI labs will be in the new space at the CTE Center. (Rendering courtesy Frisco ISD)

south facade,” according to the presentation. Amixture of architecture, graphics, animation, e-sports and AI labs will be included throughout the addition. Renovation work on the rst and second oors of the existing building space are also included in Huckabee’s plans, which will addmore space for health science studies. “There is a need for tech centers, a need for programs that are already in place, and there is a need for future programs,” Judd said. The parking lot on the southeast side of the building along Ohio Drive will be removed for the new addition, reducing the parking capacity from 787 to 673 spaces. The parking spaces will not be replaced, the presentation stated. Construction is expected to last fromAugust to May 2024, according to the presentation.

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The Frisco Planning and Zoning Commission approved an ordinance to accommodate zoning for the building of Ritchey Gin in historic downtown. At the Jan. 25 meeting, the commission removed the zoning requirement for residential spaces as part of the 2.6-acre property. The ordinance was previously approved in March 2020 before the developer withdrew the request during the pandemic. The microbrewery is planned to be located along Elm Street between First and Second streets within The Rail District. Plans include a 12,000-square- foot brewery with an attached 4,000-square-foot restaurant, according to the presented designs. There would also be a 30,000-square-foot oce building and a 210-space parking garage. A past study by Visit Frisco brought up during the public com- ment portion of the meeting noted a local brewery has been a desire for Frisco residents for several years. Concerns brought up by the board

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were mainly relating to parking in the area. Some nearby houses in The Rail District do not have parking garages and are required to park on the street. Lydia Colmenero, who lives at Elm and Second streets, said she is worried the presence of a restaurant will increase trac and reduce her parking ability. Commission Chair- man Rob Cox said he understood these concerns, but said he believes the project’s parking garage will help alleviate that issue. The ordinance was unanimously accepted by the commission and will be presented to City Council at its Feb. 15 meeting. Donny Churchman, president and CEO of Nack Development, said last year he anticipates construction to begin by this summer and the full opening of Ritchey Gin by the end of 2023.

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is an $84 billion industry that has generated more than 2 million jobs. Within the irst 12 years of the headquarters’ opening, she said 26 championship games will be hosted in Frisco. Cross added that she is “bullish” in her certainty of that number growing. “It’s often a little bit awkward to say, but golf really blossomed during the pandemic because it is a sport that individuals could engage in a safer, more responsible way,” Cross said. “We really, holistically, as a sport and as a business, have grown and blossomed and things are booming.” The headquarters is part of the 660-acre, $520 million mixed-use campus that will include many attractions for the general public. A 500-room Omni PGA Frisco Resort, golf-themed restaurants and retail

In mid-April, the new headquar- ters of the Professional Golfers Association of America is expected to open its doors with around 135 employees. Chief People Oficer Sandy Cross said the new facility at 1916 PGA Parkway is meant to blend into the two 18-hole golf courses behind the building. About 70 employees who will work in Frisco are golf profes- sionals, and any of the employees at the facility will be able to take advantage of the various goling amenities. “We want to make sure that everyone across our team, our people, has access to the natural light and the great outdoors,” Cross said. “I’m excited about the conig- uration of the building.” Cross said golf across the U.S.

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stores are scheduled to be com- pleted by spring 2023. Jason Ford, the Frisco Economic Development Corp. president, said $2.5 billion in economic impact is expected to be generated from the entire PGA Frisco development over the next 20 years. “These are ... job-creating proj- ects, projects going through design and construction that are becoming a reality in parallel with the PGA,” he said. In addition, Ford said the PGA’s presence has attracted more than $10 billion worth of projects sur- rounding north Frisco. He said the many developments could generate

a total of around 10 million square feet of ofice space, adding “tens of thousands of new jobs” to Frisco. The FEDC has received a number of new inquiries on the city from sports organizations across the country, according to Ford. He attributed the heightened interest in Frisco to the “Sports City, USA,” brand already established by the presence of the Dallas Cowboys at The Star in Frisco and other teams. “The PGA project—including the headquarters, the resort and all the related facilities—will have an absolutely transformative effect on our city,” Ford said. “In fact, I should say not ‘will,’ but they are.”

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