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At Community Lifeline Center, Social Worker Tityana Jones (left) and Marketing Director AJ Micheletto (right) have contributed in a new grocery takeout program. The programwas made due to COVID 19 restricting the ability to safely gather inside buildings. (Matt Payne/Community Impact Newspaper)
Volunteer signup slots posted onto the Community Lifeline Center web- site in recent months get lled almost as soon as they are posted, Marketing Director AJ Micheletto said. The goods and services charity organization on North Waddill Street has seen no shortage of volunteers volunteer base in the city. “We have had a tremendous amount of organizations and individuals reach out to us on a regular basis. … Being a food pantry, they could see that we wouldde nitelyneedhelp,”Micheletto said. “I think the community of McKin- ney is a very giving community.” CONTINUED ON 24 Regional growth boosts city and county volunteer base, data says BY MATT PAYNE AND WILLIAM C. WADSACK throughout the pandemic, according to Micheletto. From 2020 to 2021, the nonpro t had nearly the same num- ber of volunteers, but increased food distribution throughout McKinney by more than 30% due to nearly 500 more volunteer hours contributed. Throughout McKinney and Collin County, the growth in the region is bringing not only more people who need services but also those who can volunteer their time and money to help, nonpro t experts said. How- ever, not all nonpro ts in the city have seen strong volunteer reception in recent months. Micheletto said the rise in productiv- ity at her charity is thanks to a robust
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than 50 letters of support for Shiloh Place were led with meeting documents, and a graduate of the ministry spoke during public comment about her experience with the organization. 469-534-9407. www.shilohplacemckinney.com ANNIVERSARIES 5 Dairy Queen restaurants across Texas are celebrating their 75th anniversary, in- cluding the location at 1835 W. Louisiana St., McKinney. In commemoration of the milestone, Dairy Queen is asking its cus- tomers to share their favorite DQ memo- ries at https://dqtexas.com/anniversary. “DQ restaurants in Texas have been part of the fabric of the Lone Star State’s communities for 75 amazing years,” Lou Romanus, CEO of the Texas Dairy Queen Operator’s Council, said in a news release. “Almost everyone I meet tells me about a particular memory they experienced at their favorite DQ restaurant in Texas.” Dairy Queen has Texas-speci c menu items that cannot be ordered anywhere else in the country. The Chick’n Fried Steak sandwich, Hungr-Buster and Belt- Buster burgers and Texas T-Brand Tacos are all fan favorites, according to the news release. 972-542-0480. https://dqtexas.com RENOVATIONS 6 Goodwill Industries of Northeast Texas is set to have a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting after renovations at 2010 N. Graves St., McKinney. The cere- mony is scheduled for Feb. 24 at 4:30 p.m. and will include a tour of the new pro-
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cessing plant along with food. Upgrades to the center include an exterior revamp of the donation area and interior rede- signs of the store and boutique. The store is open to the public and operating during its normal business hours, said Sarah Pierce, vice president of marketing and 7 Target is expected to start reno- vations in late May at 2025 N. Central Expressway, McKinney, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. A Target spokesperson said that “many factors” in uence the timing and scope of a store’s remodeling, and speci c details will be available as con- struction begins. “Target is committed to investing in the guest experience with the next generation of store design,” said Shane Kitzman, a Target communications representative, in an email. “The reimag- ined stores feature modernized design elements and bring more technology and digital experiences to our stores to make shopping even easier, safer and more inspiring for our guests.” 469-525-4974. www.target.com/sl/mckinney/2335 communications. 972-542-3721. www.goodwillnorthtexas.org FEATURED IMPACT NAME CHANGE RCN, Grande, Wave, enTouch and Digital West, who together form the sixth largest internet, TV and phone operator in the U.S., announced that regional brands would be rebranded as Astound Broadband , according to a January news release. Each entity will retain its sub-brands under the Astound umbrella for regional focus, the release said. Services in Texas are now called Astound Broadband powered by Grande. For business purposes, the combined companies will be uni ed as Astound Business Solutions. “This is an exciting time for our company with our new name solidifying our commitment to astound our customers each and
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NOWOPEN 1 Texas’ first House of Bread opened in February at 7551 Eldorado Parkway, Ste. 100, McKinney. Franchisees Mechelle Coate and Dustin Marks decided to open the bakery once their children moved out and they became “empty nesters,” according to the bakery’s website. House of Bread bakes bread and pastries fresh each day. Other menu items include sand- wiches, muffins and quiches. Gluten-free options are also available. House of Bread has locations in Alaska, California and Virginia. 214-842-8066. https://mckinney.houseofbread.com 2 Yaba Java Cafe opened in November at 3935 S. Lake Forest Drive, Ste. 125, McKinney. The cafe offers a “unique culinary fusion of Italian and Mediterra- nean food and fine coffee,” according to its website. Yaba Java Cafe offers a full beverage bar, from cappuccinos to lattes and hot and cold coffee, as well as made- in-house Italian cream sodas. In addition to drinks, the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Menu items include quiches, sandwiches, pizzas, lamb racks and kebabs. 972-369-7237. https://yabajava.com 3 Zaza Thai opened Jan. 1 at 7551 Eldorado Parkway, Ste. 200, McKinney.
The restaurant serves a variety of Asian staples, including noodle soups, stir fries and curry dishes. The most popular items are the Zaza Money Bags, crispy wontons stuffed with chicken and vegetables; sticky sweet rice; and vegetable dump- lings, according to the restaurant’s web- site. Desserts include fried cheesecake; fried ice cream; and the Floating Lotus, a steamed rice ball in sweet coconut milk. 972-369-7790. www.zazathai.com COMING SOON 4 Burress Injury Law broke ground on a new headquarters in Adriatica Village located at 6952 Mediterranean Drive, McKinney. The two-story, 12,000-square- foot building is expected to be complete by the end of 2022, according to a news release. “Construction of this building marks the next chapter in our story,” said Jason K. Burress, Burress Injury Law CEO and founder, in the release. “Our new headquarters solidifies us as a premier injury law firm in North Texas while pro- viding the infrastructure for us to grow to a team of more than 100. As a communi- ty-based law firm, we love McKinney and are honored to serve our local clients.” Burress Design Group and Seven-D Four Architecture collaborated on the design of the building, which will have “inno-
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vative technology” and a community event space, according to the release. In the release, Mayor George Fuller called Burress Injury Law an “industry leader” in personal injury law. Burress Injury Law also has locations in Frisco, Sherman and Paris. Its current headquarters is at 6617 Virginia Parkway, McKinney. 214-726-0016. www.mytexasfirm.com 5 Everbrook Academy is scheduled to open in the spring at 2854 Orchid Drive, McKinney. The child care and education center will support “21st century learn- ers” and offer a curriculum in science, technology, engineering, arts and math- ematics, spokesperson Megan Bixler said in an email. Everbrook Academy will serve children from 6 weeks to 12 years old. Families will have “peace of mind” with livestream video and real-time mobile updates, Bixler said. She added Everbrook Academy will follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance to maintain a “healthy, safe environment.” Everbrook Academy has several Texas locations, including centers in Plano and Colleyville. 888-239-1981. www.everbrookacademy.com/ our-schools/mckinney-tx-4830/ 6 A new Wendy’ s is expected to open FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON District 121, a $250 million entertainment campus at the northeast corner of SH 121 and Alma Road in McKinney, has signed its rst restaurants. Bob’s Steak&ChopHouse will move into a 7,600-square-foot standalone building, which will include a cigar bar, according to a Feb. 14 news release. Mi Cocina will also be in a standalone building of 6,600 square feet. The Tex-Mex restaurant will be similar to its Highland Park location, the release said. District 121 has also signed The Common Table , a sports bar and craft kitchen concept, and 400 Gradi , an Italian restaurant. All four restaurants are expected to open between March and May of 2023. Shop Cos. manages leasing the retail and restaurant spaces at District 121.
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FEBRUARY 24 LEARNANEWCRAFT Millhouse McKinney will host jeweler Joy Jones as she teaches a wire ring happy hour workshop. Attendees will learn how to make two wire- wrapped bead rings while enjoying wine and snacks. 4:30-6:30 p.m. $40. 610 Elm St., Ste. 1000, McKinney. 202-810-2101. www.millhousefoundation.org 24 THROUGH 26 WATCHA PARODY McKinney’s award-winning youth theatre company will perform “Twelve Incompetent Jurors” at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. The comedic play will be a parody of the classic “Twelve Angry Men.” 7:30 p.m. (Feb. 24-26); 2:30 p.m. (Feb. 26). $12 (adults), $8 (seniors ages 55 and up, children ages 4-18). 111 N. Tennessee St., McKinney. 972-547-2650. www.mckinneyperformingartscenter.org 25 THROUGH 26 WATCHA COMEDY SHOWDOWN The Comedy Arena will host a Standup Showdown in which ve comics compete to see who is the funniest. The audience will
determine who advances to the next round. 10:30-11:30 p.m. $17. 305 E. Virginia St., McKinney. 832-622-8676. www.eventvesta.com/events /12032/t/tickets MARCH 12 RUNA 5K The McKinney Shamrock Run 5K will kick o at Tupps Brewery and continue around the McKinney Cotton Mill. Runners will receive a nisher’s medal, T-shirt and a custom bib. This family-friendly event will feature live music, Irish food, green beer, costume contests and a photo booth. Ticket prices will increase as the 5K date approaches. 8 a.m.-noon. $30. 721 Anderson St., McKinney. 318-527-9221. www.mckinneystpatricksday.com 17 THROUGH 19 SHOP FOR PROM Stonebridge United Methodist Church will host the McKinney Prom Closet. All gowns and accessories will be free to high school seniors. 4-8 p.m. (March 17); 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (March 19). Free. 1800 S. Stonebridge Drive, McKinney. 972-979-3042. https://tinyurl.com/2p96xy59
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Downtown McKinney will host the 20th annual Krewe of Barkus, or Mardi Gras Dog Parade. This year’s theme is “A Walk Down Memory Lane.” Contestants may choose from any of the previous years’ themes to dress their pups and impress the judges. Themes range from “A Barkus Salute to Reality TV” to “Rock & Roll Pawl of Fame.” Awards will be given for best in show, most creative, best dog- owner combo, best group and best use of theme. Dogs and owners must register in advance. 12:30-4:30 p.m. $5 (per dog). 111 N. Tennessee St., McKinney. www.mckinneytexas.org/674/krewe-of-barkus
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3 East Louisiana Street improvements Under the city’s East McKinney Redevel- opment and Preservation e orts, major infrastructure improvements to East Louisiana Street, Greenville Street, Green Street and Andrews Street are expected to be under construction in the spring. Improvements along East Louisiana from SH 5 to Throckmorton Street will be a continuation of improvements recently completed west of SH 5 and will include construction of a single-lane roundabout connecting Greenville Street with East Louisiana Street. This project will also fully reconstruct Green Street and An- drews Street as concrete roadways. These improvements will provide a complete re- fresh of street infrastructure and serve to provide enhanced mobility and a gateway entrance into East McKinney as area rede- velopment occurs. Timeline: April 2022-early summer 2023 Cost: $9 million Funding sources: city of McKinney, North Central Texas Council of Governments
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PARKS McKinney opens Prestwyck Park, adds upgrades to other facilities
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Parkway will see a new playground alongside a running track and skating area, the facility’s master plan states. In addition, the basketball court and ballfields will all be updated. Murphy Park near McDonald Street will see an expanded playground. Additional amenities being added include a shaded picnic grove, bench swings and a basketball court. Both parks are expected to be
College andWillie streets, saidMichael Kowski, McKinney Parks and Recre- ation director. In addition, four new pickleball courts are being added. Work is expected to finish “later this calendar year.” MaryWill CraigParkandMurphyPark Renovations to two McKinney parks began in January, according to the city. MaryWill Craig Park near Virginia
completed by the end of the year. GrayBranchCommunityPark A new trail is being added to Gray Branch Community Park off Gray Branch Road, according to Kowski. The McKinney Parks Foundation has about 1 mile cleared out for the first installation, Kowski said. He added that several volunteer opportunities for the trail are available.
The McKinney Parks and Recreation Department has stayed busy early in the new year by opening new facilities and improving existing ones. Here is a list of recent developments in the city’s park system. PrestwyckPark Prestwyck Park, a new neighbor- hood park near US 380 and Coit Road, opened in February. The 17-acre, $3.3 million park is directly adjacent to Hughes Elemen- tary School, a Prosper ISD campus. Features include play equipment, a splash pad, a pavilion, a sports court, shade structures andmore, according to the city’s master plan for the facility. FinchPark Improvements are being made at Finch Park. New playground equipment and the largest splash pad in the McKinney parks system are being installed at the corner of South
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EDUCATION BRIEFS
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DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS MCKINNEY ISD Middle school students will have a new sport to participate in for the 2022-23 school year. The district’s athletics department announced in January that it will add soccer to middle school sports. The season will begin in the spring after track season ends. Like other middle school sports, soccer will have A and B teams at each campus to give more students the opportunity to play. “My husband and I paid for club soccer for years, so I’m glad to see that our middle school students will have an option for free soccer now,” MISD board President Amy Dankel said at a January meeting. MCKINNEY ISD Dowell Middle School is set to receive a new track this summer after approval from the board of trustees at a Jan. 25 meeting. Hellas Construction will resurface and restripe the track for $286,600, according to meeting documents. The project cost includes repair of the track, which is separating from parts of the concrete curb. Dowell was built in 1995, and the track was last resurfaced in 2009. The average lifespan of a track is 7-10 years, per board documents.
Shade structures to come to playgrounds MCKINNEY ISD The district’s maintenance department surveyed playgrounds last fall and noted schools that do not have shade struc- tures. We Build Fun will construct shade structures for the playgrounds with the goal of having all of them completed by the beginning of next school year, Chief Operations Officer Greg Suttle said at a Jan. 25 school board meeting. The project will cost just over $349,000, per meeting documents. Shade structures have a lifespan of about seven years, Suttle said.
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documents. Webb’s upgrades will cost about $2.1 million. MISD’s operations department is aiming to present guaranteed maximumprices for all three schools to the board in February, Chief Operations Officer Greg Suttle said. JohnsonMiddle School’s refresh will take place in two phases due to the size of the school, meeting doc- uments stated. The first phase will start inMay. The second phase will begin in 2023. The partial probable cost of the upgrades is $4.7 million.
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CITY HIGHLIGHTS MCKINNEY ISD April 15 and 25 will be bad weather makeup days for the two days of closures due to the February winter storm. These two days will be normal instructional days for all students. While some school districts have additional instructional minutes built into their schedule to use in place of bad weather days, MISD does not, so two full makeup days must be used. The state has not made waivers available for these two days. MCKINNEY ISD On Feb. 3, the University Interscholastic League announced its realignment, which determines districts for Texas high school athletics competitions for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. Both McKinney and McKinney Boyd high schools will remain in 6A, for schools with more than 2,225 students. McKinney North High School will now compete in the Division 1 5A district, for schools with 1,300-2,224 students. The district includes, Forney, Lancaster, Lu in and Tyler. MCKINNEY Australian-based artist Guido van Helten has been chosen by the city to transform the concrete silos and grain elevator in downtown McKinney. Van Helten’s series of paintings on silos across the country have gained global recognition, according to a Feb. 15 news release from the city. Restoration work on the silos is underway to prepare for the painting. The project will be funded through a combination of grants, private investment, the McKinney Public Art Fund and the city’s hotel occupancy tax. The Texas Commission on the Arts approved a $90,000 grant for the project in September. Van Helten is scheduled to visit McKinney this spring to learn more about the community before working on the mural.
City Council previews self-driving vehicle project MCKINNEY Feonix Mobility Rising, a nonpro t focused on health and transportation equity, asked McKinney City Council during a Feb. 1 work session for support on a program that would provide necessities to residents. The program, informally called the Wellness Wagon, would deploy two self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh food and non-narcotic medications to McKinney’s under- served population. The North Central Texas Council of Governments is collaborating with Feonix on the project. The Wellness Wagon would serve those living in poverty, people with disabilities and senior citizens. McKinney has more than 13,000 people living at or below the federal poverty level, according to the presentation. In addition to deliveries, the Wellness Wagon would be designed as a telehealth resource. Vehicles would have designated parking locations—for example, a patient’s res- idence or in the parking lot of a senior center—for patients to virtually visit with health care providers. The Wellness Wagon is expected to receive $4.9 million in federal funding, according to the presentation. An additional $250,000 would come from local organizations
Feonix Mobility Rising provides transportation solutions in nine states and is primarily operated by volunteer drivers and local health organizations. (Courtesy Feonix Mobility Rising)
suggested by the city. This would be Feonix’s rst initiative involving autono- mous vehicles, said Jessy Tackett, Feonix Mobility Rising’s communications director. Executive Director Valerie Le er said there is almost “a year of paperwork” before vehicles could hit the road. The next step would be seeking a formal resolution of support from the city, which will come at a future council meeting.
Colleges receive joint grantmoney COLLIN COLLEGE The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has awarded Collin College and Ranger College a $314,279 grant. The Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education—or TRUE—grant is part of $26 million in funding for public junior col- leges, state colleges and technical colleges to support students aected by COVID-19, according to the board. Schools may use the funds to create, expand or redesign short-term, postsecond- ary workforce credentials in high demand occupational areas. “We are pleased to be able to collaborate with Ranger College on this grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,” Collin College District President Neil Matkin said in a news release. “The grant will allow us to share our educational resources and oer members of both communities free training and opportunities for certi cation in critical networking and infor- mation systems security elds.”
Election for alcohol sales could arrive inNovember MCKINNEY The McKinney Cham- ber of Commerce submitted about 23,000 veri ed petition signatures to the city secretary’s o ce on Jan. 18 in support of expanding alcohol sales to include ne wine and package liquor stores. The chamber prefaced the submis- sion with a news conference explain- ing the process of circulating the petition. The initial plan was to turn in the signatures by Jan. 15, which would have allowed a May election if enough signatures were veri ed. The city is in the process of verifying the signatures, about 22,000 of which are needed for the measure to make it on the Novem- ber ballot. If the petition is veri ied, the council will call for the election at its March 1 meeting. Lisa Hermes, CEO and president of the McKinney Chamber of Com- merce, said that while it would have been nice to have the election earlier in the year, she expects a higher voter turnout because of the number of races happening in November.
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McKinney City Council Meets at 6 p.m. Feb. 21, March 1 www.mckinneytexas.org McKinney ISD board of trustees MEETINGSWE COVER Collin County Commissioners Court Meets at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Feb. 28 www.collincountytx.gov Collin College board of trustees Meets at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 www.collin.edu Meets at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 www.mckinneyisd.net
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