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FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON After more than ve years of development plans and city meetings, Firefly Park is o cially moving forward. Frisco City Council amended a zoning ordinance at its June 21 meeting that would allow the 230-acre mixed-use project at the southwest corner of US 380 and the Dallas North Tollway. The development, which is slated to bring about 30 acres of park space, 2,200 residential units and 650,000 square feet of o ce space, received unanimous approval from both the council and the planning and zoning commission. The residential units will be a mix of townhomes and high- and mid-rise apartments. Fire y Park is expected to be completed in multiple phases, according to city documents. Phase 1 will consist of the boutique hotel, o ce space and green space. Wilks Development, The BFC Group and Sasaki are partners on the project, which will be anchored by the 200- room Dream Hotel. ANNIVERSARIES 9 Simply Thai Bistro opened its second location ve years ago in May at 4150 Legacy Drive, Ste. 140 in Frisco. The restaurant’s other location is on Main Street in Frisco. The restaurant o ers food items that includes curry, stir-fry, fried rice, noodle soup and Thai hot pots. A kids menu and desserts are
The council commended Wilks Development President Kyle Wilks for working with city o cials over the years to arrive at an agreeable plan. At his rst meeting with Wilks in 2017, Mayor Je Cheney said the city would never approve the project, originally called The Oxbow at Frisco, citing that it wasn’t aspirational enough. “This is a very aspirational vision for what this piece of property can become,” Cheney said of the approved plan. “The open space that runs through it is music to our ears.” Council members Tammy Meinershagen and Angelia Pelham said Fire y Park will provide a space for people of all ages to gather.
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o ers both adults and children a space to create with Lego bricks, reopened April 1. Manager Will Jensen cites COVID-19 and an unexpected extension of his deploy- ment in the Marines as the reasons for the company closing its doors. “We always had conversations about coming back,” Jensen said. “We think enough people are willing to come to a maker space now.” Jensen manages the store and was deployed orig- inally for one year in the Marines but was extended to two and a half years. The only thing that has changed since reopening, according to Jensen, is their membership. brickLab used to o er a membership where customers could spend unlimited time in the maker space. Customers with the membership are now limited to 10 hours per month. brickLab also o ers summer camps and after-school programs. 972-704-3325. www.mybricklab.com
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10 Play space and educational facility brickLab reopened at 2552 Stonebrook Parkway, Ste. 250, Frisco, after a yearlong closure. The business opened in November 2018 and closed in April 2021, according to the owners. The maker space, which
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