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MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Vicki Chen EDITOR Samantha Douty REPORTERS Shelbie Hamilton, Alex Reece SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Michelle Degard ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Stephanie Burnett METRO LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Leanne Libby MANAGING EDITOR William C. Wadsack MANAGING COPY EDITOR Beth Marshall SENIOR ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Breanna Flores CONTACT US 7460 Warren Parkway, Ste. 160 Frisco, TX 75034 • 214-618-9001 CI CAREERS communityimpact.com/careers PRESS RELEASES frsnews@communityimpact.com ADVERTISING frsads@communityimpact.com Learn more at communityimpact.com/advertising EMAIL NEWSLETTERS communityimpact.com/newsletter SUPPORT US Join your neighbors by giving to the CI Patron program. Funds support our journalistic mission to provide trusted, local news in your community. Learn more at communityimpact.com/cipatron ABOUT US Owners John and Jennifer Garrett launched Community Impact in 2005, and the company is still locally owned today. We have expanded to include hundreds of team members and have created our own software platform and printing facility. CI delivers 35+ localized editions across Texas to more than 2.5 million residential mailboxes.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS MONTH
FROM VICKI: In this month’s front-page story, learn how Frisco ISD, law enforcement and even a church are putting in efforts to educate our community about the deadly drug fentanyl. You can read more health-related stories in our June Health Care Edition special section on Pages 20-31. Vicki Chen, GENERAL MANAGER
FROM SAMANTHA: Welcome to our health care edition of Community Impact . On top of our health care coverage, we also have a story from Reporter Alex Reece about Frisco’s role in the 2026 World Cup (see Page 15). You will also find a feature about local business Lone Star Food Tours, which allows people to tour popular food spots in Frisco and Plano (see Page 35). As always, send us all your news tips at frsnews@communityimpact.com. Samantha Douty, EDITOR
Meet Leanne Libby
Dallas - Fort Worth Metro Publisher
What’s your favorite memory working for CI? LL: Day two of the Plano paper hitting homes for the first time ... I sat at a temporary desk in our new DFW headquarters—we had just moved in—and took phone calls and fielded emails for eight hours straight. People had just received us for the first time and were excited to share feedback and ask questions. It was clear we had a bright future here! Days like that are repeated, in some form, every time we enter a new community, and it’s energizing and rewarding for our team after all the hard work that goes into growth.
How do you spend your free time in the area? LL: It’s changed over the years as my husband and I age. We used to go out almost every weekend to hear live local music at all the fun venues around town. Nowadays it’s youth sports fields and children’s theater with the kids. We’re sporty and artsy, and DFW has so much to offer.
Aside from Community Impact, what have you read recently? LL: I’ve leaned into podcasts. Anything by Malcolm Gladwell or Adam Grant is on my “must listen to” list. Email newsletters are booming for CI; why should readers subscribe? LL: Who doesn’t want to be the smartest and most informed person in their neighborhood?! We hear from our subscribers that the Morning Impact’s quick, simple content pieces fuel their day with awareness. The emails are really useful and help them feel connected.
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