Plano North | January 2025

Transportation

Events

BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY

Road repairs set for 2 Plano neighborhoods The city of Plano is set to spend just over $6 million on concrete repair projects in two city neighborhoods. What you need to know More than $3 million will be spent on repairing streets, alleys, sidewalks and barri- er-free ramps in the neighborhood north of S. Rigsbee Drive in southeast Plano. Around $3.3 million will be spent on street, alley, sidewalk and barrier-free ramps in a neighborhood that encompasses por- tions of W. Park Boulevard, Decator Drive, Tulane Drive and Ohio Drive. Plano City Council approved contracts for both during its Dec. 9 meeting. Funding for both projects will come out of the city’s 2024-25 Street Improvements Community Investment Program.

• 7301 Lone Star Drive, Ste. A-110, Plano • www.micdropcomedyplano.com

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Celebrate Chinese New Year Cooking Class Central Market Cooking School is hosting a themed class where attendees can welcome in the year of the snake by learning to cook a festive meal. • Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m. • $85 • Central Market, 320 Coit Road, Plano • www.centralmarket.com/locations/plano Lunar New Year Celebration 2025 Celebrate the year of the snake with a lion dance performance, Chinese calligraphy, a face painter, a DJ and more in downtown Plano. • Jan. 25, noon-4 p.m. • Free • McCall Plaza, 998 E. 15th St., Plano • www.facebook.com/events/962132949103378 Ms. Pat at Mic Drop Comedy Ms. Pat, star of the Ms. Pat Show on BET+ and Paramount+, will be performing her 1-hour stand- up comedy special at the newly rebranded Mic Drop Comedy Plano. • Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 7; 9:45 p.m. • $35-$45

February

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers at Love & War Arizona-based rock band Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers is set to perform in Plano with country singer Bri Bagwell. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. • Feb. 13, 8-11 p.m. • $25 • Love & War in Texas, 601 E. Plano Parkway, Plano • www.loveandwarintexas.com ‘Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ A production of the show that tells the story of a favored son who is betrayed by his jealous brothers and sold into slavery is set for Shine Performing Arts Studio in Plano. • Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23, 2:30 p.m. • $28 • Shine Performing Arts Studio, 3035 W. 15th St., Plano • www.shineplano.org

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Asphalt project on East Parker Road completes work

St. Andrew Prom Closet This event, hosted by St. Andrew Methodist Women, allows girls from anywhere in need of a prom dress to select a dress and accessories at no cost. Registration to shop is required. Donations of dresses, sizes 0-30, jewelry, shoes, handbags and wraps are needed. • Feb. 18-20, 22 and Feb. 24-Mar. 1 • Free • St. Andrew’s Methodist Church, 1401 Mira Vista Blvd., Plano • www.standrewmethodist.org/serve/prom-closet

intersections with Coit Road and Alma Drive. What’s next Work on arterial pavement repair from Country Place Drive to Independence Parkway began on Aug. 29, and is expected to last until April 2026, Bekele said. Up to two lanes from Country Place Drive to Independence Parkway may be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays.

A pair of construction projects on Plano’s Parker Road finished late last year. What happened The asphalt overlay project that stretched along Parker Road from the east city limits to US 75 completed construction Nov. 15, said Samson Bekele, senior engineer in Plano’s Public Works Department. Crews also finished work at the road’s

PLANO 5930 West Park Blvd (972) 250-0500 PLANO NORTH 5420 State Hwy 121 (469) 687-2581

ALLEN 1839 N Central Expressway (972) 908-3488 EAST PLANO 3404 N Central Expressway (972) 423-6688

COIT ROAD 1453 Coit Rd (972) 867-2821