BY ALEX REECE
Council discusses next steps for Arts Complex Frisco City Council and city staff heard an update on the progress consultants have made toward a potential Performing Arts Complex during a Jan. 19 winter work session. Project representatives from Theatre Project Consultants Inc. and Keen Independent Research returned to Frisco to give an update on the Performing Arts Complex progress. Since their last update in October, project con- sultants and council members have toured various performing arts venues across the country. The theme chosen to set the tone for the work session was “Frisco Forever,” Mayor Jeff Cheney said. It encapsulates council’s dedication to bringing long-term, generational projects such as the arts complex to the community, he said. “Our success is continuing to grow,” council member Tammy Meinershagen said. “All eyes are on Frisco right now.”
Leaders consider downtown program Plans to invest in Rail District businesses through an incentive pilot program are underway, according to a presentation from the Economic Development Corporation, which was discussed during a Jan. 18 winter work session. The pilot program will run for three years, and it will include helping business owners update their interior infrastructure as well as facade improvements.
Concept designs show the potential performing arts complex to have a 2,500-seat hall.
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The breakdown Now that council members have seen some real- life examples from their tours, city officials can move ahead in the planning stage before a final presentation and approval of the project in March 2025, said Gena Buhler, an associate principal with Theatre Project Consultants. “[The next phase] is looking at [a] funding study, it is doing some pretty intense community engagement, and it’s also looking at economic impact,” she said.
“We’re hoping to be in a place where we can launch and kick it o by March-May [2024].” GLORIA SALINAS, EDC VICE PRESIDENT
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