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Frisco City Council Meets at 6:30 p.m. April 19 www.friscotexas.gov Collin County Commissioners Court Meets at 1:30 p.m. April 11, 18 www.collincountytx.gov Denton County Commissioners Court Meets at 9 a.m. April 12, 19, 26 www.dentoncounty.gov MEETINGSWE COVER CITY HIGHLIGHTS FRISCO The Frisco Economic Development Corp. hired Jasmin Brand as its rst director of innovation, per a March 24 news release. In her new role, Brand will help encourage new investments, businesses and jobs, the release stated. FRISCO The planning and zoning commission on March 22 approved the addition of about 61 townhomes to the Edgestone residential project at 4th Army Drive and Stonebrook Parkway. Roughly 11 acres would be allocated to the townhome development. Included are 1.8 acres to be developed as usable open space for neighborhood events, meeting documents stated. City Council will consider the project April 19.
Brewery development gets $3.6M in city funds FRISCO City Council on March 15 approved an agreement that calls for more than $3.6 million in grants, the bulk of which will go towards parking at a new 40,000 square feet of new development at 6601 Frisco Square Blvd. Nack Development is set to begin construction this year on the home of Frisco Brewing Company, which is expected to open in 2023. A presentation from city sta outlined a three- story, 22,665-square-foot o ce building and a nearly
CITYGRANTS About $3.6 million in grants from city entities are planned.
of the parking garage cost or The city will fund the lesser of either 50% $3.5M. The Frisco Economic Development Corp. will $123,200. provide an infrastructure grant of
Road, water and sewer fees 50%. will be waived by
SOURCE: CITY OF FRISCO COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
16,000-square-foot building for the brewery and a restaurant, each divided by open space. In addition, a roughly $7 million, three-story parking garage with at least 208 spaces is planned.
Laura Rummel wins special runo election for Place 5 on City Council
FRISCO The next Frisco resident to assume Place 5 on City Council has been decided. Laura Rummel accumu- latedmore votes than Tracie Reveal Shipman onMarch 26 in a special run- o election to ll City Council Member Dan Stricklin’s seat. Voter turnout was 3.94% out of 124,169 registered voters, according to uno cial vote tallies from Collin and Denton counties.
In total, Rummel collected 2,509 votes, or 51.3%. Rummel will be sworn in April 19. She said she is “very excited” to serve
TOTAL VOTES Uno cial vote tallies show 4,893 votes were cast in the runo election. Tracie Reveal Shipman: 2,384 votes, 48.7% Laura Rummel: 2,509 votes, 51.3% SOURCES: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Laura Rummel
Frisco residents, and noted she has campaigned for a seat on City Council since January 2020.
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FRISCO EDITION • APRIL 2022
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