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Group to advocate for cultural awareness A Frisco City Council proclamation has solidified the multicultural committee’s place in the city. The gist Frisco’s Multicultural Committee was established as an official committee with a proclamation during a June 4 meeting. Members will act in an advisory capacity for city officials while serving to educate, inform and advocate for cultural awareness.
Current plans for the Frisco Center for the Arts include a large hall to potentially host Broadway shows if the city can secure a partnership.
RENDERING COURTESY THEATRE PROJECTS
City seeks arts center Broadway partnership A project designed to bring large-scale arts ven- ues to Frisco is making progress with more details to come in August, city officials said. Two-minute impact Previously referred to as the Frisco Performing Arts Complex, updated plans for the Frisco Center
for the Arts were presented to Frisco City Council members during a June 25 work session. The updated plans could help bring down the price, which was estimated to be $464 million with all of the original amenities, said Gena Buhler, a principal with Theatre Projects. A new cost analysis is expected to be presented to council members during an Aug. 20 meeting, where officials will have the chance to approve other major details for the project. “In August there will be a sign-off on, ‘This is where, and how and how much,’” Buhler said.
“We were looking to formalize it because these people have been so successful here in Frisco,” JEFF CHENEY, FRISCO MAYOR
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