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Graze Craze offers charcuterie boards in Frisco
Graze Craze is now open in Frisco and sells charcuterie boards. (Dustin Butler/Community Impact) Graze Craze is now open in Frisco. The store offers charcuterie boards featuring a mix of cheese, meat, vegetables and fruit. Graze Craze also offers a smaller board designed to be a small meal for one person and char-cuter-cups, which is a small charcuterie meant to fit inside of a cupholder. Vegetarian keto options are also available.
Celina plans for May 2025 city charter election
Celina officials have until February to go through the proposed amendments compiled by the city charter commission and officially call an election. (Samantha Douty/Community Impact) Celina City Council members are moving forward with plans to bring city charter changes—which could include updating the city’s term limit policy—to the voters....
Plano council could consider changes to Great Update Rebate program in July
Plano City Council could consider changes to the city's Great Update Rebate program in July. (Michael Crouchley/Community Impact) Plano City Council could soon consider changes to the city’s Great Update Rebate program, which was last updated in 2017. Plano staff are refining the program—which provides qualified Plano homeowners city...
DART completes vinyl seat upgrades on light-rail trains
A contract worker prepares to place a vinyl seat on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit light-rail vehicle. (Courtesy Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials announced new vinyl seat covers have been added to the agency’s entire light-rail train fleet, according to a June 28 news release.
Fried chicken chain Bojangles plans Lewisville location
Foodcraft Realty One, LLC has received approval to transform 1570 W Main St into a Bojangles fast food restaurant following its June 14 review. (Courtesy Bojangles) Dallas-based Foodcraft Realty One is converting 1570 W. Main St. into a Bojangles fast food restaurant in Lewisville, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Q&A: Get to know Alena McQuarter, Roanoke resident and city key recipient
Alena McQuarter stands with her mother, Daphne, and Mayor Scooter Gierisch at the Roanoke City Council meeting on June 25. (Don Munsch/Community Impact) Roanoke resident Alena McQuarter was accepted into medical school at 13 years old. Now, she is heading to college in California to earn her Ph.D. Eventually, Alena,...
What to know about Fourth of July fireworks in McKinney
The city of McKinney's annual Independence Day celebration—Red, White and Boom—will feature fireworks, live music, a parade and more. (Courtesy city of McKinney) As the Fourth of July approaches, here is what McKinney residents need to know about seeing fireworks in the city. The context. In McKinney, possession...
Redline Athletics offers speed, agility training in north McKinney
Redline Athletics is now open in McKinney. (Shelbie Hamilton/Community Impact) Redline Athletics is now open in north McKinney, owner Jesen Merle said. The business offers fitness training for youth athletes ages 8-18 as well as an introductory athletic program for athletes ages 4-7, according to its website. The training sessions focus on a number of areas including:
Plano ISD standardizes GPA weight for all college credit-bearing courses
Plano ISD's board of trustees received an update about the weight of dual-credit courses during its June 25 meeting. (Michael Crouchley/Community Impact) Changes are planned for how Plano ISD courses that provide college credit will count toward students' cumulative grade point averages, or GPAs, which have no impact on class rank.
InstaMortgage-Dallas Director Sal Ali speaks about local housing trends
Sal Ali began his career in real estate in 2012 at a veteran-focused mortgage company. (Courtesy Sal Ali) Sal Ali is the director at InstaMortgage-Dallas and operates the branch with his brother from an office in The Realm Castle Hills. A Lewisville native, Ali and he and his brother began in real estate in 2012 at a veteran-focused mortgage company. In 2021, they joined national mortgage brokerage firm InstaMortgage, and opened their own branch and their services beyond the veteran community. The company focuses on housing markets in Lewisville, The Colony, Frisco, Plano and Dallas.
No more screen time at Angelika Film Center in Plano
Angelika Film Center closed June 5 in Plano. (Karen Chaney/Community Impact) The Angelika Film Center in Plano closed in early June. According to a post on June 5 on Angelika Film Center’s Facebook page the closure was due to a variety of economic challenges that made it impossible for the tenant to sustain its cinema in Plano.
Texas Capital Southlake Financial Center offers wealth management, banking in Southlake
Texas Capital Southlake Financial Center opened June 24 in Southlake. Pictured are employees (back row, left to right) Riley Robbins, Glenn Calvert, Asfeena Tejani and (front row, left to right) Alfonso Diaz Jimenez, Mayah Exum (Courtesy Texas Capital) Texas Capital Southlake Financial Center held a soft opening June 24 and...
Hooters' Lewisville location shuts doors
The Hooters location in Lewisville along Stemmons Freeway closed in a nationwide sweep. (Cody Thorn/ Community Impact) Restaurant chain Hooters announced nationwide store closures, 16 of which are located in Texas. Hooters made the decision to close underperforming stores under the pressure of current market conditions, according to a company...
Frisco, Plano among five cities being considered for elevated cable and rail system
Whoosh is a transportation system that uses electric vehicles that resemble conventional aerial gondolas but use autonomous technologies to move independently along an elevated network of fixed cables and rails. (Rendering courtesy Holmes Solutions) Five cities are being considered for an Uber-like autonomous elevated cable and rail system developed as...
DCTA board votes to dissolve North Texas Mobility Corporation
The Denton County Transportation Authority's board of directors voted to dissolve the North Texas Mobility Corporation which employed bus operations and support staff for the DCTA. (Courtesy Denton County Transportation Authority) The Denton County Transportation Authority’s board of directors voted to dissolve the North Texas Mobility Corporation during a June...
Old Town Lewisville to see new beer garden next spring
The establishment will be similar in concept to John Williams' establishments Miss Angeline’s and Eastside with an array of whiskey and tequila, and an extensive list of house and tapped cocktails. (Courtesy Miss Angeline's) By spring 2025, the former Salvation Army building at the corner of Charles and Main...
Prosper raises homestead tax exemption to 17.5%
Prosper's new homestead exemption rate is expected to save qualifying homeowners a little over $100 each year. (Courtesy Adobe Stock) Prosper Town Council members approved raising the town’s homestead tax exemption from 15% to 17.5% during a June 25 meeting. The 2.5% increase is expected to save qualifying residents...
Check out 6 road projects in Frisco
Construction is going on throughout Frisco with several road projects underway or coming soon. (Courtesy Pexels) Here are six road projects that are under construction or will soon break ground in Frisco. Ongoing projects. 1. Frisco Street construction. Project:. The project will construct a two-lane roadway from Universal Parkway to...
Fort Worth council appoints new chief judge, deputy chief judge for municipal court
Chief Judge Simon C. González and Deputy Chief Judge Andrew Bradshaw have worked for the Fort Worth Municipal Court for many years. (Courtesy city of Fort Worth) Fort Worth City Council appointed a new chief judge and deputy chief judge to the Fort Worth Municipal Court during its regular meeting June 25.
Carroll ISD provides update on superintendent search, new teacher hiring
Dr. Lane Ledbetter was hired as Carroll ISD's superintendent Dec. 11, 2020. (Community Impact staff) Carroll ISD Board President Cam Bryan provided an update on the board’s search for a new superintendent while current Superintendent Lane Ledbetter gave a report on the status of hiring new teachers for the 2024-25 school year.
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