The city of Frisco is celebrating its 112th birthday this week. According to historian and former mayor Bob Warren, land owned by a subsidary of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad was subdivided into lots and sold to potential settlers at an auction on Feb. 13 and 14, 1902. The settlement was first called Emerson but was changed to Frisco City in 1904 and later shortened to Frisco. To celebrate the city’s birthday, the Heritage Association of Frisco will have free cake at its monthly open house of historic buildings from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Dallas Christian College Choir will perform. There will also be blacksmith demonstrations. The Heritage Center is east of Frisco city hall on Page Street.
A new data center is being proposed in Frisco that would anchor the city’s new high-tech corridor. Patronus Data Centers is proposing to cluster four buildings just north of Main Street between the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive. If approved, this would be the city’s first data center. A public hearing will be held at tonight’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Frisco city hall. Click here for the news story.
Arts in the Square has announced its jury panel for this year’s festival. On the panel will be Richard Oldham, assistant director of fine arts for Frisco ISD; Melissa Rowland, an elementary art educator for Frisco ISD; Carolyn Nelson Funk, an artist and art educator who lives and teaches in Frisco; and Helen Minkes, a working artist and former art educator. Arts in the Square, in collaboration with the Frisco Independent School District, Frisco Square, will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 29 and 30 in Frisco Square. Proceeds will go to the Frisco Education Foundation and Frisco Family Services. Click here to learn more.
Caliber Collision Centers will celebrate the grand opening of its new 26,000-square-foot greenfield facility in Frisco on Thursday. The public is invited. There will be a ribbon-cutting, raffles, food and a behind-the-scenes tour of all the state-of-the art technology that goes into collision repair. The center, which opened last month, is at 6440 Preston Road. Click here to learn more.
Stonebriar Country Club’s Charity Classic event last year raised $30,000, officials announced. The proceeds were divided among three charities: MDA’s Augie’s Quest, the Employee Partners Care Foundation, and the Boys and Girls Club of Collin County. Nationwide, ClubCorp’s 2013 Charity Classic events raised a record $2.4 million for more than 100 charitable groups.
Candidate filings for Frisco City Council and the Frisco ISD board of trustees continue through Feb. 28. So far, Frisco Mayor Maher Maso and council members Scott Johnson and Tim Nelson have filed to run for another term. Incumbent school board members Anne McCausland and Debbie Gillespie are also running for re-election. Click here for candidate applications for the city of Frisco. For school board applications, stop by the administration office at 5515 Ohio Drive and ask for filing officer Beverly Brunson.
Update – the Frisco Candidate Forum scheduled for tonight at Collin College has been cancelled.
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