Check out some recent park development updates from Prosper and Celina, including a new inclusive playground coming to Prosper and Celina’s Wilson Creek Park, according to their respective capital improvement projects.

Prosper
1. Raymond Community Park
Project: The park will include pickleball and tennis courts, baseball fields, batting cages, multiuse fields, a playground and a garden.
Update: Prosper Town Council recently approved additional funding for the park, which is expected to open this winter.

• Location: 2101 E. First St., Prosper

• Location: Roseland Parkway and East Sunset Boulevard, Celina

Turbo Metabolic Training is opening a second gym location in Celina.

What they offer: The exercise facility features 45-minute high-intensity group workouts, according to its website. The workouts include strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, core and stability movements along with active recovery strategies in every session, its website states. 

• 3510 N. Louisiana Drive, Celina

Check out nine businesses that now open or coming soon in north Frisco.

Now open
Handel’s Ice Cream
The ice cream shop franchise, which is owned by Spencer Moore, his brother Jack Moore and father Craig Moore, serves classic and seasonal flavors, with flavors like strawberry cheesecake, Graham Central Station, black raspberry chunk, and salty caramel truffle rotating monthly.

Coming soon 
Bread Zeppelin
In addition to build-your-own salad options, the eatery also has a variety of salad menu items including buffalo chicken, caesar, southwest and more. Salads can be served in a bowl or in a baguette. The restaurant also serves soups, chips and desserts.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit received a $7.094 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration to replace nearly 500 aging buses across the metroplex.

The overview: DART announced the purchase of 476 new buses earlier this year. The first buses in the new fleet will start picking up passengers by the end of December, and the replacement of the older buses with the new models is expected to continue through 2027.

The details: DART used feedback from passenger surveys to develop features on the new buses that aim to improve the rider experience, including vinyl seats with more hip and leg room, more space for strollers and mobility devices and improved passenger information display screens.

Zooming out: The new grant is in addition to $103 million in initial federal grants awarded to DART, and part of a $2.5 billion nationwide system modernization program.