City leaders are still deciding on a schematic design for a new parking garage proposed in downtown McKinney.

In a nutshell: McKinney City Council members are expected to review and discuss several schematic designs for the parking garage at a June 16 work session. The parking garage could potentially be located at the corner of Hunt and Kentucky streets or at the corner of Hunt and Wood streets, according to a presentation attached to the agenda.

Council members discussed schematic designs for the garage at a June 2 work session after a representative from Fishbeck presented three different concepts. Each concept had at least two variations in schematic design.

McKinney Mayor Bill Cox requested the item be brought back to council for further discussion at the June 16 work session.

“We have more questions on parking garages, so let’s bring this back,” he said.

Stay tuned: McKinney City Council will meet for a work session and regular meeting on June 16 at McKinney City Hall, located at 401 E. Virginia St.

Shiloh Place officials celebrated the grand opening of a new apartment community that doubles the organization’s capacity to serve single mothers and their children.

The overview: The community, located in East McKinney, features two residential buildings with eight units each. Each apartment has two bedrooms, a bathroom and a full-size kitchen. The community also features an outdoor area with green space and playgrounds for children, a program building and administration building.

The context: Shiloh Place is a nonprofit organization that supports single mothers. Organization officials help single mothers gain financial independence and personal wholeness by addressing physical, educational, emotional and spiritual needs.

The impact: Shiloh Place CEO Eppy Thern thanked nearly 300 people who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony held in June.

“As you know it’s been a long journey but it’s worth it,” Thern said. “The calling that has been laid before us, the mission that was put before us is to reach out, to expand, and to impact the lives of the women and the children that are going to be here.”

Texas must protect residential consumers from paying for the infrastructure needed to power new data centers, Gov. Greg Abbott said in a June 10 order aimed at balancing the rapid growth of data centers with the needs of residents and communities.

The big picture: The governor directed state regulators to ensure data center companies do not pass infrastructure costs on to ratepayers, urging lawmakers to tighten regulations on data centers’ water use and repeal certain tax exemptions that benefit the industry.

Abbott’s order comes as Texas grapples with how to manage the data center boom amid climbing electric demand and looming water shortages. It is the first time the Republican governor has publicly called to restrict data center growth.

The context: As communities across Texas consider new data center projects, reporting shows that some residents are pushing back, raising concerns about the large facilities’ water usage, potential strain on the electric grid and impacts on local neighborhoods.

What they're saying: In response, state agencies called protecting consumers from rising electric costs "our top priority."