DTX-PCL: Impact 10/15/2025

In 2020, Lee and Patricia Gonzales opened La Finca Coffee & Bakery in Frisco, but when they opened a second location in Prosper in 2023, they added an important word to the business name.

“Here, we are La Finca Coffee, Bakery, Kitchen,” Lee Gonzales said. “We had a lot of confused people at first. [They said] ‘I didn't realize you had food.’ We added ‘kitchen’ so people would have a better understanding.”

On the menu: The food and bakery menu features authentic Mexican cuisine not Tex-Mex.

Gonzales said the top selling breakfast item is chilaquiles which they make with house-made sauteed corn tortilla chips, red or green sauce, purple onions, crema and topped with an egg or chicken.

Denton County election workers will track how many voters report to the incorrect polling locations during the Nov. 4 election, Denton County Elections Administrator Frank Phillips said. The elections department will also track how many redirected voters end up getting to vote.

The context: Denton County voters must vote at a specific polling location in their precinct of residence to vote on election day. Voters can cast their ballot at any location in the county during early voting for both primary and general elections.

In order to eliminate redirects and mitigate voter confusion, activists and the Denton County Democratic Party have advocated for the county to implement countywide election day polling, also called vote centers, which would allow voters to cast a ballot at any polling place in the county, just like early voting.

Texas Ramp Project, which builds free wheelchair ramps for those in need across the state, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, according to a Sept. 15 news release. Over its 40 years, the nonprofit has built ramps for over 30,000 recipients with the help of over 3,500 volunteers.

Some context: The organization began in 1985 as the Dallas Ramp Project before being incorporated as the Texas Ramp Project in 2006, according to the news release. Texas Ramp Project provides the ramps to recipients at no cost, according to the news release. Most ramps cost between $800-$900 to build.

What else: In 2024, Texas Ramp Project built 2,727 ramps in 145 counties, according to its Sept. 1 fact sheet. To get a ramp, recipients must be referred by a health care provider or qualified organization via the nonprofit’s website.