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Furst Ranch development agreement to cover road, water project costs

Flower Mound officials approved an agreement to cover the costs for eligible infrastructure projects in Furst Ranch, a mixed-use development in the western part of town.

Council unanimously approved the agreement, which provides an estimated $22.17 million in water, road and sewer projects, during the March 2 meeting.

The details: The agreement covers road and utility projects planned for Phase 1 of Furst Ranch, according to town documents. The nearly $22.17 million in estimated project costs will be covered from Flower Mound’s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2, which includes Furst Ranch, impact fees and an interlocal agreement with Denton County, town officials said.

Per town documents, projects included in the development agreement are:

  • A four-lane greenway rural arterial street with a 120-foot right of way and a temporary traffic signal at the intersection of Canyon Falls Drive and US 377
  • A four-lane arterial with a 100-foot right of way
  • 12-, 15- and 18-inch sewer lines

Going forward: Construction of the improvements in Furst Ranch are expected to be completed in December, Rodriguez said.

 
Local Eats
Bonchon offers Korean fried chicken in Flower Mound

Korean fried chicken restaurant Bonchon opened a new location in Flower Mound in mid-March, a company representative said.

What's on the menu: The restaurant offers double-fried chicken wings, boneless wings, bao buns and potstickers, according to its menu.

Also of note: Bonchon operates another Dallas-Fort Worth location in Addison, and has more than 490 locations worldwide, the website states.

  • 2450 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 100, Flower Mound
 
Worth The Trip
TOCA Social offers soccer-themed ‘eatertainment’ center in Grandscape

TOCA Social, a European interactive soccer-themed entertainment destination, recently opened its first American location at Grandscape in The Colony.

The gist: The venue has 20 playing boxes, which are semi-private spaces where guests can play games, eat and drink. Each space has an interactive digital screen with five soccer ball-oriented game options.

Quote of note: “You take turns [going] on to the playing area. It’s kind of like bowling, you're competing against each other in a fun and lighthearted way,” TOCA Social President Alex Harman, said. “If you can propel a ball forward, you can play."  

  • 5652 Grandscape Blvd., The Colony
 

Your Weekend To-Do List

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Movie night

Pizza and wine pairing

March 20, 7-9 p.m.
Frisco

March 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Grapevine

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Margarita Festival

Stained glass workshop

March 21, noon
Northlake

March 22, noon-2 p.m.
Denton

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To submit your own event, click here.

CI Texas
Texas families now have until March 31 to apply for education savings accounts, judge rules

Texas families now have an additional two weeks to apply for the state’s new education savings account program, a Houston federal judge ruled March 17.

What's happening: U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered the state comptroller’s office to extend the application deadline to March 31 over concerns that no Islamic private schools had been greenlit to accept state ESA funds. In two lawsuits filed in early March, four Muslim parents said they felt deterred from applying for education savings accounts because the Islamic schools they send their children to were not among the 2,200 schools authorized to participate in the program.

Parents previously had until 11:59 p.m. March 17 to apply for the program.

Latest update: In a March 17 news release, the comptroller’s office confirmed that applications would be accepted through March 31 in compliance with the judge’s order.

Over 229,000 students had applied for the $1 billion program as of March 17, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said. The state will use a need- and income-based lottery system to determine who is accepted.

 

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