Toyota Stadium is set for another round of upgrades. 

What happened: At their April 21 meeting, Frisco City Council members unanimously approved an agreement for more than $9 million towards renovations of Toyota Stadium. 

Some context: Toyota Stadium is currently undergoing $182 million worth of renovations, including adding more than 3,400 seats, new sports lighting and luxury suites. Construction on the improvements began in March 2025, according to a FC Dallas news release. Renovations on the stadium are being completed in phases, with the final phase expected to wrap up in 2028.

What it means: The additional renovations, totaling $9.26 million, will include seating bowl remediation and stadium Wi-Fi improvements, according to city documents. The public share of the renovations totals nearly $5.46 million, while Toyota Stadium’s share will total around $3.81 million, per city documents.

The Cheney Group, a Frisco-based real estate company, is now operating out of a new office, according to a company representative.

Zooming in: The real estate group relocated in early April within The Star development to 3620 The Star Blvd., Ste. 1205. Previously, the company was located at One Cowboys Way, Ste. 160. The Cheney Group, led by Jeff and Dana Cheney, specializes in residential real estate services, including professional home staging, marketing, and support for buying, selling and property management.

• 3620 The Star Blvd., Ste. 1205, Frisco

A new $61 million, 120,000-square-foot materials recovery facility debuted in Frisco in April.

What you need to know: The Circular Services facility will serve the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex including Frisco as well as McKinney, a news release states. Circular Services is McKinney’s recycling processing services provider. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the facility April 16 and was attended by Circular Services officials, McKinney Mayor Bill Cox, Frisco Assistant Director of Public Works Jeremy Starritt and more.

The details: The facility is located on PGA Parkway, just east of the Dallas North Tollway, in Frisco. Officials broke ground on the facility in March 2025. Single-stream recyclables from residents and businesses are processed at the facility.

Quote of note: “This project has been more than a decade in the making,” Circular Services President Joaquin Mariel said in the release. “With roots in Dallas since the ‘90s, we remain committed to advancing North Texas’ circular economy.”

• 8301 PGA Parkway, Frisco

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Some Texas families began learning April 22 if they were accepted to the state’s education savings account program for the 2026-27 school year, officials said.

The big picture: Over 42,600 students will receive funding notices through April 24, the state comptroller’s office announced April 22. The first awardees include low- and middle-income students with disabilities and their eligible siblings.

Families accepted to the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program will receive state funds to send their children to private school or homeschool them.

The details: The first round of awardees is set to receive about $400 million of the $1 billion allocated for the program. Up to 100,000 students are expected to qualify for the program's first year.

The comptroller's office will run a lottery the week of April 27 to determine which low-income students will be accepted based on a prioritization system.

Stay tuned: Families that do not qualify for funding will also be notified through April 24. Additional students will receive funding awards in the coming weeks, a program spokesperson said.