Frisco commission recommends limits on car-centric businesses downtown
Frisco officials recommended new rules regarding how land can be used in downtown with the goal of making the area more walkable. Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the changes at its meeting Sept. 23.
The details: The city is attempting to change what kinds of businesses can operate downtown. For example, current regulation allows establishments with drive-thrus to do business in the area. If the new rules are approved, new businesses with drive-thrus would not be allowed in the area.
The new rules would also prohibit businesses such as new convenience stores with gas pumps and laundromats from opening in downtown.
MightyMe Kids Play brings movement, play to Frisco Fieldhouse
MightyMe Kids Play is opening soon inside of Frisco Fieldhouse.
The overview: MightyMe offers 45-minute weekly classes led by expert coaches and are filled with movement and purposeful play, according to a September news release. The class program combines structure with joy, the release stated, and includes games, movement and character-building play.
Quote of note: “We believe joy is the best teacher,” Program Director Marissa Cooper said in the release. “Each laugh, leap and discovery is part of how kids grow into their mighty selves."
Broken Yolk Cafe to bring brunch concept to Frisco, Plano, Allen with North Texas expansion
California-based breakfast, brunch and lunch chain Broken Yolk Cafe will open four new locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including eateries in Plano, Frisco and Allen, according to a Sept. 23 company news release. JP Wu and John Zhang, franchisees of the four new locations, have also purchased the franchise's existing restaurant in McKinney.
On the menu: The restaurant’s menu features a variety of breakfast items including seven types of egg Benedicts, pancakes, waffles, avocado toast, crepes, skillets and more. Lunch items include burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads and soups.
Quote of note: “The coming locations will continue to target suburban cities in north [Dallas-Fort Worth], given the tremendous population growth and business expansion the area has seen in recent years,” Zhang said in the release.
Thousands of Texas businesses barred from selling THC to customers under 21
Many Texas retailers can no longer sell consumable THC products to customers under 21 years old after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission approved two emergency rules Sept. 23.
The overview: The new rules, which were drafted after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a Sept. 10 executive order requesting tighter THC regulations, apply only to retailers that sell alcohol. The rules state that businesses may not sell, serve or deliver consumable hemp products to minors and must check all customers' IDs before selling them THC products.
Zooming in: About 60,000 Texas businesses hold TABC licenses and will be prohibited from selling THC products to minors. Those businesses include bars, restaurants, liquor stores, grocery stores and some convenience stores.
However, the rule does not apply to THC retailers that do not sell alcohol or have a TABC license, such as smoke shops, gas stations or online sellers. The TABC and the Texas Department of State Health Services are working to determine how to best enforce age restrictions for THC retailers that do not sell alcohol, agency spokespeople said.
