Prosper officials hosted the town’s annual State of the Community on Jan. 22, highlighting major projects and milestones from the past year.

What happened: Mayor David Bristol focused on the Town Council’s strategic vision, emphasizing accelerating infrastructure improvements, advancing public safety and encouraging intentional development along the Dallas North Tollway corridor.

Looking ahead: Bristol also discussed the town’s next steps after several of its bond propositions failed in the November election. Residents voted down nearly $100 million in funding for police headquarters improvements, a new library, parks and a new public works and parks service center.

Quote of note: “This will be the last series of park money that we have, and this is from our 2020 bond,” Bristol said. “The impact of bond failures has repercussions. Not right now, but in the future years.”

Medical City Healthcare has purchased 13 CommunityMed urgent care centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including two clinics in Prosper.

What’s changing: The former CommunityMed locations will be absorbed into CareNow Urgent Care, Medical City Healthcare’s urgent care brand.

• 1000 N. Preston Road, Ste. 60, Prosper
• 2001 N. Preston Road, Ste. 80, Prosper

A hotel garage at Firefly Park in Frisco is one of the latest developments filed recently with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. Firefly Park hotel garage: A new parking garage for Firefly Park in Frisco with four levels will be constructed starting later this year, according to a TDLR filing. Firefly Park is a mixed-use planned development that will have residences, a hotel, retail and dining space, and a park with lakes, trails, an art walk and playground, according to previous Community Impact reporting. Construction is estimated to take a little over a year.

2. Westport 12: A new 1,219,000-square-foot shell industrial facility will be constructed at AllianceTexas, according to a TDLR filing. Construction is estimated to take a little over a year.

Medical City facilities across Dallas-Fort Worth will host blood drives in February and March to continue to bring aid to the region, according to a news release.

The details: Severe winter weather at the end of January has created a significant need for blood donations in North Texas after forcing many donor centers and blood drives to close for several days, according to previous reporting.

The winter months are already a slow time for blood donor turnout, which is why Medical City officials are asking for eligible donors to consider donating at one of these drives.

Texas families can soon apply to receive state funds for private education or homeschooling under the state’s new education savings account program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts.

What's happening: The application opens at 9 a.m. Feb. 4 and is designed to be completed in about 15 minutes, according to the state comptroller’s office. Families can apply through 11:59 p.m. March 17.

Parents must submit information about their family's residency, household income, their children's educational history and each child's special education status, if applicable.

The details: To be eligible for the program, students must:

• Reside in Texas
• Be U.S. citizens or lawful residents
• Be eligible to attend a Texas public school, open-enrollment charter school or pre-K program