City staff completed 157 objectives in support of McKinney City Council’s strategic goals during the previous fiscal year.

Every fiscal year, city officials establish a set of department-level objectives ranging from the McKinney Economic Development Corp. to the McKinney Fire Department. City Performance Manager Saima Ali reviewed results from fiscal year 2024-25 during a Dec. 16 City Council work session.

In a nutshell: City staff set 187 objectives in total for FY 2024-25, according to Ali’s presentation. In addition to the completed objectives, city staff made progress on an additional 24 objectives.

“City staff achieved excellent results while working throughout the fiscal year to support all of the council’s strategic priorities,” Ali said.

Also of note: Objectives that were placed on hold included finalization of the former Lower 5 Plaza project with the Texas Department of Transportation. That project was shelved in September after losing $15 million in federal funding.

Livewell Animal Hospital of McKinney, which will be located in Shoppes at Stonebridge, is slated to open soon, according to a post on the company’s social media page.

The details: The animal hospital will offer a variety of services, including wellness and prevention services, testing and diagnostics, and surgical procedures.

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Learn more about 10 businesses that were featured in the McKinney edition of Community Impact in 2025.

1. Lean Kitchen Co.: When Jeana and Chris Penny were considering opening a meal prepping business, opening the first Lean Kitchen Company in Texas was a “no brainer,” co-owner Jeana Penny said. Missouri-based Lean Kitchen is a healthy meal prep franchise, Jeana Penny said, adding that everything is made fresh in the on-site kitchen weekly. The husband-and-wife team opened the business in McKinney in early 2024, which was the first Lean Kitchen to open in Texas.

2. Linda’s Electric Quilters: What started as a way for McKinney resident Linda V. Taylor to pay off the longarm quilting machine she bought to make her handmade quilts, has turned into a multi-building quilting destination. Established in 1995, Linda’s Electric Quilters includes a retail space, warehouse and studio in McKinney. The retail space is stocked with threads, patterns, notions, sewing machine accessories, batting and fabric.