DTX-FRS: Impact 10/28/2025

🎶 Frisco officials are considering how to support performing arts in the community after voters rejected funding a more than $300 million performance facility with bond dollars in May.

The details: City Council was presented with several alternative options for the $300 million-$340 million project during an Oct. 21 work session. Council directed staff to conduct a survey aimed at determining why residents voted against the bond proposal.

🛍️ Urban Outfitters is set to open a Frisco store in 2026, Stonebriar Centre Senior General Manager Randy Barnett said.

What they will offer: The retail store, which is headquartered in Pennsylvania, sells clothing, shoes and accessories for men and women.

📍Stonebriar Centre, 2601 Preston Road, Ste. 1239, Frisco

Texas is home to about 3.5 million small businesses, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Estimates show that the average Texas small-business owner could save about $2,500 per year if voters approve an expanded business tax exemption on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The details: State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation. Texas business owners currently receive a tax exemption on property worth $2,500 or less.

“At $2,500, virtually everyone's paying this tax,” NFIB Texas Director Jeff Burdett said in an Oct. 24 interview. “If you have a desk, a computer and a chair, you're probably over $2,500 [in inventory]. … It makes no difference for almost any business.”

At the polls: Early voting in the Nov. 4 election began Oct. 20 and runs through Oct. 31. For more information about the propositions and candidates on your local ballot, visit www.communityimpact.com/voter-guide.