Interested in news from businesses in the Allen area? Check out 13 businesses now open, coming soon and other updates around Allen. Updates include a new specialty grocery store, a golf simulator spot and multiple restaurants coming soon.

1. The Back Nine: The business offers an indoor golf simulation experience.

• Opened Feb. 25

• 190 E. Stacy Road, Ste. 1510, Allen

2. Hiatus Spa: The business offers beauty and wellness services such as massages, manicures, pedicures, facials, acupuncture, waxing, microneedling and Botox.

• Opened March 7

• 981 Garden Park Drive, Allen

3. India Metro Hypermarket: The specialty grocery store offers ingredients and spices essential to Indian and Asian cuisines, its website states. India Metro Hypermarket also has locations in McKinney, Little Elm, California and Washington, per its website.

• Opened March 17

• 204 Central Expressway S., Allen

Enson Market is opening an Allen location this summer, a company representative said.

The details: The Asian grocery store offers produce, baked goods, dairy products and more, according to its website. Enson Market also sells specialty ingredients commonly used in Asian cooking such as miso paste, fish sauce, rice noodles, sesame oil and more, per its website. The store will be located in a building that previously housed a Tom Thumb grocery store.

• 900 W. McDermott Drive, Allen

See five road projects planned or ongoing around Dallas-Fort Worth.

1. Teel Parkway construction
Project: Teel Parkway in Prosper will be improved with a four-lane concrete divided roadway. The improvements include paving, a retaining wall, drainage and median landscaping. The project spans First Street to Freeman Way.
Update: The project is in the design phase.

• Timeline: winter 2027-summer 2029
• Cost: $800,000
• Funding source: town of Prosper

• Timeline: TBD
• Cost: $169,788
• Funding sources: cities of Colleyville, Euless

At least 257,000 students have applied for Texas’ inaugural education savings account program, according to the state comptroller’s office. Less than half of those applicants are likely to be accepted.

The overview: Applications for Texas Education Freedom Accounts close at 11:59 p.m. March 31. Students enrolling in private schools will receive $10,474 to spend on tuition and related expenses, while homeschool students can get up to $2,000 each, and students with disabilities may qualify for up to $30,000 each.

Through March 29, about 23% of applicants had indicated they would be homeschooled while 77% of applicants said they wanted to attend a private school, state data shows.

Program funding is capped at $1 billion for the 2026-27 school year, meaning between 90,000 and 100,000 students will likely be accepted.

By the numbers: About 34,000 students indicated in their application that they have a disability, per the comptroller's office. Students who have a disability and are considered low- or middle-income will receive priority acceptance into the program under state law.