Third Bend Studio, a preschool and after-school childcare center, will tentatively open for business in mid-August, co-owner Decota Johnson said. Enrollment is currently open through the company's Facebook page.

The gist: The center will function as a preschool from 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and provide after school activities for children ages 3-10 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The business features several different play areas where children can draw, play with building blocks, create fabric and Play-Doh art, and play with animal and dinosaur figures. The facility also has a dedicated space for reading and an outdoor play area with yard games.

Also of note: Johnson, a former teacher at the Center for Young Children, co-owns the business with Maggie Harvey and Seda Turk, also former Center for Young Children teachers.

• 516 N. Locust St., Denton

Red: Italian announced it will be opened for business in by the end of the summer.

The details: The new Italian eatery announced in a social media post that it will be opening in mid-August. Red: Italian originally was supposed to open in May, according to previous reporting.

The restaurant is located below cocktail bar Ruby Rodeo off the Denton square. Both establishments are co-owned by Mike Church and Victor Garcia, per previous reporting.

Red: Italian will offer comfort Italian food in a speakeasy atmosphere, with seating limited to just 50 guests.

Menu items include appetizers like grilled artichokes and bruschetta. Entrees include pasta dishes such as lasagna and gnocchi along with steak, sea bass and chicken plates, like chicken piccata. The menu also has desserts like cheesecake and panna cotta.

• 122 N. Locust St., Ste. 100, Denton

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As more data centers are being built in Texas, the state’s water planning agency warns that limited information is available about the booming industry and its impact on water supplies.

The overview: The Texas Water Development Board adopted its initial 2027 State Water Plan on July 23, with a “more robust” version of the plan expected later this year. The plan consists of 3,000 water management projects and 6,700 strategies that experts say are needed to prepare for future severe droughts.

It will cost about $174 billion to complete the projects, according to the TWDB. However, if they are not implemented, a severe drought could cost the state $91 billion in economic damages as soon as 2030 and lead to $177 billion in annual losses by 2080.

The context: These projections do not account for the amount of water that data centers—which largely purchase their water from public systems—may use or how the large facilities could contribute to overall water availability. Right now, the board said it did not have enough information to do so.