DTX-FRS: Impact 10/8/2025

Frisco officials are considering plans for a new animal facility that could cost $12.8 million. City staff proposed a plan for a new facility at an Oct. 7 City Council work session.

The details: The plan is to open a facility through a public-private partnership, a method city officials have used to develop different projects to Frisco such as PGA and The Star. At the facility, animals could be held at this facility for three to five days before being transferred to Collin County, which has an shelter in McKinney.

The animal services facility could be a little more than 4 acres on a plot of land owned by the city’s Community Development Corporation near PGA Parkway. It could have play areas, training rooms, spaces for exotic animals and offices for staff.

Milano Nail Spa will open its doors to customers in Frisco this month.

What they offer: The business provides manicures and pedicures, as well as waxing and nail enhancement services.

• 3301 Preston Road, Ste. 7, Frisco

The Cowboys Golf Club plans to reopen in late October after a multimillion-dollar renovation. According to the website, it is the first and only NFL-themed golf club in the world and is the only all-inclusive world-class golf course in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

What's happening? The renovations include a new driving range with Toptracer that also includes 50 yards of game-used turf from AT&T Stadium and a goal post, new greens, bunkers, tees, cart path, landscaping and an 18-hole putting course, according to the website. Renovations on the project started in June, according to a spokesperson for the golf course.

What else? According to previous Community Impact reporting, the Texas Department of Transportation and the city of Grapevine started a road renovation project on Fairway Drive that is supposed to conclude in December. 

The background: Arcis Golf owns 18 locations in Texas and nine in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to its website. The Cowboys Golf Club opened in 2001.

Odyssey, a New York-based tech company, has been selected to manage Texas’ $1 billion education savings account program, the state comptroller’s office announced Oct. 6.

The overview: Odyssey will work with the comptroller to launch the program, deemed “Texas Education Freedom Accounts,” ahead of the 2026-27 school year. Families can begin applying for the program early next year, and those accepted will receive thousands of dollars in state funds to send their children to private school or homeschool them.

Zooming in: Odyssey will develop and manage an online platform to administer Texas’ education savings account program. State law also tasks the company with:

• Collecting applications and determining which families are accepted to the program
• Approving vendors for education-related materials and services, such as textbooks, transportation and tutoring
• Reviewing inquiries and complaints about the program
• Advertising the program and communicating with interested families