Business

Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney and Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere are both excited about the same thing today — H-E-B’s are coming to Frisco and Plano.

The Women’s Auxiliary to Children’s Medical Center Plano is hosting its ninth annual Legacy of Love Benefit & Fashion show in early April, according to a press release. However, the event will be virtual this year in light of COVID-19.

Chabad of Plano/Collin County hosted Elisha Wiesel, the son of the famous Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, for a free virtual community event on Sunday and awarded the Florence Shapiro Distinguished Leadership Award to a dedicated public affairs direc

Quick take-aways: Be a servant leader. Volunteer in what you are passionate about. Ask yourself why you want to run. Build a team of followers and advisers. You are the face of the community. Lead by example. Be clear and concise in your position.

Every day, Omar Husayni drives by the deserted, sunken structure the locals mockingly call Lake Lebanon. Husayni, 27, works in marketing in Plano, and his commute takes him by where Wade Park was supposed to stand.

Texas Roadhouse CEO and co-founder Kent Taylor was called a servant leader and a visionary. Taylor took a small Texas roadhouse, and turned it into a national chain of over 500 restaurants in 49 states, including in The Colony, McKinney, and Prosper.

Plano’s largest hotel, the Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center, just completed $3.6 million renovations to its meeting spaces and “refreshed” ballrooms, according to a press release from the hotel.

Sixteen years ago, Missy Bender was volunteering in her daughter’s kindergarten at Daffron Elementary School in Plano when she realized she could do more to help people.

Note - 8/05/21: As of this update, Operation Texas Strong 2021 has refurbished and over 50 RVs since their founding at the beginning of the year.

Collin County’s NAACP branch rescheduled its inaugural virtual job fair to help students of historically Black colleges and universities nationwide find job opportunities for March 18, according to a press release from Collin County NAACP.