Pedestrians walk along the Frisco Main Street promenade in summer 2020. Business owners had mixed reviews on whether the promenade helped or hurt their revenue. On Tuesday, March 9, the Frisco Town Council decided to bring the promenade back this summer.
Photo from town of Frisco
The Frisco Pedestrian Promenade will return to Main Street this summer, and with more than three months to plan, officials are hopeful they’ll be able to improve on the concept from last year.
The Frisco Town Council discussed the future of the promenade during a work session Tuesday, March 9, and while a consensus ultimately formed to bring the attraction back along with some improvements some members of the council pushed back against its return.
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8 March 2021
Elects Rosemary Kayess as Chairperson
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon opened its twenty-fourth online session, hearing solemn declarations by seven new Committee members, electing its Chair and Bureau, and adopting its agenda and programme of work.
Ibrahim Salama, Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, opening the session, said that this was the second online session for the Committee and would be carried out from today, 8 March until 1 April 2021. He extended a warm welcome to the seven new members of the Committee who started their mandate on 1 January 2021, noting that with the results of the December 2020 election, the gender composition of the Committee had changed to 12 women among 18 members.
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A community farm and young people in the arts have benefited from a share of donations totalling £5,000 thanks to the efforts of award-winning law firm Blanchards Bailey LLP. The Dorset-based firm increased its help for good causes during the pandemic – in contrast to standard industry practice over the last 18 months. The £5,000 the firm raised has been split between three charities: Longmead Community Farm, Dorchester Youth Theatre and Movember, which champions mens’ health. Blanchards Bailey Finance Partner Alan Horne said: “Faced with the impossible decision of choosing to support just one ‘charity of the year’ we decided to break with tradition and raise funds for several.