A pair of recycling bins in Frisco show which items are and aren t allowed to be recycled. At a Frisco Town Council meeting April 13, members voiced a desire to encourage more residents to recycle as well as to reduce the prevalence of single-use items in town.
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Frisco residents and businesses showed improvement in trying to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly last year, but more can always be done.
That was the message from the High Country Conservation Center, which attended a virtual Frisco Town Council meeting April 13 for a joint work session discussion on how the center’s programs performed in Frisco last year. Overall, the conservation center reported good results from the town.
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.
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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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“It really started us out with a bang,” said Melissa Sherburne, the group’s co-founder and a Frisco Town Council member. That was such a fantastic event, and we were really energized. And then COVID hit.”
That was the only event the group hosted in 2020 as the pandemic created new challenges for members, many of whom were working to stay afloat. Despite the setback, the group has kept in touch and is hoping to recapture some of the energy it had at the start of 2020 with an ice luminary display at the Frisco Historic Park & Museum.
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The Make Frisco arts collective will have an ice luminary display starting on Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Frisco Historic Park on Main Street.
The installation will be on display through Jan. 31 with the lighted ice sculptures located primarily at the park. According to a news release, the display will be similar to the “Frozen Frisco” exhibit from last year, though this year the displays are are being hosted at the park to provide artists more space during the installation.
“It’s nice to bring light through art into our community during what is otherwise a dark time, both figuratively and literally, as we wait for days to get longer and the tough times created by the pandemic to subside,” Frisco council member Melissa Sherburne said in the release. “… I look forward to seeing what the artists come up with, and to celebrate the revitalization of art in public spaces as Make Frisco creates opportunities for collaboration and bri